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ZIF Shootout
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B&W G3 Test
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Hard Drive Controller
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Boot Mac OSX
(seconds) |
StartMac
OS 9 Classic (seconds) |
Let 1KWindows
Bloom |
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Rip entire CD
(seconds) |
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Photoshop
Benchmark (seconds) |
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Lower = Better
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Lower = Better
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Higher = Better
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Higher = Better
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Lower = Better
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Higher = Better
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Lower = Better
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Lower = Better
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*G3/300MHz 512k L2 Stock HD
|
Stock Onboard IDE
|
75
|
|
43
|
|
28.08
|
|
190.6
|
|
78
|
|
27
|
1832
|
1485
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G3/300MHz 512k L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
105
|
33
|
31.77
|
|
191.6
|
|
69
|
|
26.8
|
1845
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1442
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G3/300MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
|
105
|
|
32
|
|
32.74
|
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191.7
|
|
66
|
|
29
|
1663
|
1376
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G3/400MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
104
|
24
|
38.59
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333.6
|
55
|
32.1
|
1325
|
1118
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G4/400MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
104
|
24
|
51.43
|
1517.3
|
50
|
32.8
|
855
|
953
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OWC G4/450MHz @ 500MHz
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
117
|
22
|
59.39
|
1746.1
|
49
|
35.1
|
701
|
773
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OWC G4/500MHz @ 600MHz
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
96
|
23
|
65.78
|
2027.4
|
47
|
35
|
663
|
724
|
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Sonnet G4/700MHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
97
|
24
|
67.33
|
2771.6
|
50
|
33.7
|
578
|
698
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Sonnet G4/800MHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
97
|
23
|
69.73
|
3025.6
|
50
|
34.1
|
540
|
662
|
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Sonnet 1GHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
96
|
21
|
77.04
|
3788.7
|
43
|
34.6
|
467
|
587
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Beige G3 Test
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Hard Drive Controller
|
Boot Mac OSX
|
StartMac
OS 9 Classic |
Xbench
Overall Score |
Altivec
Fractal |
Let 1KWindows
Bloom |
Quake 3
Time Demo |
|
Rip entire CD
|
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Photoshop
Benchmark |
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G3/233 512k L2
|
Stock Onboard IDE
|
192
|
44
|
|
20.64
|
|
136.2
|
|
101
|
|
19.9
|
2509
|
2556
|
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G3/233 512k L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
176
|
38
|
|
24.85
|
|
136.1
|
|
100
|
|
20.1
|
2285
|
1909
|
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*G3/300MHz 512k L2
|
Stock Onboard IDE
|
126
|
|
43
|
|
23.77
|
|
172.6
|
|
88
|
|
23.1
|
1859
|
2208
|
|||
|
*G3/300MHz 512k L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
126
|
|
33
|
28.11
|
|
174.4
|
|
85
|
|
23.2
|
1880
|
1553
|
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G3/300MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
117
|
|
31
|
28.42
|
|
174.7
|
|
78
|
|
25.2
|
1781
|
2078
|
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G3/400MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
124
|
|
26
|
40.19
|
|
337.8
|
|
67
|
|
31.6
|
1302
|
1106
|
||||
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G4/400MHz 1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
127
|
|
25
|
46.04
|
|
1285.9
|
|
60
|
|
31.8
|
860
|
1045
|
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Sonnet G4/500 (G4/450MHZ processor @ 500MHZ)
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
118
|
22
|
|
52.05
|
|
1630.5
|
|
60
|
|
32
|
840
|
896
|
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OWC G4/450 @ 533MHz w/1MB L2
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
|
127
|
|
23
|
|
54.02
|
|
1579.9
|
|
51
|
|
32
|
681
|
846
|
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Sonnet G4/700MHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
106
|
23
|
61.71
|
1839.3
|
51
|
32
|
667
|
778
|
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Sonnet G4/800MHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
103
|
22
|
64.73
|
2014.8
|
51
|
32.4
|
582
|
734
|
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|
Sonnet 1GHz 1MB L3
|
FirmTek Serial ATA
|
99
|
20
|
72.57
|
2531.5
|
50
|
33.1
|
487
|
641
|
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For all the tests, the following ZIFs were used:
•STOCK G3/300 512k Cache ZIF |
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B&W G3 & PowerMac G4 "Yikes"
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Beige G3
|
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*In our baseline test, we used only the stock IDE/ATA onboard controller with an Apple 12GB stock hard drive. All other speed tests used Serial ATA controller and HD.
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