Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 08:58:37 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG, anderson@FreeBSD.ORG, etc@fluffles.net, ivoras@fer.hr Subject: Re: Some Unix benchmarks for those who are interesed Message-ID: <200703080758.l287wb5m019623@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <freebsd-geom.45EFA0C6.3060905@freebsd.org>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > On 03/07/07 23:13, Fluffles wrote: > > The low Per Char results would lead me to believe it's a very slow CPU; > > maybe VIA C3 or some old pentium? Modern systems should get 100MB/s+ in > > per-char bonnie benchmark, even a Sempron 2600+ 1.6GHz 128KB cache which > > costs about $39. > > Before making speculative claims about slow CPU's and putting the VIA C3 > in with that pile, please at least refer to what makes you believe that > it is an issue. Comparing the VIA C3 to 'some old pentium' isn't > exactly fair or accurate, and inferring it isn't a modern system isn't > true either. I agree that a C3 can be modern (depending on its age). However, it is indeed rather slow. I happen to have a C3 1 GHz as my private router, firewall and file server. For that purpose it is completely sufficient, and I prefer it over anything like a Sempron for the low power consumption. But its raw processor performance is on the same level as an old Pentium with about half the clock rate, i.e. something like a Pentium2 500 MHz in my case (I also happen to have a Celeron-466 so it's easy to make the comparison). For that reason I prefer not to compile anything on it, but rather do that on a faster machine and then copy things over. My intel Centrino notebook is at least five times faster than that C3. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success." -- Dennis M. Ritchie.
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