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From: wasnsr@nmt.edu (T.O.R.S.O.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Confused about mips, SI rating, and my computer!
Summary: MIPS.COM from comp.binaries gives me wierd value
Message-ID: <1991Mar28.045507.3905@nmt.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 91 04:55:07 GMT
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Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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	I jusr ran the mips program recently posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc on my ACMA 386 20MHz, and the values it gave don't seem correct.

	Benchmark Perf 	   Ibm pc    Ibm AT  Compaq	Actual
	relative to ->	    4.7Mhz   8Mhz     386       MIPS
	------------------------------------------------------
	General Instruc	    8.40     2.44     1.23   :   1.39
	Integer Instruc     18.49    2.89     1.27   :   3.11
	Memory to Memory    7.51     2.31     1.29   :   1.79
	Regis to Regis	    22.00    2.86     1.20   :   3.96
	Regis to Memory     7.90     2.37     1.31   :   2.43

	Overall Perfor	    10.62    2.56     1.26   :   2.54


	Now, following the numbers, I am assuming that the lower the number the better.  If this is so, am I wrong in assuming that a 386 20MHz should beat an Ibm AT (8MHz) in every category.

	For my machine, the NORTON SI 5.0 is 12.4 (CPU index), and for SI 4.5, the rating is 21.0.

	Is there something wrong with my machine, am I reading the numbers wrong, or is the MIPS program in error?

						Any help would be appreciated!

						Thanks in advance,
						   wayne,
						      wasnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu