Column explanation: Tasks: the number of "users" simulated, roughly a load factor Jobs/Min: the "throughput" of the system at this load JTI: a mathematical calculation of the fairness of the scheduler Real: amount of "wall" time this load took to complete CPU: amount of "CPU" time this load took to complete J/S/T: stands for "Jobs per Second per Task" user: reported user-space time in seconds sys: reported system (i.e. kernel) time in seconds idle/wait: reported "other" time in seconds (mostly disk wait) The test stops when the "Tasks" column exceeds the "Jobs/Min" column - what AIM calls "crossover". I didn't use the "adaptive" timer which finds the exact crossover, as that's not what I was looking for. Linux 2.4.9 ----------- Benchmark Version Machine Run Date AIM Multiuser Benchmark - Suite VII "1.0" sundown2 Oct 2 07:47:40 2001 Tasks Jobs/Min JTI Real CPU J/S/T user sys idle/wait 1 11.8 100 492.0 10.9 0.1972 1.4 16.7 3917.9 500 2801.9 97 1038.6 7724.7 0.0934 701.0 7049.8 558.0 1000 1584.9 97 3672.2 20877.7 0.0264 1403.5 19525.2 8448.7 1500 977.3 98 8932.7 40021.1 0.0109 2118.2 37992.6 31350.9 Linux 2.4.10 ------------ Benchmark Version Machine Run Date AIM Multiuser Benchmark - Suite VII "1.0" sundown2 Oct 1 15:19:53 2001 Tasks Jobs/Min JTI Real CPU J/S/T user sys idle/wait 1 45.3 100 128.3 4.2 0.7558 1.4 4.0 1021.4 500 9365.5 97 310.7 1983.8 0.3122 683.7 1301.3 500.7 1000 4250.0 98 1369.4 6144.7 0.0708 1384.7 4772.7 4798.0 1500 4022.7 98 2170.2 9567.2 0.0447 2077.3 7531.2 7752.9 2000 2832.5 98 4109.4 14865.7 0.0236 2773.5 12142.4 17959.6 2500 1881.5 98 7733.4 20815.3 0.0125 3482.7 17349.2 41035.0