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Date:      Wed, 4 Dec 2019 19:56:18 +0200
From:      Darius Mihai <dariusmihaim@gmail.com>
To:        Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bhyve+windows 7 multicore performance
Message-ID:  <CAPj=67vMMNoG%2BYEATOD6p=cw83egvUh9SzvJLsw_rsfcprywdA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1912041720570.5885@puchar.net>
References:  <201912031529.xB3FTMnY035614@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1912041720570.5885@puchar.net>

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On Wed, Dec 4, 2019, 18:22 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> wrote:

> >>>
> >>> Try 4 cores, and drop the priority boost, you may be causeing
> >>
> >> Well i need more cores than 4 for that VM.
> >> I will try even number (10) and no nice.
> >
> > If 4 cores performs better than 10 cores why would you want
>
> performs better per thread. Not as total.
>
>
> removing -P option improved performance a bit. Well - a large bit.
>

If I remember correctly, windows runs PAUSE very often when idling,
so having many cores that stay idle may slow down the system
since -P forces context switches when that instruction is
executed.

Darius



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