BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1.0)

Paolo Ciarrocchi
2002-09-05T22:05:55Z

Hi all,
I'm back with the results of BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1.0) against:
2.4.19
2.5.33
2.4.20-pre5aa1

The baseline is _always_ 2.4.19.

Following the 2.5.33 results:

BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1.0)
System -- Linux localhost.localdomain 2.5.33 #32 Tue Sep 3 22:18:19 BST 2002 i686 unknown
Start Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 5 21:19:59 BST 2002
1 interactive users.
9:19pm up 0 min, 1 user, load average: 0.23, 0.07, 0.02
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 11 21:33 /bin/sh -> bash
/bin/sh: symbolic link to bash
/dev/hda6 3817344 2593416 1030016 72% /
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1652853.2 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 434.6 MWIPS (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
System Call Overhead 413117.8 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Pipe Throughput 441098.3 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 155010.2 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Process Creation 5950.9 lps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Execl Throughput 777.5 lps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 195816.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 130311.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 92450.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 137056.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 74688.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 45020.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 197072.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 162400.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 114654.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 828.6 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 119.0 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 60.0 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short) 201849.4 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int) 197399.3 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long) 198362.2 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float) 208790.7 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 208795.8 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithoh 3634374.7 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
C Compiler Throughput 452.3 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 33276.4 lpm (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 28544.8 lps (20.0 secs, 3 samples)

INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double) 210515.1 208795.8 9.9
Arithmetic Test (type = float) 210516.4 208790.7 9.9
Arithmetic Test (type = int) 200121.7 197399.3 9.9
Arithmetic Test (type = long) 200131.7 198362.2 9.9
Arithmetic Test (type = short) 203544.0 201849.4 9.9
Arithoh 3664143.2 3634374.7 9.9
C Compiler Throughput 469.7 452.3 9.6
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 42687.3 33276.4 7.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 417.4 434.6 10.4
Execl Throughput 975.8 777.5 8.0
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 80966.0 92450.0 11.4
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 35210.0 45020.0 12.8
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 105054.0 114654.0 10.9
File Read 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 196639.0 195816.0 10.0
File Read 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 140609.0 137056.0 9.7
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 197578.0 197072.0 10.0
File Write 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 106733.0 130311.0 12.2
File Write 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 48994.0 74688.0 15.2
File Write 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 130220.0 162400.0 12.5
Pipe-based Context Switching 223573.7 155010.2 6.9
Pipe Throughput 477471.4 441098.3 9.2
Process Creation 9119.5 5950.9 6.5
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 69.0 60.0 8.7
System Call Overhead 409831.4 413117.8 10.1
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FINAL SCORE 9.9

And following the 2.4.20-pre5aa1 results:

BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1.0)
System -- Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.20-pre5aa1 #21 Thu Sep 5 22:44:13 BST 2002 i686 unknown
Start Benchmark Run: Thu Sep 5 22:52:20 BST 2002
1 interactive users.
10:52pm up 0 min, 1 user, load average: 0.19, 0.06, 0.02
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 11 21:33 /bin/sh -> bash
/bin/sh: symbolic link to bash
/dev/hda6 3817344 2624280 999152 73% /
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1682300.5 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 417.8 MWIPS (10.1 secs, 10 samples)
System Call Overhead 411749.2 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Pipe Throughput 480723.5 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 227789.1 lps (10.0 secs, 10 samples)
Process Creation 9281.9 lps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Execl Throughput 933.3 lps (29.7 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 196276.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 137821.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 98855.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 140402.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 84355.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 51581.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 197291.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Write 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 139374.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 107897.0 KBps (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 915.3 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 136.0 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 69.0 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short) 203506.7 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int) 200129.4 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long) 200123.6 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float) 210471.8 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double) 210513.7 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
Arithoh 3664144.7 lps (10.0 secs, 3 samples)
C Compiler Throughput 468.7 lpm (60.0 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places 42615.1 lpm (30.0 secs, 3 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi 28605.8 lps (20.0 secs, 3 samples)

INDE