Apple Mac Upgrades - RAM, SSD Flash, External Drives and More

Mac OS 9 - MacBench 5 Graphics Test	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Total

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1024k	0MB L3	5122
PM G4/733MHz QuickSilver	256k	0MB L3	3888
PM G4/867MHz QuickSilver	256k	2MB, SDRAM	5057
PM 2x G4/1GHz QuickSilver 2002	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	5603
PM 2x G4/867MHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	6586
PM 2x G4/1GHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM G4/1GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k	1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.25GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.42GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k x2	2x 1MB, DDRAM	n/a

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k	2MB, SDRAM	6079
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k	2MB, SDRAM	6216
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB, DDRAM	6245
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k	2MB, SDRAM	6953
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB, DDRAM	7045
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB, SDRAM	7585
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB, DDRAM	7834
GigaDesigns G4/1.26GHz	256k	2MB, DDRAM	7873
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k	2MB, DDRAM	8553
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x867MHz	256k x2	2x 1MB, SDRAM	6417
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x933MHz	256k x2	2x 1MB, SDRAM	6770
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k x2	2x 1MB, SDRAM	6923
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz	256k x2	2x 1MB, SDRAM	7648

MacBench 5 Graphics Testing. Longer bars are better.

MacBench is a "classic" benchmarking utility that still shows it's ability as an invaluable tool for Mac OS 9 users. This test was performed under Mac OS 9.2.2, and it clearly shows the benefits from upgrading both the processor, and the video card.