On May 14, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

>
> Billy Carmacs mentioned benchmarking in the update 10.5.7  thread.
> What benchmark apps are folks using?
>
> Thanks,
> Dale Hoffman

I've used Xbench 1.3 to check overall response of different OS Xs on  
different machines. I can compare it to other's machines on their  
Xbench site as well. Geekbench is available, too, for OS X 10.4 and  
10.5.

If I remember correctly, the same machine setup (my QS 2002 Dual  
1GHz) ran 10-15% "slower" using Leopard 10.5.6, as compared to Tiger  
10.4.11. I didn't dissect the different scores to see where this  
occurred ... its been awhile since I noticed such a dramatic  
decrease. IIRC, Tiger "runs faster" than Panther. I might go back and  
see what's up ... as I now have a new mobo in the QS, and an ATI  
Radeon 9800 Pro with both Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard 10.5.7 installed.  
Panther's no longer on the scene, though.

Just need to make sure "Spotlight" has finished indexing, or results  
will be be wronged ... as well as any other "background" processes ...

Bill Connelly
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