Xbench for Mac

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• Orphanware. Hasn't been updated since 2006

  mpiasJanuary 5, 2014

  Pros

  Almost works. Disabling the thread test will make it run.

  Cons

  Crashes on thread test. Hasn't worked properly in years. Disabling the thread test will make it run, but then how reliable or applicable are the tests done on CPUs that support Hyperthreading? Or any recent system?

  Summary

  Emails to the developer go unanswered. There are other, more capable benchmark utilities available.

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• Apparently Useless Software

  DunestriderJanuary 17, 2009

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  Summary

  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This software is a joke. Thank goodness it is free (although they do request for a donation). It may look impressive, but its results are totally askew. If you want to measure your computer's speed against another computer's speed, you need to run the same software, doing the same thing, and timing the results. For example, run Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements), doing several processes on several large images, then comparing the time required to accomplish the task.

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