30 Jun
2005
30 Jun
'05
10:08 p.m.
From: Peter Arremann loony@loonybin.org
Compiles aren't a great benchmark for a box since its 100% cpu and neglects memory or disk performance but I had the numbers handy for that :-)
BTW, it is 100% ALU and a major strain on the ALU LOAD. In other words, it's not a good benchmark for even CPU.
That's why the 3-issue ALU in the Nx586 on-ward blows the 2-issue ALU in PPro on-ward (especially the P4) to crap.
But that's all besides the point because it has _0_ to do with server performance period, even computationally intensive.
-- Bryan J. Smith mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org