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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:1159 comp.os.linux:55838 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!grapevine.lcs.mit.edu!CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU!metcalf Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd Message-ID: <28umsn$n4d@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> From: metcalf@CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris Metcalf) Date: 6 Oct 1993 15:05:59 GMT References: <2CB12A8D.17397@news.service.uci.edu> Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Keywords: benchmarks speed downers uppers and other dirty laundry Summary: Linux HZ is 100, so the results are *IDENTICAL* NNTP-Posting-Host: catfish.lcs.mit.edu Lines: 20 In article <2CB12A8D.17397@news.service.uci.edu>, Jeff Stern <jstern@aris.ss.uci.edu> wrote: >I recently switched from 386bsd to linux, and happened to find some >benchmarks I had archived from when the same machine was running >386bsd, and thought I'd run them again under linux. ... > >Dhrystones per Second [386BSD]: 8695.7 >Dhrystones per Second [Linux]: 5217.4 Please note that "HZ" on Linux is 100, not 60, unlike most other common Unix systems (SunOS, Ultrix, *BSD, etc.). Since 5217.4 / 8695.7 is *exactly* 60/100, it's clear that the time taken under Linux was exactly the same as the time taken under 386BSD. Note also that the "Dhampstone" results were identical. Remember, these are designed to CPU-only benchmarks, so they don't exercise the OS at all. Leave those "shared library" theories at home :-) -- Chris Metcalf, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science metcalf@cag.lcs.mit.edu // +1 (617) 253-7766