{"id":7853,"date":"2010-11-10T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T19:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=7853"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:35:47","slug":"when-is-a-1-4ghz-mac-faster-than-a-2-66ghz-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/7853-when-is-a-1-4ghz-mac-faster-than-a-2-66ghz-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"When is a 1.4GHz Mac faster than a 2.66GHz Mac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3893\" title=\"owcssd-zoom_lg\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg.png 550w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-234x120.png 234w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-284x146.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-190x97.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-548x282.png 548w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-234x120@2x.png 468w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/owcssd-zoom_lg-190x97@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>Apple\u2019s newest revision of the MacBook Air has a secret weapon packed into its tiny little frame. Rather than the pokey 4200rpm hard drive its predecessors ran on, the new MacBook Airs are sporting the latest buzz-inducing hardware in high-speed data storage: a solid-state drive.<\/p>\n<p>We found that if you put a stock <strong>1.4GHz MacBook Air (2010) <\/strong>up against a stock <strong>2.66GHz MacBook Pro 13\u201d (2010)<\/strong>, the Air can write a 500MB file up to 20% faster (meaning takes less time to do the same process) than the MacBook Pro. Unzipping a 1.0GB file is up to 20% faster on the Air too. The Air is faster <em>despite a 1.26GHz processor speed difference<\/em>!!! That&#8217;s some SSD power.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this is due to the speed of the SSD drive; adding an SSD can significantly improve performance for any disk-intensive activity. This is not really a new concept; this sort of thing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/6095-more-owc-ssd-speed-tests-these-things-are-fast\">has been mentioned here before<\/a>. What makes this particular nugget of information extra-interesting is that Apple seems to be leveraging their SSDs as a way to improve performance while keeping processor speed (and, as a result, the heat generated) down.<\/p>\n<p>What <em>really <\/em>caught our eye, though, is something many would overlook: the MacBook Air\u2019s SSD achieved a transfer peak data rate up to 213MB\/s. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce\">OWC Mercury Extreme SSD<\/a><\/strong><strong>s have achieved peak data rates of 285MB\/s!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That means that by simply upgrading your Mac with our SSD, you can improve your Mac\u2019s performance significantly! We did a few tests just to see how big a gain you can get with our SSD over the factory stock HD.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Photoshop Test<\/h3>\n<p>The first test we ran was our 45-step Photoshop Action test. In this test, an image (<em>up to<\/em> 204 megapixels, depending on machine) is created and a 45 commonly-used filters and processes are run on it to simulate a typical graphics editing session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7849\" title=\"ssd-photoshop\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop.png 585w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-245x120.png 245w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-284x139.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-190x93.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-245x120@2x.png 490w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-284x139@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-photoshop-190x93@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the results above, adding an OWC SSD resulted in the tests <strong>running over twice as fast <\/strong>as with the stock hard drive.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7850 alignright\" title=\"ssd-peak\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak.png 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak-188x120.png 188w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak-284x181.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak-190x121.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-peak-100x65.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Read\/Write Tests<\/h3>\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t use Photoshop regularly, you can still see performance boost any time you have to access data on your drive. A standard 5400RPM hard drive (as found in most Apple laptops) has a peak data rate of about 80 MB\/s. The OWC Mercury Extreme SSDs, though, top out around 280 MB\/s &#8211; <strong>that\u2019s three and a half times faster!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, here in the real world, we rarely reach these maximums unless we\u2019re copying very large files. More important for average users is how the drive <strong>handles the smaller files found in day to day tasks<\/strong>, such as converting an MP3 file, saving a large document, browsing the Web and\u00a0 playing HD video. To simulate that, we ran a test which reads and writes small files on the drive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7851\" title=\"ssd-random\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random.png 585w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-197x120.png 197w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-284x173.png 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-190x116.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-197x120@2x.png 394w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-284x173@2x.png 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/ssd-random-190x116@2x.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, this is really where the Mercury Extreme SSD really shines, being able to <strong>write files to random blocks 38 times faster than the stock hard drive<\/strong>, and read random files a whopping <strong>47 times faster!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clearly, simply by adding an OWC Mercury Extreme SSD to your Mac, you can enhance performance dramatically&#8230;and the older the Mac, the more dramatic the gain.<\/p>\n<p>This may sound like a sales pitch&#8230;but the truth rings soundly&#8230;take your Mac to the next level with an OWC SSD and experience the <em>true <\/em>speed of your Mac!<\/p>\n<p>*** UPDATE 11\/12\/10 ***<\/p>\n<p>We ran some additional tests with a 2.4GHZ MacBook Pro and also learned that our results above were incorrect and that the performance spread difference is actually quite larger!<\/p>\n<p>For sake of timeliness, I&#8217;ll forgo the fancy charts and just give you the hard data&#8230;no worries, you&#8217;ll be able to tell the difference for sure ;-)<\/p>\n<p>Systems Compared:<br \/>\n11 inch MB Air 1.4GHz with 64GB SSD<br \/>\nvs<br \/>\n13 inch MBP 2.4GHz with 250GB stock hard drive<br \/>\nvs<br \/>\n13 inch MBP 2.4GHz with OWC SSD 240GB<\/p>\n<p>Test #1 &#8212; Write time of a 500MB file (lower time is faster)<br \/>\n10 seconds (Air)<br \/>\n35 sec. (Pro w\/Stock HD)<br \/>\n10 seconds (Pro w\/OWC SSD)<\/p>\n<p>Test #2 &#8212; time to unzip 1GB file (lower time is faster)<br \/>\n30.4 seconds (Air)<br \/>\n1min 6 seconds (Pro w\/Stock HD)<br \/>\n21.3 seconds (Pro w\/OWC SSD)<\/p>\n<p>Test #3 &#8212; 4K test READ (more data per second is faster)<br \/>\n8.92 MB\/s (Air)<br \/>\n0.753 MB\/s (Pro w\/Stock HD)<br \/>\n16.995 MB\/s (Pro w\/OWC SSD)<\/p>\n<p>Test #4 &#8212; 4K test WRITE (more data per second is faster)<br \/>\n18.2 MB\/s (Air)<br \/>\n1.606 MB\/s (Pro w\/Stock HD)<br \/>\n24.782 MB\/s (Pro w\/OWC SSD)<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;what&#8217;s this all mean&#8230;or what&#8217;s the tale of the tape?<\/p>\n<p>The MacBook Air is:<br \/>\n250% faster than the MBP w\/HD for 500MB write (OWC SSD is same speed as air)<br \/>\n110% faster than the MBP w\/HD for 1GB Unzip (OWC SSD is 43% faster than air)<br \/>\n1080% faster than the MBP w\/HD for 4k read (OWC SSD is 90% faster than air)<br \/>\n1030% faster than the MBP w\/HD for 4k write (OWC SSD is 36% faster than air)<\/p>\n<p>OWC SSD is:<br \/>\n250% faster than the MBP w\/HD for 500MB write<br \/>\n209% faster the MBP w\/HD for 1GB Unzip<br \/>\n2150% faster tthe MBP w\/HD for 4k read<br \/>\n1440% faster the MBP w\/HD for 4k write<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s newest revision of the MacBook Air has a secret weapon packed into its tiny little frame. 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