BENCHMARKS (Byte's) 368 vs 486 comp.

Bob Palowoda palowoda at fiver.UUCP
Mon Mar 5 15:41:37 AEST 1990


  Ok, I took the time out to run Byte's Benchmarks on a 25Mhz 386 and
a 25Mhz 486. Some people out there my be interested in this information.
Also included is the results of a 33Mhz 386, and results of running the
bench compiled with 386 SCO but run on a 386 ESIX. Still it looks like
the 386 version of the Xenix compiler is better. Not in all case such
as process control.

 It would be nice if someone would post the results of a 25Mhz 386 or 486
running with SCO's UNIX. The sources can be downloaded from my bbs.
Phone numbers in the .sig. The file is 'Bbench.tar.Z' located in the
unix_bench files area of the bbs (Xenix 386 and UNIX 386 executables 
included).


---Bob




Start Benchmark Run (BYTE Version 2.1)
  Sun Mar  4 17:04:03 PST 1990 (long iterations  times)
  6 interactive users.
fiver fiver 3.2 2 i386
Type of system= C2 Micro Systems (MB1000+)
CPU and speed= 386 25Mhz
Memory control= interleave
Type of unix= ESIX 3.2.2 rev C
Size of 32bit memory= 4meg
Size of 16bit memory= 0 meg
Type of drive controller= ESDI
Type of compiler= ATT 386 PCC 4.1.5 
Type of math coproc.= w/387

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 without register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             354              354             71.84
Dhrystones/sec:               2827             2826           4696.78

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 using register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             297              297             27.82
Dhrystones/sec:               3372             3371           3543.66

=============================================================================
Sequential Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.00             1.96          24984.20
Real Time (secs):           132.50           118.20           3921.50
Rate (access/sec):            8460 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.16             2.12          89384.61
Real Time (secs):           224.17           175.30          29089.37
Rate (access/sec):            5704 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
** Iteration  2  real loop < ohead:  1000000 -21 2.733
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.37             2.35          26920.43
Real Time (secs):           132.67            66.86           5806.67
Rate (access/sec):           14956 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.07             2.03          28709.05
Real Time (secs):           145.50           136.69           3309.90
Rate (access/sec):            7316 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.01             2.00          18789.56
Real Time (secs):           124.00           122.90            343.20
Rate (access/sec):            8136 

=============================================================================
Random Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.77             1.72          18625.22
Real Time (secs):           115.17           108.27           2712.97
Rate (access/sec):            9236 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.97             1.92          27065.73
Real Time (secs):           141.00           131.83           3213.20
Rate (access/sec):            7585 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.51             1.49          11774.47
Real Time (secs):            96.33            94.05            641.07
Rate (access/sec):           10632 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.55             1.53          19549.11
Real Time (secs):           114.67           105.23           3773.87
Rate (access/sec):            9503 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
** Iteration  3  real loop < ohead:  1000000 -103 1.133
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.33             1.32           7311.88
Real Time (secs):            69.00            38.28           1600.80
Rate (access/sec):           26122 

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.60             0.60              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.73             0.73              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = register): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.10             5.10              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.28             5.28              0.02

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = short): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             6.62             6.62              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             6.93             6.93              0.08

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = int): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             4.30             4.30              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             4.53             4.53              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = long): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             4.32             4.32              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.03             0.76              0.01
Real Time (secs):             4.62             4.61              0.12

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = float): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):            24.30            24.26              2.27
System Time (secs):           0.25             0.38              0.15
Real Time (secs):            25.13            25.08              3.13

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = double): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):            24.17            24.13              1.86
System Time (secs):           0.05             0.52              0.01
Real Time (secs):            24.55            24.52              1.91

=============================================================================
System Call Overhead Test: 5 x 4000 Calls
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.37             0.36              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.35             2.35              0.00
Real Time (secs):             2.92             2.91              0.06

=============================================================================
Pipe Throughput Test: read & write 2048 x 512 byte blocks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.08             0.15              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.15             2.15              0.01
Real Time (secs):             2.42             2.41              0.02

=============================================================================
Pipe-based Context Switching Test: 2 x 500 Switches
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.67             0.66              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.70             1.69              0.06

=============================================================================
Process Creation Test: 100 forks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.03             0.46              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.98             0.98              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.25             1.24              0.01

=============================================================================
Execl Throughput Test: 100 execs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.10             2.10              0.00
Real Time (secs):             2.37             2.36              0.03

=============================================================================
Filesystem Throughput Test:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 50 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1125             1118          18750.00
Write (Kbytes/sec):             630              611          24594.76
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              244              223           7191.75
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 100 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1037             1036           3292.12
Write (Kbytes/sec):             648              637          15859.70
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              319              312           4410.98
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 200 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1052             1048          10454.16
Write (Kbytes/sec):             678              661          22784.96
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              408              405           2183.74
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 400 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              513              435         102611.58
Write (Kbytes/sec):             660              660            949.30
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              374              374            279.13
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 800 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              262              190          60989.42
Write (Kbytes/sec):             538              530          10484.08
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               48               47             10.14
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 1600 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):               85               81            813.56
Write (Kbytes/sec):             116              115            346.52
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               39               39              1.93

=============================================================================
Client/Server Database Engine:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             2.63             2.63              0.05
System Time (secs):           8.80             8.79              0.21
Real Time (secs):            29.13            29.13              0.30
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             6.23             6.21              0.41
System Time (secs):          19.30            19.22              4.36
Real Time (secs):            55.93            55.85             13.04
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.50             2.89              4.48
System Time (secs):          12.57            10.61             52.06
Real Time (secs):           115.70           115.63             22.89
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):            10.23             9.70             18.52
System Time (secs):          40.47            39.58            117.04
Real Time (secs):           251.23           250.79            323.10

  6 interactive users.
End Benchmark Run (Sun Mar  4 17:04:03 PST 1990) ....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Start Benchmark Run (BYTE Version 2.1)
  Sun Mar  4 21:46:14 PST 1990 (long iterations  times)
  6 interactive users.
fiver fiver 3.2 2 i386
Type of system= C2 Micro Systems (MB1000+)
CPU and speed= 386 25Mhz
Memory control= interleave
Type of unix= ESIX 3.2.2 rev C
Size of 32bit memory= 4meg
Size of 16bit memory= 0 meg
Type of drive controller= ESDI
Type of compiler= SCO 386
Type of math coproc.= w/387

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 without register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             341              340            380.63
Dhrystones/sec:               2942             2938          25913.08

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 using register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             301              301             32.32
Dhrystones/sec:               3319             3318           3911.56

=============================================================================
Sequential Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.41             1.41           7149.62
Real Time (secs):            70.00            57.08           1272.00
Rate (access/sec):           17519 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.57             1.56           7921.04
Real Time (secs):            79.00            76.36            434.80
Rate (access/sec):           13096 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
** Iteration  5  real loop < ohead:  1000000 -2 0.867
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.59             1.50          19381.17
Real Time (secs):           107.50            53.70           5516.70
Rate (access/sec):           18623 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.64             1.64          10609.36
Real Time (secs):            93.17            92.12            196.57
Rate (access/sec):           10856 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.67             1.67          11264.24
Real Time (secs):            96.67            96.41             54.27
Rate (access/sec):           10372 

=============================================================================
Random Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.50             1.50           9755.48
Real Time (secs):            90.17            90.16              2.17
Rate (access/sec):           11092 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.72             1.68          20906.64
Real Time (secs):           118.50           107.96           4059.50
Rate (access/sec):            9263 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
** Iteration  3  real loop < ohead:  1000000 -64 0.817
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              2.09             1.95          30872.55
Real Time (secs):           142.50            70.95           6510.30
Rate (access/sec):           14094 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.65             1.62          20083.52
Real Time (secs):           115.33           105.48           4124.67
Rate (access/sec):            9480 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              1.75             1.72          13615.11
Real Time (secs):           104.67           103.02            472.67
Rate (access/sec):            9707 

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             1.40             1.40              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.55             1.55              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = register): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.13             5.13              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.33             5.33              0.05

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = short): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.58             5.58              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.78             5.78              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = int): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.17             5.17              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.45             5.45              0.02

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = long): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.12             5.12              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.02             0.68              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.37             5.36              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = float): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):            22.50            22.47              1.55
System Time (secs):           0.27             0.27              0.09
Real Time (secs):            24.30            24.14             10.04

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = double): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):            25.58            25.52              3.96
System Time (secs):           0.17             0.37              0.02
Real Time (secs):            26.42            26.36              3.53

=============================================================================
System Call Overhead Test: 5 x 4000 Calls
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.45             0.45              0.00
System Time (secs):           1.95             1.95              0.00
Real Time (secs):             2.50             2.50              0.00

=============================================================================
Pipe Throughput Test: read & write 2048 x 512 byte blocks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.05             0.32              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.15             2.15              0.00
Real Time (secs):             2.43             2.43              0.00

=============================================================================
Pipe-based Context Switching Test: 2 x 500 Switches
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.58             0.58              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.53             1.53              0.00

=============================================================================
Process Creation Test: 100 forks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.02             0.68              0.00
System Time (secs):           1.40             1.40              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.60             1.60              0.00

=============================================================================
Execl Throughput Test: 100 execs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.83             2.83              0.00
Real Time (secs):             3.08             3.08              0.02

=============================================================================
Filesystem Throughput Test:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 50 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              562              559           4687.50
Write (Kbytes/sec):             311              309           1817.34
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              108               94           2489.49
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 100 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              518              497          19572.88
Write (Kbytes/sec):             329              319           6134.45
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              176              170           2334.26
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 200 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              577              577            284.80
Write (Kbytes/sec):             408              408             83.37
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              229              228            456.16
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 400 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              375              314          39852.84
Write (Kbytes/sec):             382              382             36.24
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              214              214            185.46
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 800 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):               80               80            127.25
Write (Kbytes/sec):             301              298           2042.46
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               22               20             43.68
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 1600 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):               42               40            157.13
Write (Kbytes/sec):              60               60             28.55
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               19               19              8.67

=============================================================================
Client/Server Database Engine:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.77             3.74              0.32
System Time (secs):           9.10             9.10              0.01
Real Time (secs):            31.93            31.92              1.26
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             7.17             7.14              0.46
System Time (secs):          18.37            18.32              2.72
Real Time (secs):            64.00            62.64            283.96
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             6.77             5.94             12.40
System Time (secs):          19.00            16.67             98.11
Real Time (secs):           120.00           119.82             64.81
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):            20.27            20.06             12.58
System Time (secs):          56.57            56.20             63.58
Real Time (secs):           237.60           237.07            367.96

  6 interactive users.
End Benchmark Run (Sun Mar  4 21:46:14 PST 1990) ....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Start Benchmark Run (BYTE Version 2.1)
  Sun Mar  4 17:12:22 PST 1990 (long iterations  times)
  3 interactive users.
sysname=XENIX
nodename=
release=2.3.2
version=SysV
machine=i80386
origin=3
oem=3000

Type of system= Ubiuld er yourself type   
CPU and speed= 486 25Mhz
Memory control= cache     
Type of unix= Xenix 386 2.3.2 
Size of 32bit memory= 4meg
Size of 16bit memory= 0 meg
Type of drive controller= ESDI Adaptec
Type of compiler= SCO 386
Type of math coproc.= w/387
=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 without register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:              54               54              0.87
Dhrystones/sec:              18466            18464          96855.37

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 using register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:              53               53              0.43
Dhrystones/sec:              18851            18849          60963.84

=============================================================================
Sequential Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.10             0.10             42.59
Real Time (secs):             5.83             5.70              1.77
Rate (access/sec):          175436 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.11             0.10             49.19
Real Time (secs):             6.33             6.26              1.07
Rate (access/sec):          159813 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.11             0.10             49.19
Real Time (secs):             6.33             6.26              1.07
Rate (access/sec):          159813 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.10             0.10             46.59
Real Time (secs):             6.17             6.10              0.97
Rate (access/sec):          163972 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.10             0.10             46.19
Real Time (secs):             6.17             6.13              0.57
Rate (access/sec):          163204 

=============================================================================
Random Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.18             0.18            141.36
Real Time (secs):            10.83            10.81              0.57
Rate (access/sec):           92493 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.17             0.17            128.76
Real Time (secs):            10.33            10.31              0.67
Rate (access/sec):           97035 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.16             0.16            116.57
Real Time (secs):             9.83             9.81              0.57
Rate (access/sec):          101942 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.17             0.17            120.37
Real Time (secs):            10.00             9.98              0.40
Rate (access/sec):          100168 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.19             0.19            150.16
Real Time (secs):            11.17            11.15              0.57
Rate (access/sec):           89724 

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.30             0.30              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.43             0.43              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = register): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.10             3.10              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             3.22             3.22              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = short): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.50             3.50              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             3.60             3.60              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = int): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.30             3.30              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             3.33             3.33              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = long): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             3.28             3.28              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             3.33             3.33              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = float): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             6.50             6.50              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             6.55             6.55              0.02

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = double): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             7.20             7.20              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             7.25             7.25              0.01

=============================================================================
System Call Overhead Test: 5 x 4000 Calls
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.17             0.16              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.53             0.53              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.82             0.82              0.00

=============================================================================
Pipe Throughput Test: read & write 2048 x 512 byte blocks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.02             0.68              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.65             0.65              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.72             0.72              0.00

=============================================================================
Pipe-based Context Switching Test: 2 x 500 Switches
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.20             0.20              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.55             0.55              0.01

=============================================================================
Process Creation Test: 100 forks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.70             0.70              0.00
Real Time (secs):             0.83             0.83              0.01

=============================================================================
Execl Throughput Test: 100 execs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.02             0.68              0.00
System Time (secs):           1.20             1.17              0.08
Real Time (secs):             3.43             3.43              0.03

=============================================================================
Filesystem Throughput Test:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 50 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):                0                1              0.00
Write (Kbytes/sec):            2500             2500              0.00
Copy (Kbytes/sec):             2222             2082         462964.81
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 100 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             5000             5000              0.00
Write (Kbytes/sec):            2917             2806         1041666.67
Copy (Kbytes/sec):             1597             1589          28935.65
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 200 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             3333             3333              0.00
Write (Kbytes/sec):            2778             2752         185183.70
Copy (Kbytes/sec):             1438             1433          17597.64
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 400 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             3254             3249          37792.82
Write (Kbytes/sec):            2560             2556          21258.16
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               93               92            197.72
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 800 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              177              177              0.74
Write (Kbytes/sec):             112              112             35.46
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               52               52              7.85
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 1600 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):               80               79            145.35
Write (Kbytes/sec):             106              105            188.09
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               41               41              7.59

=============================================================================
Client/Server Database Engine:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             1.20             1.18              0.07
System Time (secs):           3.03             3.03              0.02
Real Time (secs):            11.03            11.01              0.70
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             2.60             2.60              0.01
System Time (secs):           6.27             6.27              0.02
Real Time (secs):            22.33            22.33              0.22
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             4.93             4.93              0.02
System Time (secs):          12.37            12.37              0.01
Real Time (secs):            41.17            41.16              0.74
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):            10.43            10.42              0.34
System Time (secs):          24.60            24.59              0.43
Real Time (secs):            80.23            80.23              0.17

  2 interactive users.
End Benchmark Run (Sun Mar  4 17:12:22 PST 1990) ....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Start Benchmark Run (BYTE Version 2.1)
  Thu Mar  1 05:18:58 EST 1990 (long iterations  times)
  3 interactive users.
sysname=XENIX
nodename=(empty)
release=2.3.2
version=SysV
machine=i80386
origin=3
oem=3000
serial#=340

Type of system= Everex Step 386           
CPU and speed= 386 33Mhz
Memory control= cache
Type of unix= SCO 386 2.3.2    
Size of 32bit memory= 4meg
Size of 16bit memory= 0 meg
Type of drive controller= unknown
Type of compiler= SCO 386
Type of math coproc.= w/387
=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 without register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             141              141              0.77
Dhrystones/sec:               7115             7115           1886.08

=============================================================================
Dhrystone 2 using register variables
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Microseconds/loop:             132              132              0.43
Dhrystones/sec:               7579             7579           1501.00

=============================================================================
Sequential Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.28             0.28            341.31
Real Time (secs):            16.83            16.80              1.37
Rate (access/sec):           59520 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.28             0.28            321.51
Real Time (secs):            16.33            16.30              1.47
Rate (access/sec):           61365 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.28             0.28            340.51
Real Time (secs):            16.83            16.82              0.57
Rate (access/sec):           59455 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.30             0.30           1174.09
Real Time (secs):            25.50            21.72            393.90
Rate (access/sec):           46036 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
** Iteration  1  real loop < ohead:  1000000 -18 0.233
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.27             0.27            311.51
Real Time (secs):            14.67            10.89             53.47
Rate (access/sec):           91857 

=============================================================================
Random Memory Access Test: 1000000 Accesses
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 512 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.45             0.45            876.16
Real Time (secs):            27.00            26.98              1.60
Rate (access/sec):           37070 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 1024 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.44             0.44            832.17
Real Time (secs):            26.33            26.33              0.27
Rate (access/sec):           37981 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 2048 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.45             0.45            865.16
Real Time (secs):            26.83            26.81              1.37
Rate (access/sec):           37296 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 8192 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.49             0.49           1073.71
Real Time (secs):            29.67            29.43             17.87
Rate (access/sec):           33983 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Array Size: 16384 bytes
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
CPU Time (secs):              0.44             0.44            865.17
Real Time (secs):            26.83            26.81              1.37
Rate (access/sec):           37296 

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             1.30             1.30              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.42             1.42              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = register): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.10             5.10              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.18             5.18              0.01

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = short): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             6.10             6.10              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             6.22             6.22              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = int): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.40             5.40              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.52             5.52              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = long): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.40             5.40              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):             5.52             5.52              0.00

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = float): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):           684.55           684.55              0.13
System Time (secs):           0.22             0.84              0.14
Real Time (secs):           690.30           690.25             85.92

=============================================================================
Arithmetic Test (type = double): 10000 Iterations
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):           716.23           716.23              0.03
System Time (secs):           0.00             1.00              0.00
Real Time (secs):           716.38           716.38              0.05

=============================================================================
System Call Overhead Test: 5 x 4000 Calls
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.43             0.43              0.01
System Time (secs):           1.67             1.66              0.01
Real Time (secs):             2.15             2.15              0.00

=============================================================================
Pipe Throughput Test: read & write 2048 x 512 byte blocks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.05             0.32              0.00
System Time (secs):           1.65             1.65              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.73             1.73              0.01

=============================================================================
Pipe-based Context Switching Test: 2 x 500 Switches
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           0.50             0.50              0.00
Real Time (secs):             1.22             1.22              0.00

=============================================================================
Process Creation Test: 100 forks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.03             0.46              0.00
System Time (secs):           2.08             2.08              0.00
Real Time (secs):             2.27             2.27              0.01

=============================================================================
Execl Throughput Test: 100 execs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
User Time (secs):             0.00             1.00              0.00
System Time (secs):           3.72             3.71              0.08
Real Time (secs):             5.18             5.18              0.02

=============================================================================
Filesystem Throughput Test:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 50 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             2292             2227         260416.67
Write (Kbytes/sec):            1458             1403         260416.67
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              799              794           7233.56
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 100 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1597             1589          28935.65
Write (Kbytes/sec):            1319             1311          28935.65
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              699              699           1328.78
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 200 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1548             1543          17007.48
Write (Kbytes/sec):            1369             1366           8503.27
Copy (Kbytes/sec):              691              691           1423.26
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 400 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):             1413             1412           1511.78
Write (Kbytes/sec):            1225             1225           1441.78
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               92               89            398.64
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 800 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              302              302            218.00
Write (Kbytes/sec):              61               61             71.23
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               57               57              4.08
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
File Size: 1600 (1024 byte) blocks
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (6 tests)
Read (Kbytes/sec):              221              221              0.53
Write (Kbytes/sec):              66               66              5.62
Copy (Kbytes/sec):               49               49              4.77

=============================================================================
Client/Server Database Engine:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             2.60             2.59              0.09
System Time (secs):           7.33             7.33              0.10
Real Time (secs):            24.50            24.50              0.13
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):             5.57             5.56              0.06
System Time (secs):          14.23            14.23              0.02
Real Time (secs):            47.63            47.63              0.57
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):            10.90            10.89              0.43
System Time (secs):          28.53            28.53              0.30
Real Time (secs):            92.20            92.19              1.69
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8 client processes.
                       Arithmetric        Geometric         Variance
                              Mean             Mean         (3 tests)
User Time (secs):            22.33            22.33              0.22
System Time (secs):          56.27            56.27              0.10
Real Time (secs):           181.33           181.33              1.22

  3 interactive users.
End Benchmark Run (Thu Mar  1 05:18:58 EST 1990) ....

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