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- NEXTSTEP Benchmarks
- University of Houston
- Engineering Computing Center
- contact: benchmarks@tree.egr.uh.edu
-
- INTRO:
-
- Last June we made an attempt to benchmark various NEXTSTEP 3.x
- configurations with hopes to provide some kind of reasonable
- information to the NEXTSTEP community. We evaluated systems from
- Compaq, Epson, Gateway2000, Dell, and NeXT (used as a control) and
- used the benchmark programs NXBench and Benchpress. Our results
- were rather interesting to say the least and we came to the conclusion
- that benchmarks aren't worth the diskspace they are stored on....
-
- So, in spirit of our last endeavor, we would like to update our
- "benchmark" archive since there are now many more NEXTSTEP 3.x
- compatible systems than there were in June, 1993. Also, some
- vendors have optimized their hardware and thus the old benchmarks
- are no longer accurate or in slightest representative. In addition
- NeXT has released a few updated drivers (mainly video) which, it
- seems in some cases, to have significantly increased video performance.
-
- This is a request for benchmark data. But, before you submit your
- information, please follow these guidelines:
-
- 1) Please use the template at the end of this message or grab it
- off our archive site.
- 2) Please mail all results to me via NeXTmail.
- 3) Please only use the "supported" benchmark programs,
- NXBench, Benchpress and. DrivePerformance. If you have a benchmark
- program that you would like to use, please send us a copy so that
- it can be made available to the public.
- 4) Please provide all the information that is requested on the template.
- We would like to be as fair and accurate as possible.
-
- Please understand that these benchmarks are only "general" guidelines
- of a system's performance. We have found that many times the
- results will be different each time the benchmark is run and this
- is on the same system. We claim no responsiblity for the accuracy
- of this information and it is provided only as a service to the
- general NEXTSTEP community.
-
- LOCATION OF BENCHMARK ARCHIVES AND APPLICATIONS:
-
- FTP:
- uhoop.egr.uh.edu:/pub/misc/BenchMarks
-
- GOPHER:
- gopher.uh.edu 70 ->
- Other UH Gopher Servers ->
- Univ. of Houston Engineering ... ->
- UHOOP archive... ->
- pub -> misc -> BenchMarks
-
- SUBMISSION OF RESULTS:
-
- Run each of the benchmark programs. We would like a "snapshot" of
- the results, so you might need to use Grab.app (/NextApps/Grab.app)
- to grab the window and include it in the mail message.
-
- Please use the template as it makes it much easier for us to process
- the information. All information received will be placed in the
- archive that is listed below and will be stored in PostScript
- format, which is the only way we can ensure that the results are
- not altered. Next, email the results via NeXTmail to
- benchmarks@tree.egr.uh.edu
-
- RESULTS TEMPLATE:
-
- VENDOR: DATE
- Model:
- CPU:
- ClockSpeed:
- Harddrive:
- VideoDriver:
- VideoHardware:
- VideoRes:
-
- <insert hostinfo here (/usr/bin/hostinfo)>
-
- <insert screenshot of Benchpress screen>
-
- <insert screenshot of DrivePerformance>
-
- <insert screenshot of NXBench>
-
- If you want to see an example, please grab SampleResults.ps.Z off
- the archive.
-
-