Category Archives: Apple OS X
Custom Built Mac iFive – Geekbench 3 Results
Photoshop diglloyd Speed1- Real World Benchmark
Hackintosh versus Macintosh
[ iFive vs. iMac ]
The diglloyd Speed1 benchmark uses a mix of the most commonly operations in everyday use of Adobe Photoshop CC. This test is a CPU-constrained test, generally needs 8GB of memory. It runs a mix of operations including Unsharp Mask, image resizing, image rotation, invert, Levels, Curves, Gaussian Blur, Shadow Highlight.
More about this test here,
Download this benchmark here
Read more about Hackintosh iFive @ 3.7 “Gee” (Hack Pro Rig) Test Configuration:
Bench settings, typical workflow setup, History = 30 and Cache Levels = 4, Cache Tile Size =1024K, Use GPU, RAM 12G)
Hackintosh vs Mac Pro – Real World Benchmark
Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 Benchmark
Hackintosh vs real Mac
Get benchmark image (5184 × 3456) 3.6 MB here, test your computer
Results and instructions are embedded into image which is also benchmark image
More info about this bench here
Result with my $800.00 Hackintosh Intel i5-3450 @ 3.7 GHz, 16GB RAM, Quadro FX 1800 – 31.2s
Result with $3,399.00 Mac Pro 2013,6-Core Xeon E5,16GB RAM,2xAMD FireProD500 – 20.3s
Mac Pro 2013 is 1.54 x faster and cost 4.25 x more than Hackintosh
Hack Pro vs. Mac Pro, Cinebench Test
Mac Pro 2014 Xeon E5 1650 is 1.86 x faster than Hack Pro with i5-3450 @ 3.7 GHz
[6/12 cores @ 3.5 GHz vs. 4/4 cores @ 3.7 GHz]
3D Fluff Cinebench 15 Database
Test Results Comparison Table
Hackintosh Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H, Hack Rig
Install Mac OS X Mavericks on a PC
with nVidia Quadro FX 1800
How to Install Apple OS X on a PC with Quadro GPU (Hack Pro Build)
Hardware:
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H, BIOS F22, $138.77
Audio: VIA VT2021
LAN: Atheros GbE LAN chip
CPU: Intel ® Core™ i5-3450 Processor, $245.00
GPU: nVidia Quadro FX 1800, $50
RAM: 16 GB RAM, 4×4 Mushkin DDR3, 1600 MHz, PC-12800, Blackline, $150
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520 BRONZE, SS-520GB Power Supply, $80.34
Cooler Master – Hyper TX EVO – Dual Fan, $24
LC Power Triton Midi Case
=$688.77
1. Download OSX-Mavericks.dmg [5.2 GB] Niresh 10.9 Distro (a.k.a. Mavericks Zone)
2. Create USB (8 GB+) bootable drive in Windows with Win32 Disk Imager
3. Change BIOS (UEFI) -> enable AHCI
4. Boot & Install with USB thumb drive from step 2
5. During installation process create on HD partition: Utilities -> Disk Utility, GUID Partition Table, Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
6. After installation boot with Boot Flag “-X”
7. Post-installation process: with Multibeast select universal audio driver “WoodooHDA 2.8.2” 8. Boot normal without boot flags
8. Download & Install CUDA Drivers for MAC
Check your GPU Driver Verison in System Preferences > Other > CUDA
Check your graphics card core capabilities with CUDA-Z (OS X Alternative to GPU-Z on PC)
Your Hackintosh is ready.
Note: Don’t get confused with “Mac Pro – Early 2008” (see image above).
The main reason is my old GPU from 2008.
Update : Sunday, April 26, 2015
If you want to use Intel Turbo Boost Technology in Mac OS X
Disable ” CPU EIST Function “
You can overclock your Hackintosh with I5-3450 up to 3.7 GHz,
Change “CPU Clock Ratio” from 31 to 37
Update: Thursday, April 30, 2015
Download & Install The OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 update [982 MB]
Download & Install Security Update 2015-004 [117 MB]
