The test model used is Sala with 488,000 triangles. LuxRender's LuxMark 2 benchmarks OpenCL effects render speed.
( HIGHER number means FASTER.)Īgain, the Mac mini beats the iMac because the mini's Quad-Core i7 supports hyperthreading. The overall rating combines the four tests. It is multi-threaded and multi-core aware. Geekbench 2.4 measures processor (integer and floating point speed) and memory (performance and bandwidth). The iMac's Quad-Core i5 does not so it only runs 4 threads.
The slower clocked Mac mini beats the iMac because the mini's Quad-Core i7 supports hyperthreading it's running 8 threads. Rather than time in seconds, it gives a speed rating.
Maxon's Cinebench 11.5 cross-platform benchmark uses code from Cinema 4D to stress all available cores of a CPU. RMBP 2.7 = 'mid 2012' (15") MacBook Pro 2.7GHz Quad-Core i7 with GeForce GT 650M GPU, 512GB factory flash drive, and 16GB of RAM Mini 2.6 = 'late 2012' Mac mini 2.6GHz Quad-Core i7 with Intel HD 4000 GPU, 1TB Fusion Drive, and 16GB of RAM IMac 2.9 = 'late 2012' (21.5") iMac 2.9GHz Quad-Core i5 with GeForce GT 650M GPU, 1TB HDD, and 8GB of RAM
Plus you can easily run these tests on your own Mac for comparison. This page uses CPU and GPU intensive benchmark results as an appetizer until we can post some real world test results. I experience a lot of the same issue on my Macbook Pro, so I'm kind of curious if there my be something going on with the Firepod.We don't usually post on Saturdays but I know how anxious you are to see some hard data on the 'late 2012' iMac. The interface I'm using is a Presonus Firepod (firewire interface) plugged directly into the fw400 port on my MB. : "A CPU overload error occurred, if this happens try increasing the buffer size or removing some plug-ins -6101". Does anyone know of a way I can test this? Maybe some way to monitor for bottlenecks in the system that can help me pinpoint where this supposed "overload" is occurring? I experience a lot of the same issue on my Macbook Pro, so I'm kind of curious if there my be something going on with the Firepod.
I've configured everything according to Avid's suggestions (besides the whole Hackintosh thing), I'm using a secondary hard drive for audio, lowered my core usage to 7 cores/85%, increased my h/w buffer size to 1024, running almost 0 plug-ins, and I still get the error. PT opens with no problem, but when I'm playing back sessions I keep getting the following error: "A CPU overload error occurred, if this happens try increasing the buffer size or removing some plug-ins -6101". I got all kinds of crazy errors, and finally did a couple of clean reinstalls of both the OS and PT and got things working. When I first installed PT, it wouldn't even open. I know there's a few PT users on here so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction here. I just build my first Hackintosh (core specs are in my sig) and I've got pretty much everything running GREAT (thanks to many hours spent reading these forums) except for Pro Tools 9 (which is a large part of why I wanted to build this computer). I'm relatively new to the Hackintosh scene.
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