Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bcstec!misty!jsadler From: jsadler@misty.boeing.com (Jim Sadler) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: More issues of benchmarking Message-ID: <23410001@misty.boeing.com> Date: 3 Dec 90 05:46:53 GMT References: <7601@eos.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: Boeing Commercial Airplane BCS Support Lines: 51 / misty:comp.benchmarks / NEUMANN@awiwuw11.wu-wien.ac.at (Gustaf Neumann) / 10:21 am Dec 1, 1990 / >HP9000/835 (HP-UX 7.0) > 20.6 real 18.0 user 0.1 sys > >No idea, why our 835 looks so bad. Any explanations for the The following is from a HP9000-835CHXSE HP-UX 7.0 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ uptime 9:35pm up 6 days, 13:14, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.15 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc 1 real 19.2 user 18.1 sys 0.1 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc 1 real 18.6 user 18.2 sys 0.0 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc 1 real 18.3 user 18.1 sys 0.0 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc 1 real 18.2 user 18.1 sys 0.0 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ uptime 9:37pm up 6 days, 13:16, 1 user, load average: 0.68, 0.26, 0.22 misty.jsadler /users/jsadler$ echo 2^5000/2^5000 | /bin/time bc 1 real 18.3 user 18.1 sys 0.0 Now is the 10% that big of a deal. There must be something appropriate to say about the number of posting about a "simple benchmark". jim sadler 206-234-9009 email uunet!bcstec!jsadler | jsadler@misty.boeing.com This service is brought to you by the computing mafia of Boeing (BCS). Oh ya None of the above is an opinion of The Boeing Co. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com