From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 2 9:24:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xenetserver.harz.de (xenetserver.harz.de [193.159.181.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DF015773 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 1999 09:24:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Matthias.Meyser@harz.de) Received: (from matthias@localhost) by xenetserver.harz.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA11898; Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:24:31 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19990702182431.B11661@xenetserver.harz.de> Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:24:31 +0200 From: Matthias Meyser To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD is painfully slow on my 486 Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <87so77xcdc.fsf@main.wgaf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <87so77xcdc.fsf@main.wgaf.net>; from Arcady Genkin on Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:09:03PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi all out there On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:09:03PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote: > Claude Buisson 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! Only to be sure. In older 486er times all motherboards had a mysterious switch called "THE TURBO SWITCH" if this isnt triggered the system runs only at 8MHZ speed or so. Perhaps you accidently turned it of without mention it. Or it isnt properly connected ..... CU matthias To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message