Benchmark of workstations (Re: GRASS on SPARC10)
Kuo-Chen Chang
harry at atlas.socsci.umn.edu
Wed Apr 14 08:08:52 EDT 1993
Mack:
I am using GRASS4.1beta on my PC 486DX2-66 running Linux 0.99p6.
Just a couple weeks ago, there's a report about the performance of most
of the commonly used machines, including SPARC10, SPARC2 and and 486 box
running Linux. After reading the report, we did the same benchmark testing
on our own SPARC10, SPARC2, SPARC1+ and my PC box and got the same results.
SPARC10 (42 MIPS) is about 1.4 times faster than my PC running
Linux (30.25 MIPS), and is about 1.65 times faster than SPARC2 (25 MIPS).
If money is not the probelm, go for SPARC10, at least. Or you might check
the report and do more searching.
Harry
-------------------------- report of testing -------------------------------
The VAX 11/780 MIPS reference is 1757 V1.1 Dhrystones/second.
The VAX 11/780 MIPS reference is 1757 V2.1 Dhrystones/second.
I used the same VAX 11/780 MIPS reference (1757) for both V1.1 and V2.1
since the results for unoptimized code in general were very similar, if
not identical, in this case.
Reinhold Weicker recommended that both V1.1 and V2.1 MIPS results be
collected as this would give a reference on how much more V1.1 can be
optimized relative to V2.1. When quoting Dhrystone VAX MIPS ratings it is
preferrable to use the V2.1 numbers. Reinhold Weicker has asked me to add
the following statement: "Dhrystone author says: Relying on MIPS V1.1
numbers can be hazardous to your professional health" ...
Some compiler results which appear 'too high' compared to other compiler
results on the same machine are indicated by an '*' --- just my way of
keeping track of exceptional results from certain compilers.
Results as of 22 Mar 1993:
CPU MIPS MIPS
System OS CPU (MHz) V1.1 V2.1 REF
--- ---------------------- ------------ ----------- ----- ------ ------ ---
001 DEC 10000/610 AXP OpenVMS V1.0 DEC 21064 200.0 194.9 214.8 5
002 DEC 7000/610 AXP OpenVMS V1.0 DEC 21064 182.0 177.3 195.6 5
003 DEC 4000/610 AXP OpenVMS V1.0 DEC 21064 160.0 159.0 173.0 5
004 DEC 3000/500 AXP OpenVMS V1.0 DEC 21064 150.0 146.7 160.1 5
005 DEC 3000/400 AXP OpenVMS V1.0 DEC 21064 133.0 129.9 142.1 5
006 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 99.0 122.7 110.5 4
007 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.01 PA-RISC7100 99.0 122.7 110.1 7
008 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.01 PA-RISC7100 99.0 118.1 106.6 7
009 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.01 PA-RISC7100 99.0 106.2 97.1 7
010 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 99.0 104.2 95.0 7
011 HP 9000/750 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC 66.0 76.1 69.6 4
012 HP 9000/730 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC 66.0 76.1 69.2 4
013 HP 9000/730 HP-UX 8.07 PA-RISC 66.0 0.0 65.2 2
014 IBM RS/6000 Model 550 AIX 3.2.2 Power RISC 42.7 80.8 62.9 1
015 HP 9000/715 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 50.0 62.3 55.2 4
016 IBM RS/6000 Model 550 AIX 3.2.2 Power RISC 42.7 61.7 54.7 1
017 HP 9000/735 HP-UX 9.01 PA-RISC7100 99.0 53.3 53.4 7
018 HP 9000/720 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC 50.0 57.4 52.7 4
019 HP 9000/710 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC 50.0 57.4 52.5 4
020 HP 9000/715 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 50.0 0.0 47.9 6
021 SPARCstation 10/20 SunOS 4.1.2 SuperSPARC 33. 37.5 43.5 12
022 SPARCstation 10/30 SunOS 4.1.3 SuperSPARC 36.0 56.2 42.8 16
023 SPARCstation 10/20 SunOS 4.1.2 SuperSPARC 33. 43.2 42.5 12
024 SPARCstation 10/30 SunOS 4.1.3 SuperSPARC 36.0 54.6 40.9 16
025 SPARCstation 10/30 SunOS 4.1.3 SuperSPARC 36.0 43.4 37.9 16
026 HP 9000/705 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 35.0 40.0 36.7 4
027 HP 9000/715 HP-UX 9.0 PA-RISC7100 33.0 41.4 36.3 4
028 IBM RS/6000 Model 530 AIX 3.1.5 Power RISC 25.0 37.3 32.3 9
029 IBM RS/6000 Model 530 ------------ Power RISC 25.0 37.1 32.2 4
#030 Gateway DX2-66 LINUX 0.99 80486DX2 66.7 0.0 30.9 2
031 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 31.6 29.0 11
032 IBM RS/6000 Model 550 AIX 3.2.2 Power RISC 42.7 28.5 28.8 1
033 AT Clone MS DOS 5.0 80486DX 33.3 33.6 28.3* 14
034 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 29.3 26.9 11
035 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 30.0 26.6 11
036 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 29.5 26.6 11
037 IBM RS/6000 Model 320 ------------ Power RISC 20.0 29.5 25.8 4
038 Sun SPARCserver 690MP SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 40.0 27.9 25.2 1
039 AMI 80486DX2/66, EISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX2 66.7 28.0 25.2 8
040 AMI 80486DX2/66, EISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX2 66.7 27.5 25.2 8
041 AMI 80486DX2/66, EISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX2 66.7 28.0 25.1 8
042 AT Clone MS DOS 5.0 80486DX 33.3 28.3 25.0* 14
043 AMI 80486DX2/66, EISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX2 66.7 28.0 25.0 8
044 PT-SYS5K Sun4.1.3B-T1 LSI SPARC 40.0 28.9 24.9 15
045 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 26.4 23.8 11
046 Insight 486DX-50, ISA IBM OS/2 2.0 80486DX 50.0 25.3 23.7 17
047 Sun SPARCstation 2 SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 40.0 26.3 23.6 1
048 MIPS 3230 ------------ R3000 25.0 24.5 22.2 4
049 DECstation 5000/200 ------------ R3000 25.0 24.2 22.1 4
050 Sun SPARCserver 690MP SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 40.0 23.7 21.3 1
051 Sun SPARCserver 690MP SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 40.0 21.1 20.9 1
052 Sun SPARCstation 2 ------------ SPARC 40.0 28.5 20.3 4
053 NeXTstation Turbo NeXTSTEP 3.0 68040 33.3 20.0 19.5 10
054 DECstation 5000/133 Ultrix 4.3 R3000 33. 19.5 19.0 11
055 NeXTstation Turbo NeXTSTEP 3.0 68040 33.3 20.0 18.9 10
056 Amiga 4000/25 AmigaOS 68040 25.0 22.2 18.7 3
...
...
..
074 LAN Technologies ESIX 4.0.3A 80486DX 33.3 14.0 13.8 13
075 LAN Technologies ESIX 4.0.3A 80486DX 33.3 13.9 13.8 13
076 DECstation 3100 ------------ R3000 16.7 14.9 13.4 4
077 Sun SPARCstation 1+ SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 25.0 14.7 13.2 1
078 Sun IPC ------------ SPARC 25.0 17.6 13.0 4
079 CLUB Falcon 433, ISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX 33.3 13.5 12.2 8
080 Sun SPARCstation 1+ SunOS 4.1.2 SPARC 25.0 11.8 12.1 1
081 CLUB Falcon 433, ISA MS DOS 5.0 80486DX 33.3 12.2 11.9 8
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> Hi netters,
> We're running GRASS on an IPC, it goes just fine
> except it seems to be too slow for us. So, we're thinking
> about to buy a new platform for it. SPARC2 seems one of
> the best but how about SPARC10 model 20 and HP 9000 model
> 720/730? Could someone give us some suggestion?
>
> Mack.
> nvg8105 at mvax31.ntou.edu.tw
>
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