Just dusted off an old version of the Byte UNIX Benchmarks from our old benchmark days at http://linux.silkroad.com/ and ran them against www.unix.com:
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
System -- Linux www 2.4.20 #2 Mon Mar 17 22:02:15 PST 2003 i686 unknown
Start Benchmark Run: Sat Sep 6 13:43:27 EDT 2003
1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables 3593034.9 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 3568756.2 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) 7550184.6 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register) 351794.6 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short) 340660.4 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int) 360040.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long) 363551.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float) 731557.4 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 730016.7 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test 935103.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test 948968.2 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test 368525.3 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test 14861.1 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test 4196.5 lps (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read (10 seconds) 2906887.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds) 174839.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy (10 seconds) 28177.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read (30 seconds) 3027515.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds) 173984.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy (30 seconds) 12078.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test 995.7 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) 4913.8 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) 2518.4 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) 1291.2 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 652.8 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 174793.5 lpm (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 57932.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 2541.7 730016.7 287.2
Dhrystone 2 without register variables 22366.3 3593034.9 160.6
Execl Throughput Test 16.5 4196.5 254.3
File Copy (30 seconds) 179.0 12078.0 67.5
Pipe-based Context Switching Test 1318.5 368525.3 279.5
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 4.0 652.8 163.2
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SUM of 6 items 1212.4
AVERAGE 202.1
This is very interesting compared to the GOOD OLD DAYS (1994 -1996)!!!!
Platform tested using BYTE Benchmarks SUM AVERAGE Notes
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1. Pentium Pro 200 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-W 227.2 37.9
2. Pentium Pro 200 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 225.9 37.6
3. Pentium Pro 200 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 220.2 36.7
4. Pentium Pro 180 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 204.5 34.1
5. Pentium Pro 200 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 181.3 30.2
6. Pentium S 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 174.5 29.1
7. Pentium S 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 146.9 24.5
8. Pentium S 120 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI EIDE 138.5 23.1
9. Pentium P5 150 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 135.2 22.5
10. Pentium S 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 132.7 22.1
11. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 126.6 21.1
12. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 115.3 19.2
13. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 112.1 18.7
14. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 109.4 18.2
15. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 107.8 18.0
16. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 105.2 17.5
17. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 103.2 17.2
18. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 12 M RAM PCI F-SCSI 102.1 17.0
19. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 97.4 16.2
20. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 96.9 16.1
21. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 95.1 15.8
22. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 24 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 94.7 15.8
23. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 93.8 15.6
24. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 93.6 15.6
25. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 92.7 15.5
26. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 15 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 91.6 15.3 Overclock
27. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI EIDE 91.2 15.2
28. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 89.2 14.9
29. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 64 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 86.4 14.4
30. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-III 84.0 14.0
31. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 83.8 13.9
32. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 8 M RAM PCI EIDE 82.6 13.8
33. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 89.2 14.9
34. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-W 82.2 13.7
35. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 81.4 13.6
36. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 77.8 13.0
37. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 77.4 12.9
38. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 76.1 12.7
39. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 75.8 12.6
40. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 75.2 12.5
41. Pentium P5 133 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 73.7 12.3
42. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 72.2 12.0
43. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 71.5 11.9
44. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 69.7 11.6
45. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 69.6 11.6
46. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 66.1 11.0
47. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 66.1 11.0
48. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 48 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 63.9 10.6
49. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 63.3 10.5
50. Pentium P5 66 Mhz 8 M RAM PCI EIDE 63.1 10.5
51. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 16 M RAM SCSI - 62.2 10.4
52. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 32 M RAM SCSI - 61.2 10.2
53. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 61.2 10.2
54. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 61.0 10.2
55. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 59.9 10.0
56. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 8 M RAM ISA - 58.4 9.7
57. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM EIDE - 57.9 9.7
58. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 57.7 9.6
59. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 16 M RAM ISA SCSI 56.9 9.5
60. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 54.7 9.1
61. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI 54.4 9.1
62. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 32 M RAM SCSI - 54.3 9.1
63. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 52.5 8.8
64. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 51.5 8.6
65. Pentium P5 100 Mhz 16 M RAM IDE - 49.8 8.3
66. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 32 M RAM ISA SCSI 48.4 8.1
67. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 48.1 8.0
68. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 47.3 7.9
69. Pentium OD 83 Mhz 32 M RAM ISA IDE 45.9 7.7 Overdrive
70. Pentium P5 120 Mhz 8 M RAM PCI EIDE 45.2 7.5
71. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 8 M RAM EIDE - 44.3 7.4
72. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 16 M RAM EIDE - 43.5 7.2
73. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 32 M RAM PCI EIDE 43.3 7.2
74. Pentium P5 60 Mhz 48 M RAM PCI SCSI-II 42.4 7.1
75. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 8 M RAM ISA VLB 41.0 6.8 Notebook
76. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 32 M RAM EIDE - 39.5 6.6
77. NexGen 586 90 Mhz 16 M RAM IDE - 39.4 6.6
78. Pentium P5 66 Mhz 32 M RAM SCSI - 36.7 6.1
79. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 16 M RAM ISA SCSI-II 35.4 5.9
80. Pentium P5 90 Mhz 64 M RAM EIDE - 34.5 5.7
81. Pentium OD 83 Mhz 8 M RAM VLB EIDE 33.6 5.6 Overdrive
82. Pentium P5 60 Mhz 24 M RAM PCI EIDE 32.5 5.4
83. Pentium P5 75 Mhz 16 M RAM PCI EIDE 26.6 4.4
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Notes: U = unknown cpu