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From: jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.arch
Subject: Re: XENIX 386 benchmark results
Message-ID: <1090@killer.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 13:44:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: killer.1090
Posted: Fri Jul  3 13:44:33 1987
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References: <127@spdcc.COM>
Organization: The Unix(tm) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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Summary: Nice times, I don't know about the "in Sun territory" though ...
Xref: mnetor comp.unix.xenix:438 comp.arch:1562

In article <127@spdcc.COM>, dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
> ...
> At least from the Dhrystone benchmarks reported below, we're well
> into Sun 3 territory, if not beyond!  Quite amazing...
> 
> 	      IBM PC/AT 8mhz	  IBM PC/AT with Intel Inboard 386/AT
> 					at 16mhz, cache enabled
> 		XENIX 286	XENIX 286	XENIX 286	XENIX 386
> 		16-bit mem	16-bit mem	32-bit mem	32-bit mem
> 
> Drystone 1.1	no reg	reg	no reg	reg	no reg	reg	no reg	reg
>             	1084	1094	1957	1963	2906	2893	4603	4922
[ some munging to get rid of unneeded 1.0 kruft ]

I really don't know about the claim that the 386 is now in Sun territory.
I just benchmarked a Plexus P/95 (Yes, I know the list price is up arround
$100K) and it came out somewheres near 5200 Dhrystones at 20Mhz.  The
25Mhz box we bought should be over 6000.  Hopefully Guy can get his Sun's
to do alittle better than they have been doing.

We should be getting our box in sometime this week.  I finally got a
system built the way *I* wanted rather than what the boss wanted to spend
on one.  Dual disks, plenty RAM, spare serial ports, the works.  I just
hope they can still afford to give me a raise next year :-) :-) :-).

And just for kicks, I bounced this into comp.arch where it might be
interesting for all of those RISC'y people to see ...

And by the way - Xenix is not just an operating system for PC's.  Tandy
runs it on 68000's, I don't know about anyone else though ...

- John.