Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!jason From: jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: X benchmarks Message-ID: <20371@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 2 Jun 91 21:17:50 GMT References: <1991May31.151431.9127@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> Organization: UTexas CS Dept, Austin, Texas Lines: 34 In article <1991May31.151431.9127@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes: >tohanson@gonzo.lerc.nasa.gov writes: >>x11perf is a test of the majority of X operations (drawing, pixel, window, >>etc.). It has been organized into 4 sections by Digital Review. A script >>to run the benchmark and organize the results is available from >>uunet.uu.net in unix-today/benchmarks. [stuff deleted] > > I think you messed something up. The x11perf is a good analyzing tool, but > for server implementators, not for users. Normally you cannot guess the speed > of a specific server implementation from this bulk of numbers. Also the > x11percompDR is COMPLETLY USELESS, since there the numbers of two test were > compared WITHOUT wightening the resuslts. [rest of posting deleted] [weighting?] I'll let someone else fight x11perfcompDR vs. xbench. IMHO, neither provides very useful X performance numbers, but neither is "COMPLETLY [sic] USELESS" either. There simply is nothing else available in the public domain yet except equally mediocre tests and personal opinions. A good example of how confusing these types of numbers can be is revealed in the table on page 57 of the June 1991 issue of Unix Review. ---Jason ----- Jason Martin Levitt email: jason@cs.utexas.edu Recent X Terminal Reviews: "All of the X terminals...are viable contenders for desktop use." --David Wilson, Unix Review, 6/91 "It's difficult to choose an overall winner from this group." --Tom Yager, BYTE Magazine, 5/91. "It is difficult, if not unfair, to decide that one of the 10 terminals reviewed is significantly better overall." --Jason Levitt, Unix Today!, 4/1/91