[BENCHMARK] 2.5.39 with contest 0.41

Con Kolivas
2002-09-28T06:53:12Z

Here follow the latest benchmarks with contest (http://contest.kolivas.net)

noload:
Kernel Time CPU Ratio
2.4.19 67.71 98% 1.00*
2.5.38 72.38 94% 1.07
2.5.38-mm3 73.00 93% 1.08
2.5.39 73.17 93% 1.08

process_load:
Kernel Time CPU Ratio
2.4.19 110.75 57% 1.64*
2.5.38 85.71 79% 1.27
2.5.38-mm3 96.32 72% 1.42*
2.5.39 88.18 77% 1.30

io_load:
Kernel Time CPU Ratio
2.4.19 216.05 33% 3.19
2.5.38 887.76 8% 13.11*
2.5.38-mm3 105.17 70% 1.55*
2.5.39 216.81 37% 3.20

mem_load:
Kernel Time CPU Ratio
2.4.19 105.40 70% 1.56
2.5.38 107.89 73% 1.59
2.5.38-mm3 117.09 63% 1.73*
2.5.39 103.72 72% 1.53

Things to note:
Despite the new deadline scheduler, performance under IO load is worse than
2.5.38-mm3 (something else?)

Asterisks are placed where the difference was statistically significant from 2.5.39

Hardware: 1133Mhz P3, 224Mb Ram, IDE ATA100 5400rpm drive, IO load on same drive
as compile.

*NOTE* New version of contest means results are not compatible with results of
0.3x. Process Load now more of a process load (and less of a cpu load), and
changed priming (memory flushing) prior to each test results in far greater
resolution of results - hence the notable change in even noload results.

Comments?
Con.