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Date:      Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:24:31 +0200
From:      Matthias Meyser <Matthias.Meyser@harz.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD is painfully slow on my 486
Message-ID:  <19990702182431.B11661@xenetserver.harz.de>
In-Reply-To: <87so77xcdc.fsf@main.wgaf.net>; from Arcady Genkin on Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:09:03PM -0400
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990702171113.22982A-100000@adam.framatome.fr> <87so77xcdc.fsf@main.wgaf.net>

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Hi all out there

On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:09:03PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr> 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


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