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TABLE 1 - Lightroom 5.3 Tests
Owner
Lightroom Version
Standard
Preview Size
OS
CPU Brand
CPU Count
CPU Model
CPU Operating
Clock Speed*
CPU Base
Clock Speed
CPU Max
Clock Speed
CPU
Core
Count
CPU
Cache
CPU
TDP
Test Storage
Storage Type
Storage
Size
Installed
RAM
RAM Type
RAM Clock
Speed
GPU
Brand
GPU -
Discrete or
Integrated
GPU
Count
GPU Model
GPU
VRAM
TEST 1 - Finder
duplicate “Test Mule”
folder (Internal Flash,
SSD or Fusion Drive)
TEST 2 - Import
100 RAW fi les &
render standard
previews
TEST 3 - Export
100 edited images
as resized &
optimised JPEGs
TEST 4 - Export
100 edited
images as full
size JPEGs
TEST 5 - Render
1:1 previews for
100 edited
images
TOTAL -
Cumulative
Benchmark
Time
SYSTEM
iMac Pro 2017
Tony Hart Photo
CC (Build 1193777)
2880
OS X 10.14.2
intel
1
Xeon W-2150B
3.0GHz
3.3GHz
4.5GHz
10
13.75MB
140w
External SSD (USB3) > Internal NVME
SSD
1TB
32GB
DDR4
2666MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon Pro Vega 56
8GB
1m 0s
1m 0s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014
Tony Hart Photo
CC (Build 1014445)
Auto (5120px)
OS X 10.10.3
Intel
1
Core i7-4790K
4.0GHz
4.0GHz
4.4GHz
4
8MB
88w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
3TB
24GB
DDR3
1600MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon R9 M295X
4GB
1m 9s
6m 43s
2m 23s
2m 19s
0m 0s
12m 34s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014
Tony Hart Photo
CC (Build 1014445)
2048px
OS X 10.10.3
Intel
1
Core i7-4790K
4.0GHz
4.0GHz
4.4GHz
4
8MB
88w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
3TB
24GB
DDR3
1600MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon R9 M295X
4GB
1m 9s
1m 28s
3m 11s
3m 2s
3m 41s
12m 31s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014
Tony Hart Photo
5.6
2048px
OS X 10.10.0
Intel
1
Core i7-4790K
4.0GHz
4.0GHz
4.4GHz
4
8MB
88w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
3TB
24GB
DDR3
1600MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon R9 M295X
4GB
0m 32s
1m 34s
4m 15s
4m 9s
4m 13s
14m 43s
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (10.9.0)
Apple Store Basingstoke
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.0
Intel
1
Xeon E5-1650 v2
3.5GHz
3.5GHz
3.9GHz
6
12MB
130w
PCI-E Based Flash
SSD
256GB
16GB
DDR3 ECC
1866MHz
AMD
Discrete
2
FirePro D500
3GB
0m 9s
1m 48s
4m 5s
4m 14s
4m 15s
14m 31s
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (10.9.1)
Apple Store Basingstoke
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-4771
3.5GHz
3.5GHz
3.9GHz
4
8MB
84w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
3TB
8GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 780M
4GB
0m 32s
1m 20s
4m 48s
4m 43s
5m 0s
16m 23s
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal SSD (10.8.5)
Tony Hart Photo
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.8.5
Intel
1
Core i7-2600
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.8GHz
4
8MB
95w
SSD
SSD
256GB
16GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 6970M
1GB
0m 53s
2m 59s
5m 36s
5m 33s
5m 23s
20m 24s
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal HDD (10.8.5)
Tony Hart Photo
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.8.5
Intel
1
Core i7-2600
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.8GHz
4
8MB
95w
7200RPM HDD
HDD
2TB
16GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 6970M
1GB
1m 25s
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal SSD (10.9.1)
Tony Hart Photo
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-2600
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.8GHz
4
8MB
95w
SSD
SSD
256GB
16GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 6970M
1GB
0m 56s
2m 40s
5m 49s
5m 43s
5m 44s
20m 52s
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal HDD (10.9.1)
Tony Hart Photo
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-2600
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.8GHz
4
8MB
95w
7200RPM HDD
HDD
2TB
16GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 6970M
1GB
1m 25s
Mac Pro Mid 2011 - (10.9.1)
FM - MRomine
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Xeon W3680
3.33GHz
3.33GHz
3.6GHz
6
12MB
130w
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD
SSD
200GB
24GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 5770
1GB
1m 18s
5m 20s
5m 18s
5m 24s
5m 18s
22m 38s
Custom PC Build
FM - amonline
5.3
2048px
Windows 8.1
Intel
1
Core i7-980X
4.2GHz
3.33GHz
3.6GHz
6
12MB
130w
Intel X25-M (2 in RAID0)
SSD
320GB
12GB
DDR3
1866MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GeForce GTX 480
1536MB
0m 28s
1m 25s
4m 5s
4m 3s
4m 20s
14m 21s
Custom PC Build
FM - 15Bit
5.3
2048px
Windows 7 Pro
Intel
1
Core i5-3570K
4.3GHz
3.4GHz
3.8GHz
4
6MB
77w
Samsung 830
SSD
128GB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
Intel
Integrated
1
Intel HD 4000
0m 19s
1m 38s
4m 20s
4m 13s
4m 10s
14m 40s
Retina MacBook Pro 15” Late 2013
FM - Mirek Elsner
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-4850HQ
2.3GHz
2.3GHz
3.5GHz
4
6MB
47w
SanDisk SSD
SSD
1TB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
Intel
Integrated
1
Iris Pro 5200
0m 8s
1m 16s
5m 11s
5m 7s
4m 57s
16m 39s
HP Pavilion Elite HPE-380jp
FM - Bifurcator (Tesselator)
5.3
2048px
Windows 7.1 Ult
Intel
1
Core i7-870
2.93GHz
2.93GHz
3.6GHz
4
8MB
95w
Seagate Barracuda
HDD
1TB
8GB
DDR3
1333MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 260
896MB
0m 52s
2m 2s
7m 3s
6m 36s
6m 54s
23m 27s
MacPro 1,1 2006 (Upgraded)
FM - Bifurcator (Tesselator)
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.7.5
Intel
2
Xeon X5355
2.66GHz
2.66GHz
2.66GHz
8
8MB
120w
4 Drive RAID 0
RAID - HDD
12TB
32GB
DDR2 ECC
667MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 570
1280MB
0m 6s
0m 44s
10m 22s
10m 7s
10m 21s
31m 40s
Dell XPS 12 Ultrabook™ Convertible
FM - Bifurcator (Tesselator)
5.3
2048px
Windows 8.1
Intel
1
Core i7-3517U
1.9GHz
1.9GHz
3.0GHz
2
4MB
17w
PCI-E Based Flash
SSD
256GB
8GB
DDR3
1333MHz
Intel
Integrated
1
Intel HD 4000
0m 9s
0m 5s
9m 32s
9m 8s
9m 32s
28m 26s
Mac Mini Late 2012
MR - FredT2
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-3720QM
2.6GHz
2.6GHz
3.6GHz
4
6MB
45w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
1TB
4GB
DDR3
1600MHz
Intel
Integrated
1
Intel HD 4000
0m 32s
1m 50s
5m 41s
5m 35s
5m 33s
19m 11s
Mac Pro Mid 2012
MR - ozbimmer
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Xeon W3680
3.33GHz
3.33GHz
3.6GHz
6
12MB
130W
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD
SSD
512GB
48GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 5870
1GB
0m 15s
2m 1s
5m 7s
5m 11s
5m 16s
17m 50s
Dell Precision T7600 Workstation
MR - ozbimmer
5.3
2048px
Windows 8.1
Intel
2
Xeon E5-2680
2.7GHz
2.7GHz
3.5GHz
8
20MB
130W
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD
SSD
1TB
256GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
Quadro K5000
4GB
0m 11s
1m 49s
6m 25s
6m 52s
9m 39s
24m 56s
Retina MacBook Pro Late 2013
MR - ozbimmer
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-4960HQ
2.6GHz
2.6GHz
3.8GHz
4
6MB
47w
PCI-E Based Flash
SSD
1TB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 750M
1GB
0m 14s
1m 37s
4m 40s
4m 41s
4m 50s
16m 2s
Clevo W110ER
MR - ha1o2surfer
5.3
2048px
Windows 8.1
Intel
1
Core i7-3840QM
3.6GHz
2.8GHz
3.8GHz
4
8MB
45w
Plextor SSD
SSD
512GB
16GB
DDR3
1333MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 650M
2GB
0m 22s
1m 27s
4m 24s
4m 13s
4m 18s
14m 44s
Mac Pro 5,1
MR - wonderspark
4.4
2048px
OS X 10.8.5
Intel
1
Xeon W3680
3.33GHz
3.33GHz
3.6GHz
6
12MB
130w
8 Drive RAID 6 via Areca RAID Card
RAID - HDD
32GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 5870
1GB
0m 7s
1m 30s
5m 14s
5m 16s
5m 21s
17m 28s
MacBook Pro 15” 2012
MR - wonderspark
4.4
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-3615QM
2.3GHz
2.3GHz
3.3GHz
4
6MB
45w
Samsung 840 EVO
SSD
1TB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 650M
512MB
0m 16s
1m 59s
6m 1s
6m 26s
6m 2s
20m 44s
iMac Late 2012
FM - Ian.Dobinson
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7-3770
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.9GHz
4
8MB
77w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
1TB
8GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 680MX
2GB
0m 22s
2m 12s
5m 3s
5m 1s
5m 2s
17m 40s
Custom Build
Email - ky
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i5-2500k
4.6GHz
3.3GHz
3.7GHz
4
6MB
95w
320Gb x 2 software raid 0 7200.12
RAID - HDD
640GB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 470
1GB
0m 46s
2m 35s
4m 58s
4m 47s
4m 37s
17m 43s
Mac Pro Early 2009
FM - TTLKurtis
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Xeon W3520
2.66GHz
2.66GHz
2.93GHz
4
8MB
130w
Crucial SSD
SSD
256GB
8GB
DDR3 EEC
1066MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 120
512MB
1m 53s
6m 13s
8m 14s
8m 0s
8m 8s
32m 28s
Mac Pro Early 2009
FM - TTLKurtis
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Xeon W3520
2.66GHz
2.66GHz
2.93GHz
4
8MB
130w
G-Tech SpeedQ via eSATA
RAID - HDD
8TB
8GB
DDR3 EEC
1066MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 120
512MB
1m 2s
4m 38s
8m 32s
8m 26s
8m 28s
31m 6s
iMac Late 2012
FM - TTLKurtis
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.8.3
Intel
1
Core i7-3770
3.4GHz
3.4GHz
3.9GHz
4
8MB
77w
Fusion Drive
Fusion Drive
1TB
8GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 680MX
2GB
0m 20s
2m 3s
4m 48s
4m 47s
4m 38s
16m 36s
Mac Pro Late 2013
FM - sboerup
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.0
Intel
1
Xeon E5-1680 v2
3.0GHz
3.0GHz
3.9GHz
8
25MB
130W
PCI-E Based Flash
SSD
1TB
32GB
DDR3 EEC
1866MHz
AMD
Discrete
2
FirePro D500
3GB
0m 5s
1m 8s
3m 40s
3m 52s
3m 42s
12m 27s
Mac Pro Early 2009
Email - Sam Linville
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
2
Xeon E5520
2.26GHz
2.26GHz
2.53GHz
4
8MB
80w
OWC 3G SSD
SSD
240GB
16GB
DDR3 ECC
1066MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GT 120
512MB
1m 0s
3m 35s
6m 40s
6m 50s
6m 39s
24m 44s
Mac Pro Mid 2010
FM - OntheRez
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.8.5
Intel
2
Xeon E5620
2.4GHz
2.4GHz
2.66GHz
4
12MB
80w
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD
SSD
240GB
32GB
DDR3 EEC
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 5770
1GB
0m 9s
0m 21s
6m 9s
6m 23s
6m 22s
19m 24s
Mac Pro Late 2013
MR - DrDave6
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Xeon E5-1650 v2
3.5GHz
3.5GHz
3.9GHz
6
12MB
130w
PCI-E Based Flash
SSD
1TB
32GB
DDR3 EEC
1866MHz
AMD
Discrete
2
FirePro D500
3GB
0m 8s
1m 15s
4m 1s
4m 19s
4m 58s
14m 41s
Mac Pro Early 2008
MR - analog guy
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.8.5
Intel
2
Xeon E5462
2.8GHz
2.8GHz
2.8GHz
4
12MB
80w
Samsung 840 Pro SSD
SSD
256GB
16GB
DDR2
800MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 5870
1GB
0m 28s
2m 24s
8m 4s
7m 55s
7m 28s
26m 19s
iMac 27” Late 2013
MR - analog guy
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.9.1
Intel
1
Core i7 -4771
3.5GHz
3.5GHz
3.9GHz
4
8MB
84w
Apple/Samsung PCI-E SSD
SSD
512GB
16GB
DDR3
1600MHz
NVIDIA
Discrete
1
GTX 780M
4GB
0m 10s
1m 43s
4m 50s
4m 47s
4m 48s
16m 18s
Mac Book Air Mid 2011
FM - AnthonyKet
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.7.5
Intel
1
Core i5-2557M
1.7GHz
1.7GHz
2.7GHz
2
3MB
17w
Apple SSD
SSD
128GB
4GB
DDR3
1333MHz
Intel
Integrated
1
Intel HD 3000
384MB
0m 29s
2m 48s
13m 1s
12m 36s
11m 42s
40m 36s
MacBook Pro Early 2011
Email - Marcus Ebener
5.3
2048px
OS X 10.7.5
Intel
1
Core i7-2635QM
2.0GHz
2.0GHz
2.9GHz
4
6MB
45w
Hitachi HDD 5400RPM
HDD
500GB
8GB
DDR3
1333MHz
AMD
Discrete
1
Radeon HD 6490M
256MB
1m 34s
6m 40s
9m 8s
8m 20s
8m 5s
33m 47s
Fastest
0m 5s
0m 5s
2m 23s
1m 0s
0m 0s
1m 0s
Fastest
Slowest
1m 53s
6m 43s
13m 1s
12m 36s
11m 42s
40m 36s
Slowest
*If over clocked this will differ from the base clock
TABLE 1a - Timings Converted to ‘Seconds’ for Easier
Charting
OS
Finder duplicate “Test
Mule” folder (Internal Flash,
SSD or Fusion Drive)
Import 100 RAW fi les &
render standard
previews
Export 100 edited
images as resized &
optimised JPEGs
Export 100 edited
images as full size
JPEGs
Render 1:1
previews for 100
edited images
TOTAL -
Cumulative
Benchmark Time
SYSTEM
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal HDD (10.9.1)
10.9.1
85
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal SSD (10.9.1)
10.9.1
56
160
349
343
344
1252
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal HDD (10.8.5)
10.8.5
85
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal SSD (10.8.5)
10.8.5
53
179
336
333
323
1224
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (10.9.1)
10.9.1
32
80
288
283
300
983
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (10.9.0)
10.9.0
9
108
245
254
255
871
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
10.10.0
32
94
255
249
253
883
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
10.10.3
69
88
191
182
221
751
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
10.10.3
69
403
143
139
0
754
BASELINE for TABLE 2
32
80
288
283
300
983
BASELINE for TABLE 3
56
160
349
343
344
1252
iMac 27” Mid 2011
iMac 27” Late 2013
Mac Pro Late 2013
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (Brand New)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (After Use)
Seconds
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
69
32
9
32
56
CHART 1 - Finder - Time to Duplicate “Test Mule” Folder in seconds (Shorter is Better)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
Seconds
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
403
88
94
108
80
160
CHART 2 - Lightroom - Import 100 RAW Files & Render Standard Previews (Shorter is
Better)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
Seconds
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
320
360
400
143
191
255
245
288
349
CHART 3 - Lightroom 5.3 - Export 100 Images as Resized & Optimised JPEGs (Shorter is
Better)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
Seconds
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
320
360
400
139
182
249
254
283
343
CHART 4 - Lightroom 5.3 - Export 100 Images as Full Size JPEGs (Shorter is Better)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
iMac 27” 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
280
320
360
400
0
221
253
255
300
344
CHART 5 - Lightroom 5.3 - Render 1:1 Previews for 100 Images (Shorter is Better)
TABLE 2 - Percentage Speed Increase over Late 2013 High End CTO iMac
Finder
duplicate
“Test Mule”
folder
(Internal
Flash, SSD or
Fusion Drive)
Import 100
RAW fi les &
render
standard
previews
Export 100
edited images
as resized &
optimised
JPEGs
Export 100
edited images
as full size
JPEGs
Render 1:1
previews for
100 edited
images
TOTAL -
Cumulative
Benchmark
Time
SYSTEM
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
356%
74%
118%
111%
118%
113%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
100%
85%
113%
114%
119%
111%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
46%
91%
151%
155%
136%
131%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
46%
20%
201%
204%
130%
TABLE 3 - Percentage Speed Increase over Previously Owned Mid 2011 iMac
Finder
duplicate
“Test Mule”
folder
(Internal
Flash, SSD or
Fusion Drive)
Import 100
RAW fi les &
render
standard
previews
Export 100
edited images
as resized &
optimised
JPEGs
Export 100
edited images
as full size
JPEGs
Render 1:1
previews for
100 edited
images
TOTAL -
Cumulative
Benchmark
Time
SYSTEM
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - (LR 5.3)
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
175%
200%
121%
121%
115%
127%
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
622%
148%
142%
135%
135%
144%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
175%
170%
137%
138%
136%
142%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
81%
182%
183%
188%
156%
167%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
81%
40%
244%
247%
166%
Import & Render 100
Export 100 JPEGs (Resized/Optimised)
Export 100 JPEGs (Unadulterated)
Render 100 1:1 Previews
0%
55%
110%
165%
220%
204%
201%
20%
136%
155%
151%
91%
119%
114%
113%
85%
118%
111%
118%
74%
100%
100%
100%
100%
CHART 6 - Percentage Speed Increase over Late 2013 High End CTO iMac (Longer is
Better)
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
Import & Render 100
Export 100 JPEGs (Resized/Optimised)
Export 100 JPEGs (Unadulterated)
Render 100 1:1 Previews
Cumulative Benchmark
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
125%
150%
175%
200%
225%
166%
247%
244%
40%
167%
156%
188%
183%
182%
142%
136%
138%
137%
170%
144%
135%
135%
142%
148%
127%
115%
121%
121%
200%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
CHART 7 - Percentage Speed Increase over Mid 2011 iMac (Longer is Better)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
0%
175%
350%
525%
700%
81%
81%
175%
622%
175%
100%
CHART 5 - Storage Speeds Compared as Percentage Increase (Longer is Better)
Finder duplicate “Test Mule” folder (Internal Flash, SSD or Fusion Drive)
TABLE 4 - Price Performance Comparison
Total Percentage
Above Baseline - Sum
of Tests in Table 3
Average Percentage Increase Above
Baseline - Total Percentage ÷
Number of Tests (5)
UK System
Cost
Additional Expense of
Machine over Late 2013
iMac
SYSTEM
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (10.9.0)
1,183%
237%
£3,299.00
140.4%
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (10.10.0)
756%
151%
£2,642.00
112.5%
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (10.9.1)
732%
146%
£2,348.99
n/a
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.3)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR 5.6)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC)
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 - (LR CC 5120px)
0%
43%
85%
128%
170%
166%
167%
142%
144%
127%
100%
CHART 8 - Overall Speed Increase Based on Cumulative Results from All Tests
TOTAL - Cumulative Benchmark Time
TABLE 1b - Lightroom Options
Finder duplicate
“Test Mule” folder
(Internal Flash, SSD
or Fusion Drive)
Import 100 RAW
fi les & render
standard
previews
Export 100 edited
images as resized
& optimised
JPEGs
Export 100
edited images
as full size
JPEGs
Render 1:1
previews for
100 edited
images
TOTAL -
Cumulative
Benchmark
Time
SYSTEM
iMac 27” Mid 2011 - Internal SSD (LR 5.3)
0m 56s
2m 40s
5m 49s
5m 43s
5m 44s
20m 52s
iMac 27” Late 2013 - (LR 5.6)
0m 32s
1m 20s
4m 48s
4m 43s
5m 0s
16m 23s
Mac Pro Late 2013 - (LR 5.6)
0m 9s
1m 48s
4m 5s
4m 14s
4m 15s
14m 31s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR 5.6)
0m 32s
1m 34s
4m 15s
4m 9s
4m 13s
14m 43s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR CC)
1m 9s
1m 28s
3m 11s
3m 2s
3m 41s
12m 31s
iMac 27” with Retina 5K Late 2014 (LR CC 5120px)
1m 9s
6m 43s
2m 23s
2m 19s
0m 0s
12m 34s
