Business
Xbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks)
I've completed some initial Benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer. The results below are from Xbench 1.
I've completed some initial Benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer. The results below are from Xbench 1.3 running on the following systems:
- Psystar Open Computer, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2
- Mac mini, 2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2
Open Computer 2.4 | Mac mini 2.0 | |
Results | 146.87 | 99.35 |
CPU Test | 133.49 | 125.63 |
Thread Test | 192.73 | 187.97 |
Memory Test | 137.86 | 129.88 |
Quartz Graphics Test | 201.00 | 180.70 |
OpenGL Graphics Test | 173.80 | 295.74 |
User Interface Test | 286.67 | 266.94 |
Disk Test | 74.01 | 27.16 |
Higher scores are better.
In short, the Psystar pretty much trounces the closest price Mac available from Apple – the Mac mini – in both overall results and the CPU test.As a point of reference, I also benchmarked Apple's current notebooks, after the jump...
- MacBook Air 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2
- MacBook, 2.16GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, 10.5.2
- MacBook Pro 2.4GHz (Penryn) C2D, 4GB RAM, 10.4.11
MacBook Air 1.6 | MacBook 2.16 | MacBook Pro 2.4 | |
Results | 46.50 | 103.81 | 136.85 |
CPU Test | 84.30 | 134.51 | 136.18 |
Thread Test | 154.82 | 203.43 | 357.67 |
Memory Test | 140.32 | 134.86 | 155.48 |
Quartz Graphics Test | 99.65 | 159.70 | 155.63 |
OpenGL Graphics Test | 16.90 | 307.89 | 137.02 |
User Interface Test | 108.25 | 225.28 | 273.72 |
Disk Test | 21.45 | 29.66 | 58.13 |
Next up benchmarks using Primate Labs' GeekBench.