Benchmarks - 1.3.11

Carlo E. Prelz (fluido@telepac.pt)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:38:11 +0200 (MET DST)

Hi. I am a bit late with benchmark comparisons for 1.3.11. I had not
enough space on the disk for running the disk tests last night (as I
found out this morning...). Well, this morning I had to work on my
computer, then I cleaned up some space (you need more than 30MB!) and
at 11AM I restarted the benchmark run. They ended about now (I
connected to my machine to get the results), but the disk tests still
had problems. I will have a look at the actual tests and rerun them
tonight. Here are the other comparisons. Will post the complete list
tomorrow.

Alan Cox asked me for details on my problems with IPX. I already wrote
to him. I am only adding that nothing changed with 1.3.11. All the
rest is happy and running.

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From:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.10 #20 Thu Jul 13 20:58:09 MET DST 1995 i486
* Thu Jul 13 23:00:34 MET DST 1995

To:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.11 #22 Tue Jul 18 22:26:10 MET DST 1995 i486
* Wed Jul 19 09:50:58 MET DST 1995

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Results
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Pipe-based Context Switching Test || 3007.4 -> 4804.9 +59.77%
Pipe Throughput Test || 18574.4 -> 18774.0 +1.07%
Execl Throughput Test || 60.9 -> 61.4 +0.82%
Dhrystone 2 using register variables || 49723.4 -> 50068.8 +0.69%
Arithmetic Test (type = long) || 8340.3 -> 8354.6 +0.17%
Arithmetic Test (type = register) || 8347.6 -> 8361.1 +0.16%
Arithmetic Test (type = short) || 7500.9 -> 7503.5 +0.03%
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) || 126997.8 -> 127034.2 +0.03%
Arithmetic Test (type = int) || 8359.1 -> 8360.6 +0.02%
Arithmetic Test (type = double) || 5059.8 -> 5060.7 +0.02%
Arithmetic Test (type = float) || 5059.6 -> 5060.5 +0.02%
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) || 11.0 -> 11.0 +0.00%
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) || 84.8 -> 84.7 -0.12%
Dhrystone 2 without register variables || 49789.8 -> 49611.7 -0.36%
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi || 723.1 -> 719.5 -0.50%
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) || 44.6 -> 44.3 -0.67%
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) || 22.2 -> 22.0 -0.90%
C Compiler Test || 45.5 -> 45.0 -1.10%
System Call Overhead Test || 30830.2 -> 30439.9 -1.27%
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places || 5841.2 -> 5538.2 -5.19%
Process Creation Test || 139.0 -> 128.1 -7.84%

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From:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.2.10 #59 Tue Jun 13 09:46:17 MET DST 1995 i486
* Tue Jun 27 10:18:13 MET DST 1995

To:
* Linux pimpinel.fluido.org 1.3.11 #22 Tue Jul 18 22:26:10 MET DST 1995 i486
* Wed Jul 19 09:50:58 MET DST 1995

*******
Results
*******

Pipe-based Context Switching Test || 3446.9 -> 4804.9 +39.40%
Execl Throughput Test || 51.6 -> 61.4 +18.99%
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) || 10.0 -> 11.0 +10.00%
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) || 78.3 -> 84.7 +8.17%
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) || 41.0 -> 44.3 +8.05%
Dhrystone 2 without register variables || 46284.2 -> 49611.7 +7.19%
Process Creation Test || 119.9 -> 128.1 +6.84%
C Compiler Test || 42.2 -> 45.0 +6.64%
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) || 21.0 -> 22.0 +4.76%
System Call Overhead Test || 29238.2 -> 30439.9 +4.11%
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi || 709.2 -> 719.5 +1.45%
Pipe Throughput Test || 18512.0 -> 18774.0 +1.42%
Dhrystone 2 using register variables || 49802.4 -> 50068.8 +0.53%
Arithmetic Test (type = short) || 7496.0 -> 7503.5 +0.10%
Arithmetic Test (type = float) || 5055.6 -> 5060.5 +0.10%
Arithmetic Test (type = register) || 8353.2 -> 8361.1 +0.09%
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) || 126914.4 -> 127034.2 +0.09%
Arithmetic Test (type = int) || 8353.4 -> 8360.6 +0.09%
Arithmetic Test (type = double) || 5056.8 -> 5060.7 +0.08%
Arithmetic Test (type = long) || 8353.5 -> 8354.6 +0.01%
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places || 5906.2 -> 5538.2 -6.23%

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Enjoy!
Carlo