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

Mac OS 9 -MacBench 5 Floating Point (FPU) Test	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Total

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/350 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1309
PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1522
PM G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1712
PM G4/500 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1906
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	1714
eMac G4/700MHz	256k On Chip	0MB	1738

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1986
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1988
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1989
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	1980
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	2487
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.0GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	2473
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	2488
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	2967
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	2985
GigaDesigns G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3108
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3101
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.3GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3233
GigaDesigns G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3479
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3483
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x900MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2238
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2485
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	3228

MacBench 5 FPU 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.