# MacPro 2010 for Plex Server? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [March 9, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186 "2016-03-09T04:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joshsims.1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joshsims.1991](https://forums.plex.tv/u/joshsims.1991)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/1 "2016-03-09T04:49:00Z")
Hello, I recently got a Mac Pro 2010: 2 x 2.66 Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5650 28GBs of Ram 128GB SSD for OSX El Capitan 1TB HDD 2TB HDD 3TB HDD Would this work good for a Plex server? ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/2 "2016-03-09T04:51:39Z")
Should work fine. I still have a 2009 Mac Mini 2GHZ Core2duo with 4g Ram test machine that runs El Capitan and PMS without issue. ---
**Author:** ![joshsims.1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joshsims.1991](https://forums.plex.tv/u/joshsims.1991)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/3 "2016-03-09T15:05:38Z")
Awesome, I can’t really find the processors for a passmark test. Any idea how many 1080p steams this could handle at once? ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/4 "2016-03-09T16:48:27Z")
Are you sure you have the CPU model number right? According to Intel, that’s a 2.26GHz 4-core processor, not 6: [http://ark.intel.com/products/40200/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5520-8M-Cache-2\_26-GHz-5\_86-GTs-Intel-QPI](http://ark.intel.com/products/40200/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5520-8M-Cache-2_26-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI) If so, the passmark score is 4452: [http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5520+%40+2.27GHz](http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5520+%40+2.27GHz) ---
**Author:** ![NateDawg1169](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@NateDawg1169](https://forums.plex.tv/u/NateDawg1169)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/5 "2016-03-09T21:11:44Z")
I have a mac pro 3.1 2008 model. Dual quad core xeons clocked @ 3.2 ghz 32 gb memory 512gb geforce 680 ti 1Tb samsung evo ssd This works fantastic for plex, i have all my media on a 18 bay synology nas using nfs shares. I make a 24gb ramdisk for transcoding and have has 10 simultanious streams going without issue. My isp gives me 100/20 down/up Mbps. I have both my nics teamed for throughput as well. Locally i direct play all my remote clients set their bandwidth to 2/3 Mbps on their plex clients. ---
**Author:** ![joshsims.1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@joshsims.1991](https://forums.plex.tv/u/joshsims.1991)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/6 "2016-03-10T16:31:29Z")
> @gbooker02 said: > Are you sure you have the CPU model number right? According to Intel, that’s a 2.26GHz 4-core processor, not 6: [Intel Xeon Processor E5520 8M Cache 2.26 GHz 5.86 GTs Intel QPI Product Specifications](http://ark.intel.com/products/40200/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5520-8M-Cache-2_26-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI) > If so, the passmark score is 4452: > [PassMark - Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27GHz - Price performance comparison](http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5520+%40+2.27GHz) You are right, I had the model wrong. Correct info below… Introduction Date: July 27, 2010\* Discontinued Date: June 11, 2012 Processors: 2 (12 Cores) Architecture: 64-Bit Geekbench 2 (32): 20294 Geekbench 2 (64): 22605 Geekbench 3 (32): 2123 Geekbench 3 (32): 22383 Geekbench 3 (64): 2326 Geekbench 3 (64): 25131 Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz Processor Type: 6 Core Xeon X5650 x2 Turbo Boost: 3.06 GHz Custom Speeds: N/A Processor Upgrade: LGA 1366 Sockets FPU: Integrated ---
**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/7 "2016-03-10T19:35:37Z")
Ok, with the E5650, the passmark per CPU is 7609: [http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+X5650+%40+2.67GHz](http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+X5650+%40+2.67GHz) Given you have 2 of these, you should have no issues simultaneously transcoding 4 or 5 1080p streams at once if you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/macpro-2010-for-plex-server/138186/8 "2020-01-07T21:09:24Z")