From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 8 10:50:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA01679 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:50:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA01671 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:50:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA11366; Fri, 8 Aug 1997 10:49:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199708081749.KAA11366@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Pedro Giffuni S," cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: benchmarking FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 08 Aug 1997 10:29:38 PDT." <33EB5782.7E2D@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 10:49:52 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I hate to say this however the linux os is old and in some ways so it is 2.2.1 . Now the figures does makes us look good 8) Tnks! Amancio >From The Desk Of "Pedro Giffuni S," : > Questo è un messaggio multi-parte scritto in formato MIME. > > --------------2D746EF7427F > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Howdy, > We went yesterday to Compaq Computer to benchmark FreeBSD. We didn't > optimize the kernel as our interest was only seeing if it work well on > Compaq boxes or not. > We had to remove the ultra-wide SCSI (RAID) card nad we couldn't get the > PCI network card configured (matter of time, perhaps). The bytebench was > interesting, as a lower end Prosignia gave about half the performance of > a middle class Proliant, except for one test where the Prosignia won. > The /var filesystem filled and therefore one of the tests failed. > I plan to make the results available on either the Newsletter or a web > page, > but I'm attaching the result of lmbench for a Prosignia 2500, in case > someone is interested. While the test was running we were running some > fancy stuff: > XFree86 with fvwm2, xplanet, xlock, and xsnow. (We had to give the right > impression to Compaq :-) ). > > cheers, > Pedro. > > --------------2D746EF7427F > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="LMBENCH.PRO" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="LMBENCH.PRO" > > cd Results && make summary percent | more > > L M B E N C H 1 . 0 S U M M A R Y > ------------------------------------ > > Processor, Processes - times in microseconds > -------------------------------------------- > Host OS Mhz Null Null Simple /bin/sh Mmap 2-proc 8-pr oc > Syscall Process Process Process lat ctxsw ctx sw > --------- ------------- ---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------ ---- -- > rs6000 AIX 2 62 23 2.0K 7.3K 23K 3817 20 32 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 180 5 1.0K 6.1K 10K 57 5 5 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 65 22 2.7K 5.6K 17K 155 25 29 > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 99 14 3.6K 10.1K 18K 116 47 55 > snake HP-UX A.09.01 66 21 2.6K 5.7K 17K 156 40 38 > IP22 IRIX 5.3 198 11 3.1K 8.0K 19K 260 66 94 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 91 3 3.3K 15.4K 49K 33 25 42 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 182 13 4.8K 16.1K 43K 172 54 85 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 50 9 10.7K 57.5K 113K 130 37 52 > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 61 7 8.0K 45.8K 87K 104 0 0 > > *Local* Communication latencies in microseconds > ----------------------------------------------- > Host OS Pipe UDP RPC/ TCP RPC/ > UDP TCP > --------- ------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- > rs6000 AIX 2 143 385 820 498 1054 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 25 103 195 129 254 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 288 412 1302 374 1156 > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 193 244 832 262 812 > snake HP-UX A.09.01 296 403 1195 367 1142 > IP22 IRIX 5.3 131 313 671 278 641 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 157 658 1030 1164 1591 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 185 404 718 428 851 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 194 590 935 560 1196 > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 150 414 622 335 784 > > *Local* Communication bandwidths in megabytes/second > ---------------------------------------------------- > Host OS Pipe TCP File Mmap Bcopy Bcopy Mem Mem > reread reread (libc) (hand) read write > --------- ------------- ---- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- ----- > rs6000 AIX 2 34 6.0 76.1 63.0 81 120 99 169 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 155 36.7 8.5 76.9 1 1 198 74 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 27 18.7 34.4 22.5 22 24 45 39 > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 38 35.2 44.7 32.1 25 31 49 52 > snake HP-UX A.09.01 19 17.8 34.4 22.3 22 24 45 39 > IP22 IRIX 5.3 34 22.1 32.3 43.7 32 31 69 66 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 13 2.4 9.8 4.7 18 18 48 32 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 32 12.1 39.4 22.7 39 41 76 78 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 11 11.0 22.9 30.0 26 31 80 62 > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 24 19.5 31.0 30.7 23 24 59 40 > > Memory latencies in nanoseconds > (WARNING - may not be correct, check graphs) > -------------------------------------------- > Host OS Mhz L1 $ L2 $ Main mem TLB Guesses > --------- ------------- --- ---- ---- -------- --- ------- > rs6000 AIX 2 61 15 229 247 776 No L2 cache? > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 179 8 28 270 314 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 65 - - - - Bad mhz? > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 98 10 10 393 481 No L1 cache? > snake HP-UX A.09.01 65 15 15 378 1051 No L1 cache? > IP22 IRIX 5.3 197 10 76 1018 1129 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 90 11 294 439 1254 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 182 10 56 321 452 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 49 20 284 291 575 No L2 cache? > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 60 16 115 816 961 > > L M B E N C H 1 . 0 S U M M A R Y > ------------------------------------ > > Comparison to best of the breed > ------------------------------- > > (Best numbers are starred, i.e., *123) > > > Processor, Processes - factor slower than the best > -------------------------------------------------- > Host OS Mhz Null Null Simple /bin/sh Mmap 2-proc 8-pr oc > Syscall Process Process Process lat ctxsw ctx sw > --------- ------------- ---- ------- ------- ------- ------- ---- ------ ---- -- > rs6000 AIX 2 62 7.7 1.9 1.3 2.3 116 4.0 6 .4 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 180 1.7 *1.0K 1.1 *9.9K 1.7 *5 *5 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 65 7.3 2.6 *5.5K 1.7 4.7 5.0 5 .8 > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 99 4.7 3.4 1.8 1.8 3.5 9.4 11 > snake HP-UX A.09.01 66 7.0 2.5 1.0 1.7 4.7 8.0 7 .6 > IP22 IRIX 5.3 198 3.7 3.0 1.4 1.8 7.9 13 19 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 91 *3 3.1 2.7 4.9 *33 5.0 8 .4 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 182 4.3 4.6 2.9 4.3 5.2 11 17 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 50 3.0 10 10 11 3.9 7.4 10 > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 61 2.3 7.6 8.2 8.6 3.2 ??? ? ?? > > *Local* Communication latencies - factor slower than the best > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Host OS Pipe UDP RPC/ TCP RPC/ > UDP TCP > --------- ------------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- > rs6000 AIX 2 5.7 3.7 4.2 3.9 4.1 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 *25 *103 *195 *129 *254 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 12 4.0 6.7 2.9 4.6 > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 7.7 2.4 4.3 2.0 3.2 > snake HP-UX A.09.01 12 3.9 6.1 2.8 4.5 > IP22 IRIX 5.3 5.2 3.0 3.4 2.2 2.5 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 6.3 6.4 5.3 9.0 6.3 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 7.4 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.4 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 7.8 5.7 4.8 4.3 4.7 > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 6.0 4.0 3.2 2.6 3.1 > > *Local* Communication bandwidths - percentage of the best > --------------------------------------------------------- > Host OS Pipe TCP File Mmap Bcopy Bcopy Mem Mem > reread reread (libc) (hand) read write > --------- ------------- ---- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ---- ----- > rs6000 AIX 2 22% 16% *76 81% *80 *119 50% *168 > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 *155 *36 11% *76 0% 0% *197 43% > mako HP-UX A.09.01 17% 50% 45% 29% 27% 19% 22% 23% > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 24% 96% 58% 41% 31% 25% 24% 30% > snake HP-UX A.09.01 12% 48% 45% 28% 27% 19% 22% 23% > IP22 IRIX 5.3 21% 60% 42% 56% 39% 25% 34% 38% > pentium Linux 1.1.54 8% 6% 12% 6% 22% 14% 24% 19% > alpha OSF1 V2.1 20% 32% 51% 29% 48% 33% 38% 46% > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 7% 30% 30% 38% 31% 25% 40% 36% > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 15% 53% 40% 39% 28% 19% 29% 23% > > Memory latencies in nanoseconds - factor slower than the best > (WARNING - may not be correct, check graphs) > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Host OS Mhz L1 $ L2 $ Main mem TLB Guesses > --------- ------------- --- ---- ---- -------- --- ------- > rs6000 AIX 2 61 1.9 ??? *247 2.5 No L2 cache? > myname.my FreeBSD 2.2.1 179 *8 2.8 1.1 *314 > mako HP-UX A.09.01 65 - - - - Bad mhz? > seahorse HP-UX A.09.03 98 ??? *10 1.6 1.5 No L1 cache? > snake HP-UX A.09.01 65 ??? 1.5 1.5 3.3 No L1 cache? > IP22 IRIX 5.3 197 1.2 7.6 4.1 3.6 > pentium Linux 1.1.54 90 1.4 29 1.8 4.0 > alpha OSF1 V2.1 182 1.2 5.6 1.3 1.4 > ss20.50 SunOS 5.4 49 2.5 ??? 1.2 1.8 No L2 cache? > ss20.61 SunOS 5.4 60 2.0 12 3.3 3.1 > > --------------2D746EF7427F-- >