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Boot Time - Mac OS X 10.3 |
L2 Cache
|
L3 Cache
|
Time, Sec.
|
Reference Apple Systems | |||
PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet |
1MB SPB SRAM
|
0MB
|
107
|
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet |
1MB SPB SRAM x2
|
0MB
|
95
|
Apple eMac G4/700 |
256k On Chip
|
0MB
|
69
|
Apple iMac G4/700 15" |
256k On Chip
|
0MB
|
67
|
iMac 1GHz (167MHz Bus, 768MB RAM, GF4MX 32MB) |
256k
|
0MB
|
68
|
PB G4 17" 1.33GHz (167MHz Bus, 512MB RAM, R9600 64MB) |
512k On Chip
|
0MB
|
n/a
|
PM G5/1.6GHz (800MHz Frontside Bus) |
512k On Chip
|
0MB
|
75
|
PM G5/1.8GHz (900MHz Frontside Bus) |
512k On Chip
|
0MB
|
51
|
PM G5/2x 2.0GHz (1GHz Frontside Bus) |
512k On Chip
|
0MB
|
41
|
Acceleration Cards
|
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OWC Mercury Extreme G4/700MHz |
256k
|
2MB SPB SRAM
|
101
|
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz |
256k
|
2MB SPB SRAM
|
101
|
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
100
|
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1GHz |
256k
|
2MB SPB SRAM
|
96
|
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
91
|
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz) |
256k
|
2MB SPB SRAM
|
103
|
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz) |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
98
|
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
95
|
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz (@ 1.3GHz) |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
89
|
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.4GHz) |
256k
|
2MB SPB SRAM
|
86
|
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz (@ 1.4GHz) |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
96
|
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.4GHz |
256k
|
2MB DDR SRAM
|
95
|
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.0GHz @ 1.2GHz |
256k x 2
|
2MB SPB SRAM x2
|
82
|
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.3GHz |
256k x 2
|
2MB SPB SRAM x2
|
82
|
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.4GHz |
256k x 2
|
2MB SPB SRAM x2
|
82
|
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Time to boot into Mac OS X 10.3 (cold boot).
Note: This test seems skewed because the G4 upgrade systems were using a FirmTek Serial ATA controller card and it seemed to add at least 30 seconds to the startup times. The G5 systems were using their own internal SATA controller that is built in. |