[ANNOUNCE] contest 0.50 benchmark and updated results

Con Kolivas (conman@kolivas.net)
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:53:43 +1000


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I've updated the contest benchmark to v0.50

http://contest.kolivas.net

A significant limitation of the benchmark prior to v0.50 was not knowing how
much work was being done by the background load. Knowing this information
would be helpful in interpreting the data presented by contest. I have added
two more results to each run by contest - an internal number generated by the
load condition describing how much work was done, and the cpu% of the load
while running. Here is a sample of how the information is presented:

noload:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.19 [3] 67.7 98 0 0 1.01

process_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.19 [3] 106.5 59 112 43 1.59

io_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.19 [3] 492.6 14 38 10 7.33

mem_load:
Kernel [runs] Time CPU% Loads LCPU% Ratio
2.4.19 [3] 100.0 72 33 3 1.49

The "loads" variable presented is an internal number (the absolute value is
not important) and makes comparisons easier. The LCPU% is the cpu% the load
used while running. Note if you look for example at process_load the CPU% +
LCPU% can be >100 because the load runs for longer than the kernel compile.
However, this has been accounted for in the "loads" result, to take into
account the variable extra duration the load runs relative to the kernel
compile.

An updated complete set of benchmarks will be posted in a separate thread for
clarity.

Con
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