Benchmarks: PowerBook
170The PowerBook uses a 25 MHz 68030 CPU, so
performance is about twice that of the SE or Classic. Drive
is the stock 80 MB Apple drive. Remember that benchmarks are arbitrary.
They measure certain types of performance that may or may
not reflect the way you work. Speedometer
3.06The system was tested on 20 January 1999
under System 7.5.5 with inessential extensions off. Results
are relative to a Mac SE or Classic, which rates 1.0.
Numbers rounded off to three significant digits. cache CPU graphics disk math
32KB 6.37 5.26 1.74 22.2
64KB 6.37 5.26 1.76 22.1
128KB 6.37 5.27 1.77 21.9
256 KB 6.39 5.27 1.82 21.9 The cache setting should have little
influence on non-disk tests, which these numbers bear out.
With this particular setup, cache size makes no appreciable
difference. Speedometer
4.02The system was tested on 20 January 1999
under System 7.5.5 with most inessential extensions off.
Results are relative to a Quadra 605, which rates 1.0.
Numbers rounded off to two decimal places. cache CPU graphics disk math
32KB 0.40 0.20 0.68 3.15
64KB 0.40 0.21 0.69 3.15
128KB 0.40 0.21 0.68 3.14
256 KB 0.40 0.20 0.71 3.16 The cache setting should have little
influence on non-disk tests, which these numbers bear out.
As above, with this particular setup, cache size makes no
appreciable difference.
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