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Date:      Fri, 2 Jul 1999 17:16:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr>
To:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
Cc:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD is painfully slow on my 486
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990702171113.22982A-100000@adam.framatome.fr>
In-Reply-To: <87btdvywsn.fsf@main.wgaf.net>

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On 2 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> I'm not sure if it made to the list the last time, so I'll repost
> benchmark results for that machine -- can you guys have a look and
> tell me where the things are slower than they shoud be for an i486 DX4 
> with 16M of RAM?
> 
> ==============================================================
> 
>   BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
>   System -- door.wgaf.net
>   Start Benchmark Run: Thu Jul 1 07:32:18 EST 1999
>    3 interactive users.
> Dhrystone 2 without register variables     4713.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Dhrystone 2 using register variables       6390.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         149278.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = register)          1746.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = short)             3861.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = int)               2211.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = long)              2211.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = float)             5517.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Arithmetic Test (type = double)            5573.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> System Call Overhead Test                  1948.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Pipe Throughput Test                       1624.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Pipe-based Context Switching Test           757.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Process Creation Test                        72.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> Execl Throughput Test                        41.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> File Read  (10 seconds)                    2908.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
> File Write (10 seconds)                     600.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
> File Copy  (10 seconds)                     360.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
> File Read  (30 seconds)                    3140.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
> File Write (30 seconds)                     533.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
> File Copy  (30 seconds)                     392.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
> C Compiler Test                               7.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
> Shell scripts (1 concurrent)                 11.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
> Shell scripts (2 concurrent)                  5.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
> Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                  2.6 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
> Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                  1.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
> Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places           1324.3 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
> Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi               71.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
> 
>                      INDEX VALUES            
> TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX
> 
> Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7     5573.2        2.2
> Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3     4713.8        0.2
> Execl Throughput Test                           16.5       41.2        2.5
> File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0      392.0        2.2
> Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5      757.9        0.6
> Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0        1.0        0.2
>                                                                  =========
>      SUM of  6 items                                                   7.9
>      AVERAGE                                                           1.3
> 
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin
> "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate
> of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)
> 

I have an old (Bull) Zenith with an i486 DX4 and 16M running 3.1-RELEASE:

Copyright (c) 1992-1999 FreeBSD Inc.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #2: Mon Mar 22 11:34:48 CET 1999
    root@cerbere.di.framatome.fr:/usr/src/sys/compile/CERBERE
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: i486 DX4 (486-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x480  Stepping=0
  Features=0x3<FPU,VME>
real memory  = 16777216 (16384K bytes)
avail memory = 14401536 (14064K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xf0226000.
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
sc0 on isa
sc0: VGA color <4 virtual consoles, flags=0x0>
ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 maddr 0xd0000 msize 16384 on isa
ed0: address 00:00:c0:6b:f4:a8, type SMC8216T (16 bit) 
ed1 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa
ed1: address 00:00:c0:82:f4:a8, type SMC8216T (16 bit) 
atkbdc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard
atkbd0 irq 1 on isa
psm0 irq 12 on isa
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
sio0: type 16450
lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface
lpt-266506628: this driver is deprecated; use ppbus instead.
fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in
wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Conner Peripherals 1080MB - CFS1081A>
wd0: 1032MB (2113776 sectors), 2097 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
vga0 at 0x3b0-0x3df maddr 0xa0000 msize 131072 on isa
npx0 on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface

The bytebench from the port collection gives:



  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
  System -- cerbere.di.framatome.fr
  Start Benchmark Run: Fri  2 Jul 15:45:14 CEST 1999
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables    55715.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables      55680.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         1755509.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)         13881.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)            14374.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)              13856.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)             13880.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)             8625.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)            8655.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                 20095.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                      13876.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test          6180.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                       244.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                       155.0 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                   29854.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                    1400.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                    1073.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                   30405.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                    1400.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                    1085.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                              43.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)                 34.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)                 17.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                  8.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                  4.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places           6194.1 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi              496.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES            
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7     8655.2        3.4
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3    55715.0        2.5
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5      155.0        9.4
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0     1085.0        6.1
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5     6180.2        4.7
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0        4.0        1.0
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                  27.0
     AVERAGE                                                           4.5


which is VERY different from your results.

Claude Buisson



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