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Garp · May 18, 2004, 10:00am

CPU/Speed: Dual PIII 533
Ram: 256Mb PC133
Motherboard: Unknown, Intel Chipset
Cache: 256k on board
Controller: PARC Raid 2/Si, AIC-7880U
Disk: 30Gb RAID 5
Load: 1 user. Clean boot, init 5 but X-Windows not loaded.
Kernel: See Benchmarks.
pgms: gcc 3.2.3

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  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
  System -- Linux LinuxWeb 2.6.6 #1 SMP Mon May 10 16:03:54 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
  Start Benchmark Run: Mon May 10 16:23:42 BST 2004
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables   882114.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables     882551.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         2408259.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)        145778.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)           145154.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)             145548.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)            145621.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)           140758.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)          140824.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                253793.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                     208525.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test         46164.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                      3590.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                       922.0 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                  751362.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                  182057.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                   17328.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                  755912.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                  182977.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                   10892.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                             301.9 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)               1533.7 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)               1196.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                624.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                323.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places          34799.6 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi            12986.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES            
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7   140824.0       55.4
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3   882114.3       39.4
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5      922.0       55.9
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0    10892.0       60.8
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5    46164.9       35.0
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0      323.3       80.8
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                 327.4
     AVERAGE                                                          54.6

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  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
  System -- Linux LinuxWeb 2.4.26 #1 SMP Fri Apr 30 14:31:42 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
  Start Benchmark Run: Fri May  7 14:48:30 BST 2004
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables   885752.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables     885744.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         2415626.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)        146166.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)           145914.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)             146162.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)            146166.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)           141200.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)          141198.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                247723.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                     241003.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test         81409.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                      3592.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                      1222.6 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                  840962.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                  188799.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                   18401.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                  829548.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                  187953.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                    9670.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                             315.4 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)               1766.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)               1368.2 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                715.5 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                375.7 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places          43136.6 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi            13125.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES            
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7   141198.8       55.6
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3   885752.8       39.6
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5     1222.6       74.1
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0     9670.0       54.0
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5    81409.2       61.7
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0      375.7       93.9
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                 378.9
     AVERAGE                                                          63.2

Garp · May 18, 2004, 10:30am

I'm a bit of a n00b when it comes to Linux, but something I'd been wondering about for a while was CFLAGS settings, and whether I could make anything run better. After recompiling BM and re-running it, it made little or no difference (marginally slower, but within margin of error). Not to daunted I wondered about recompiling the 2.4.26 kernel, just changing -O2 up to -O3 in Makefile. Recompiled and setup, and was rather surprised at the speed increase!

  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
  System -- Linux Poweredge2400 2.4.26 #11 SMP Tue May 18 10:16:08 BST 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
  Start Benchmark Run: Tue May 18 10:41:26 BST 2004
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables   923880.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables     923829.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         2437252.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)        130089.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)           145810.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)             130090.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)            130066.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)           141226.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)          141231.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                254597.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                     251153.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test         85446.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                      3515.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                      1242.4 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                  866107.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                  188464.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                   19292.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                  851814.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                  187821.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                    9622.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                             307.1 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)               1747.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)               1355.2 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                707.5 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                372.4 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places          42279.8 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi            12233.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES            
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7   141231.5       55.6
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3   923880.6       41.3
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5     1242.4       75.3
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0     9622.0       53.8
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5    85446.6       64.8
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0      372.4       93.1
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                 383.8
     AVERAGE                                                          64.0

happy_nix · June 2, 2004, 11:31pm

RIG: Nvidia Gforce3 250
AMD Athlon64 2800 (412MHz FSB)
2GB PC3200 RAM (2, 1GB DIMMS)
Hitachi 160GB SATA Drives
3ware escalade RAID controller Raid5
GENTOO 2004.1 stage2 install 64bit

CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-DTIME -msse -msse2 -m3dnow -m64 -O2"

Results:

BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
System -- Linux VES-bear Start Benchmark Run: 13 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables Dhrystone 2 using register variables Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) Arithmetic Test (type = register) Arithmetic Test (type = short) Arithmetic Test (type = int) Arithmetic Test (type = long) Arithmetic Test (type = float) Arithmetic Test (type = double) System Call Overhead Test Pipe Throughput Test Pipe-based Context Switching Test Process Creation Test Execl Throughput Test File Read (10 seconds) File Write (10 seconds) File Copy (10 seconds) File Read (30 seconds) File Write (30 seconds) File Copy (30 seconds) C Compiler Test Shell scripts (1 concurrent) Shell scripts (2 concurrent) Shell scripts (4 concurrent) Shell scripts (8 concurrent) Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 #2 Sat May 22 21:23:30 Local time zone must be set--see zic manu x86_64 4 GNU/Linux
Mon May 31 21:52:23 CDT 2004
5398108.6 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
5360057.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
8559222.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
384388.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
376582.4 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
384470.8 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
224603.1 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
976770.2 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
881900.2 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
1833903.8 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
1192333.6 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
no measured results
11411.8 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
no measured results
4920490.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
613887.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
101231.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
4949798.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
632218.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
45708.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
1193.7 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
5188.3 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
2735.7 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
1405.3 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
709.3 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
160117.5 lpm (60 secs, 6 samples)
90029.9 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)

INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double) 2541.7 881900.2 347.0
Dhrystone 2 without register variables 22366.3 5398108.6 241.4
Execl Throughput Test 16.5 0.0 0.0
File Copy (30 seconds) 179.0 45708.0 255.4
Pipe-based Context Switching Test 1318.5 0.0 0.0
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 4.0 709.3 177.3

SUM of 6 items 1021.0
AVERAGE 170.2