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From: pdg@cs.uow.edu.au (Peter Gray)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: Here is a tiny OS benchmark
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.031854.303@cs.uow.edu.au>
Date: 19 Apr 91 03:18:54 GMT
References: <MAC.91Apr15161150@gold.kpc.com> <1991Apr16.120134.5264@cs.utk.edu>
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University
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de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) writes:

>In article <MAC.91Apr15161150@gold.kpc.com>, mac@gold.kpc.com (Mike McNamara) writes:
>>
>>Machine	OS	DPS	Load
>>Sun 3/50	4.0	3	Unloaded
>>Sun 3/280	4.1.1	6	Normal fileserver load
>>Stardent 30xx	4.0	12	Unloaded
>>My machine	--	26	Unloaded
>>
>>How does your machine compare?

>IBM RS 320      3.1     23      Unloaded
>DEC 5000/200    4.1     35      Unloaded
>DEC 5810        3.1     15      Light
>Cray X-MP       5.1.11  27      Light
>Sun SS1+        4.1      9      Light

It appears the SS1 suffers here due to shared libraries, or maybe
just a bad implementation. If you try the "benchmark" with a statically
linked date you get 20 DPS just on a normal SS1 (not a +).

>DEC 2100        4.0     13      Light


pdg

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