Tests

Dhrystone 2 without register variables 858767.1 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 879713.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh) 2880633.4 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register) 166883.2 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short) 137434.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int) 167087.9 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long) 166867.5 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float) 235811.4 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 235963.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test 117020.7 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test 145018.3 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test 104136.3 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test 1549.7 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test 908.3 lps (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read (10 seconds) 484706.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds) 85132.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy (10 seconds) 15638.0 KBps (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read (30 seconds) 458784.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds) 82632.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy (30 seconds) 13266.0 KBps (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test 557.5 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent) 1543.8 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent) 909.7 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent) 477.3 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent) 239.0 lpm (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 22615.7 lpm (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 12866.0 lps (10 secs, 6 samples)

After running the Benchmark, I decided i should actually understand what each test being carried out is doing / relates to. As a newbie i ask the more knowledgable individuals to exlplain each test!!

cheers

Josh