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Date:      02 Jul 1999 12:09:03 -0400
From:      Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>
To:        Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr>
Cc:        Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD is painfully slow on my 486
Message-ID:  <87so77xcdc.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
In-Reply-To: Claude Buisson's message of "Fri, 02 Jul 1999 17:16:50 %2B0200 (CEST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990702171113.22982A-100000@adam.framatome.fr>

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Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr> writes:

> > 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)
> 
> I have an old (Bull) Zenith with an i486 DX4 and 16M running 3.1-RELEASE:
> 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)
[snip]
> which is VERY different from your results.

Please forgive my ignorance... just to make sure... Your computer
appears to be bout 10 times *faster*, right? Thanks a lot for posting
these results, for your configuration is just plain the same with mine!

-- 
Arcady Genkin
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of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)


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