Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:39:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: mark@quickweb.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P6 200 performance Message-ID: <199609261339.JAA11199@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <52ct7q$1fbr@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: >On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> >> I want to persuade my professor to spend in a P6/200. >> What is the performance gain over a P5/166? >> >> --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de >> >I don't have numbers around (I'm not a number person..) but I'd say a >decent P6/200 system is about twice as fast as a P5/166. I base this on >rough SpecINT95/SpecFP95 results I've seen (go to www.intel.com for exact >figures) and on personal experience. I have a P6/200, and I'm still >amazed everyday at how fast the thing is. It's the first PC I've seen that >I would consider a "workstation". I get sub 4 minute kernel builds, >blazing X-Performance, etc.. etc.. I've never been so happy with a >computer! :-) Now how did you get a sub4 minute build? All mine check in at 4.5 :( -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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