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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

#3568
From: Michael Kraemer
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 09:43
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In article <stephenkDp34yH.Dtw@netcom.com>, stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans
) writes:
> In article <mem-2903961057080001@durin.pha.jhu.edu> mem@jhu.edu (Mel Martinez)
 writes:
> >In article <stephenkDp0JpA.F6u@netcom.com>, stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen
> >Knilans) wrote:

(lengthy stuff deleted)

> On a P5/100 with 256K PB cache, an NCR 825 based tyan SCSI controller, over
> a 10Mbps network.
> 
> Standardized system throughput test
> Written by Stephen Knilans
> 1996 all rights reserved
> This system can do  3447197 loops per second.
> This system can do  4750498 long groups per second.
> This system can do  1451460 double groups per second.
> This system can do     6560cps raw term character I/O.
> This system can do      48.307MB/s from disk cache.
> This system can do       0.545MB/s random writes, to disk.
> This system can do       1.131MB/s random reads, from disk.
> This system can do       2.010MB/s writes, to disk.
> This system can do       6.644MB/s reads, from disk.
>

On a PPC601 @ 80MHz, AIX 3.2.5, with "cc speed.c -qarch=ppc -O3",
disk access via NFS/10Mbps

This system can do  4516808 loops per second.
This system can do  8305211 long groups per second.
This system can do  5855898 double groups per second.
This system can do    91020cps raw term character I/O.
This system can do      10.300MB/s from disk cache.
This system can do       0.030MB/s random writes, to disk.
This system can do       0.257MB/s random reads, from disk.
This system can do       4.292MB/s writes, to disk.
This system can do       3.260MB/s reads, from disk.

On a PPC604 @ 120MHz, AIX 4.1.3, with "cc speed.c -qarch=ppc -O3":
disk access via NFS/10Mbps

This system can do  7172584 loops per second.
This system can do 38953615 long groups per second.
This system can do 13137793 double groups per second.
This system can do    42726cps raw term character I/O.
This system can do      17.789MB/s from disk cache.
This system can do       0.005MB/s random writes, to disk.
This system can do       0.071MB/s random reads, from disk.
This system can do       5.538MB/s writes, to disk.
This system can do       5.845MB/s reads, from disk.

Now with local disk

On a PPC601 @ 80MHz, AIX 3.2.5, with "cc speed.c -qarch=ppc -O3"

This system can do  4491604 loops per second.
This system can do  8461289 long groups per second.
This system can do  5918416 double groups per second.
This system can do    95207cps raw term character I/O.
This system can do      10.518MB/s from disk cache.
This system can do       1.325MB/s random writes, to disk.
This system can do       5.795MB/s random reads, from disk.
This system can do       8.703MB/s writes, to disk.
This system can do       5.071MB/s reads, from disk.

On a PPC604 @ 120MHz, AIX 4.1.3, with "cc speed.c -qarch=ppc -O3"

This system can do  7052783 loops per second.
This system can do 42952317 long groups per second.
This system can do 13534764 double groups per second.
This system can do    41904cps raw term character I/O.
This system can do      24.945MB/s from disk cache.
This system can do       0.511MB/s random writes, to disk.
This system can do       0.640MB/s random reads, from disk.
This system can do      12.420MB/s writes, to disk.
This system can do       9.027MB/s reads, from disk.
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From: kraemer@rzri6f.gsi.de (Michael Kraemer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: 2 Apr 1996 09:43:01 GMT
Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
Message-ID: <4jqsr5$ous@rs18.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
References: <dke-2803961851210001@adnline290.adnc.com> <stephenkDp0JpA.F6u@netcom.com> <mem-2903961057080001@durin.pha.jhu.edu> <stephenkDp34yH.Dtw@netcom.com>
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To: stephenk@netcom.com (Stephen Knilans)