VM test comparison of 2.4.14-pre5, aa1, and 2.4.13-ac5-fs

rwhron@earthlink.net
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 02:26:40 -0500


2.4.14-pre5 fastest for mtest01, smoothest sound.
2.4.14pre5aa1
2.4.13-ac5-freeswap fastest for mmap001

Summary:

mtest01

2.4.14-pre5 had the lowest wall clock time for mtest01.
2.4.14-pre5 and 2.4.14pre5aa1 played just over 80% of the
mp3. 2.4.13-ac5-freeswap played 23% of the mp3.

mmap001

2.4.13-ac5-freeswap skipped very little and was about 11%
faster than the pre5 kernels.

2.4.14-pre5
-----------

mtest01

mp3 played 263 seconds of 321 second run.

Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
bytes allocated: 1241933414
User time (seconds): 2.088
System time (seconds): 3.129
Elapsed (wall clock) time: 32.104
Percent of CPU this job got: 15.70
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 105.8
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 304000.6

mmap001

No mp3 skips noted.

Average for 5 mmap001 runs
bytes allocated: 2048000000
User time (seconds): 19.510
System time (seconds): 17.438
Elapsed (wall clock seconds) time: 173.48
Percent of CPU this job got: 20.80
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 500164.4
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 43.6

2.4.14pre5aa1
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mtest01

mp3 played for 318 seconds of 383 second run.

Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
bytes allocated: 1250217164
User time (seconds): 2.017
System time (seconds): 2.959
Elapsed (wall clock) time: 38.255
Percent of CPU this job got: 12.60
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 125.7
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 306016.6

mmap001

mp3 played 823 seconds of 878 second run.

Average for 5 mmap001 runs
bytes allocated: 2048000000
User time (seconds): 19.496
System time (seconds): 14.450
Elapsed (wall clock seconds) time: 175.54
Percent of CPU this job got: 18.80
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 500164.4
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 43.8

2.4.13-ac5-freeswap
-------------------

The freeswap patch is from www.surriel.com for 2.4.12-ac3.

mtest01

mp3 played 81 seconds of 352 second run.

Averages for 10 mtest01 runs
bytes allocated: 1244345139
User time (seconds): 2.104
System time (seconds): 3.815
Elapsed (wall clock) time: 35.153
Percent of CPU this job got: 16.40
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 113.1
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 304585.4

mmap001

mp3 played 773 seconds of 774 second run

Average for 5 mmap001 runs
bytes allocated: 2048000000
User time (seconds): 19.160
System time (seconds): 16.748
Elapsed (wall clock seconds) time: 154.70
Percent of CPU this job got: 22.60
Major (requiring I/O) page faults: 500174.8
Minor (reclaiming a frame) faults: 20.0

-- 
Randy Hron

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