Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!agate!talvola From: talvola@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Simple X windows benchmark Message-ID: Date: 30 Jul 90 20:22:18 GMT References: <1990Jul28.014025.17578@pegasus.com> <48@omen.UUCP> <243@abhg.UUCP> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Organization: /staff/talvola/.organization Lines: 51 In-reply-to: misko@abhg.UUCP's message of 29 Jul 90 22:36:38 GMT In article <243@abhg.UUCP> misko@abhg.UUCP (William Miskovetz) writes: > In article <48@omen.UUCP>, caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX) writes: > > :One data point: > > : > > : Unix: ISC 2.0.2 Unix > > : X server: ISC X11R3 1.0.0, Xhrc > > : Resolution: 720x348x2 > > : Video card: Hercules monochrome graphics clone > > : Cpu: 33MHz 386 (Mylex), 128k cache, 8megs RAM > > : 80387: no > > : > > : Time: 1:43 > > : > > Unix: SCO 3.2 / ODT > > Cpu: 33 mHz Micronics, 64k cache, 16 MB, no 387 > > > > Time: $33 Herc clone: 1:36 > > Microfield T8: 0:50 > > > UNIX: ISC 2.2 > X server: ISC X11 V 1.1, Xgp > Resolution 1024x768x256 > Video card: Paradise 8514/A > CPU: 20 MHz Compaq 386, 9MB RAM > 80387: Yes > > Time: 0:29 Just for comparisons: UNIX: SunOS 3.5 X server: MIT X11R4 Resolution: 1152x900x2 (black and white) CPU: Sun 3/50 (16 MHz 68020 w/ 68881) Time: 0:31 Looks like the Hercules is just overly slow - probably because nobody has done any work on it. The Sun should be significantly slower than the 33 MHz 386 machines - no graphics hardware in a Sun 3/50 either. -- +----------------------------+ ! Erik Talvola | "It's just what we need... a colossal negative ! talvola@janus.berkeley.edu | space wedgie of great power coming right at us ! ...!ucbvax!janus!talvola | at warp speed." -- Star Drek