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Q: Test tools for mac

I was wondering if there are any test tools for my mac mini like on PC OCCT, PassMark, Aida64, 3DMark... or something like that, I need to test the unit thoroughly  everything memory, gpu, cpu...

 

Any suggestions for some software like that ?

 

 

Thanks

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 26, 2016 1:12 AM

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  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Jun 26, 2016 2:10 AM in response to Thermaltake868
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    Jun 26, 2016 2:10 AM in response to Thermaltake868
  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Jun 26, 2016 2:19 AM in response to Thermaltake868
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    Jun 26, 2016 2:19 AM in response to Thermaltake868

    A few links to possible test source information appear in this search result, among others:

     

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=benchmark+tests+for+Mac+computer+&t=ffsb&ia=web

     

    From past looking, some of these likely may simply present archival information on models

    and not actually provide tests that you can perform yourself on your own Mac configuration.

     

    This one suggests it has a free software; and I have never heard of them before:

    https://novabench.com/

     

    The geekbench 3 for Mac app starts at $9.99 online, and up. I've accidentally downloaded

    that one while mousing over; so into the trash it goes. Wasted bandwidth is costly here.

    Some of results in the duckduckgo search go to reviews that are out of date; slow to load.

     

    {Be wary of clicking on any links in the resulting search pages, see if a mouse-over can tell

    what the name of the item/icon may really be. And hope for the best to avoid adware or other

    files that could be manipulated to contain bogus or tainted content.}

     

    Sorry to not have an exact answer for your question.

    And the time here is early AM Sunday, near 1:20 AKDT.

     

    Good luck in any event!

  • by woodmeister50,

    woodmeister50 woodmeister50 Jun 26, 2016 3:23 AM in response to Thermaltake868
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    Jun 26, 2016 3:23 AM in response to Thermaltake868

    For general performance testing, you can get Geekbench in the MacApp Store for $9.99

    (safest place to get it other than vendor themselves).

     

    Also in the MacApp Store, a free app, Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, can be used to test

    disk access performance for internal and any connected drive, SSD or HDD.

     

    For actual operation parameters there is always Activity Monitor found in Applications->Utilities.

    Another app which I have is iStat Menus which can display real time info in the menu bar

    for temps, disk access, network access, cpu, memory usage, etc.

     

    And just as an aside, never download apps from anywhere but the MacApp Store or directly

    from the app vendors themselves.  Downloading from anywhere else could end up with at

    minimum annoying adware piggybacked or at worse, outright malware, trojans, etc.

  • by K Shaffer,

    K Shaffer K Shaffer Jun 26, 2016 3:41 AM in response to Thermaltake868
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    Jun 26, 2016 3:41 AM in response to Thermaltake868

    You can see more options than those in the App Store by going to the vendor

    pages directly; also the results of a search engine can give in more information

    if you are selective and can tell fact from fiction, than the App Store features.

     

    Geekbench 3 - Cross-Platform Processor Benchmark

     

    This ^ is the link to one of the http://www.primatelabs.com/ products at retail cost.

     

    The others that are via third party download sites can be highly suspect by nature.

     

    If you haven't a newer model computer and instead are running an OS X older than

    Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and not using the App Store, you'd be looking via search and

    avoid the unavailable App Store by default. I'm running OS X 10.5.8 now in PPC G4.

     

    Good luck & happy computing!