Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!lusol From: lusol@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: Here is a tiny OS benchmark Message-ID: <1991Apr17.150759.248@vax1.cc.lehigh.edu> Date: 17 Apr 91 19:07:57 GMT Organization: Lehigh University Lines: 7 Why does one DEC 5000 have a DPS speed of 35 and another of 45..??? The DPS rate has 1 second granularity, that's why. So, although the CDC 4680 usually gives 62 DPS because it runs in 8 seconds, sometimes I get 71 DPS for a 7 second run!