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below represent a Mac OS performance comparison between OS 8.6
and OS 9.0. The test machine was a "Rev B" iMac G3/233
with 96MB of installed RAM and virtual memory set to 97MB. Disk
cache settings were left at the default setting with the exception
of the MacBench tests which require a 512k cache for consistency.
All tests were performed with all of the OS extensions on. For
the "real world" tests below we set the scores relative
to OS 8.6 which received a score of 100% Lower numbers and shorter
bars are better. Click
here for a benchmark comparison of OS 7.6 through OS 8.6
System RAM usage in MB with standard "OS
all" set of extensions
Reboot time from the "smiling Mac"
face to appearance of the hard drive.
A folder totaling 80MB in size and containing
over 1,100 files was duplicated
A folder totaling 80MB in size and containing
over 1,100 files was emptied from the trash
Time to launch Photoshop 5.0.2 compared
Time to scroll a 574 page AppleWorks document
Time to replace a commonly occurring word
in a 574 page AppleWorks document
For the network transfer tests a 10BaseT network
was used. Both machines were running the OS being tested and
were the only active machines on the network. For the OS 9
tests, we used both standard file sharing and the new file
sharing via TCP/IP option.The "multi-file" test
used the same 80MB folder from the tests above. For the 25MB
"single file" test we used the ubiquitous Star Wars,
Episode I trailer.
Below you will find MacBench 5.0 scores.
In this case higher numbers and longer bars are better.
Scores are relative to OS 9.0 which was set to 100%
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