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

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

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1780
PM G4/733MHz QuickSilver	256k On Chip	0MB	1586
PM G4/867MHz QuickSilver	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	1886
PM 2x G4/1GHz QuickSilver 2002	256k On Chip x2	2MB DDR SRAM x2	2001
PM 2x G4/867MHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	2157
PM 2x G4/1GHz Mirrored Drive Door	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	n/a
PM G4/1GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip	1MB DDR SRAM	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.25GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip x2	1MB DDR SRAM x2	n/a
PM 2x G4/1.42GHz (MDD) FireWire 800	256k On Chip x2	2MB DDR SRAM x2	n/a

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1994
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1991
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	1995
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	1995
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	2493
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	2494
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	2996
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	2993
GigaDesigns G4/1.26GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3141
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.26GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3149
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3320
GigaDesigns G4/1.4GHz @ 1.467GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3652
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	3669
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x867MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2157
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x933MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2326
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2491
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	2991

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.