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.
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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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