SLF's ByteMark Page

SLF's ByteMark Page

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Lots of people like to quote benchmarks. Beyond the fact that benchmarks really don't say much about a system's real performance, I thought I'd plunk down a page of benchmark results.

This page is based on a usenet post to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips by Eric Mintz. Check out his OS/2 Benchmark page if you're into that Microsoft alternative!

I used Byte Magazine's "Byte CPU DOS 32" for testing. I like it because it's relatively easy to run and report, it's easy to get and free, and they publish the source code. To get your copy and test your machine, just do the following:

  1. Download Byte's 32-bit DOS software
  2. Download Byte's 32-bit DOS extender software
  3. Download Byte's NNET.DAT data file
  4. Download my BMARK.DAT command file (save it as a text file with the name, BMARK.DAT)
  5. Download my BMARK.BAT batch file (save it as a text file with the name, BMARK.BAT)
  6. Format a bootable disk by typing FORMAT /S A:, preferably with DOS 6.22
  7. copy all the files to the floppy
  8. reboot with that floppy
  9. run BMARK.BAT
  10. mail me your resulting data.txt file and a description of your machine
Bytemark Native Mode Benchmark ver. 2 (3/95) (Executables from ftp.byte.com) 32-bit DOS version 
#     CPU           Int    FP    NS    SS   Bit   FPem  Four  Assg  Idea  Huff  NNet  LUde
3.  i486DX2-66      0.41  0.25  0.43  0.27  0.43  0.50  0.28  0.38  0.40  0.49  0.20  0.30
6.  i486DX2-66      0.42  0.26  0.42  0.36  0.43  0.50  0.28  0.38  0.40  0.48  0.20  0.31
2.  Am486DX2/80     0.51  0.31  0.52  0.44  0.52  0.60  0.34  0.46  0.48  0.57  0.25  0.34
11. AM5x86-133      0.58  0.39  0.80  0.89  0.87  0.50  0.28  0.37  0.40  0.48  0.42  0.50
15. AMD486dx4-100   0.60  0.38  0.65  0.74  0.41  0.55  0.60  0.71  0.28  0.39  0.59  0.36
12. AM5x86-133      0.61  0.25  0.80  0.89  0.87  0.81  0.28  0.37  0.40  0.47  0.21  0.26
5.  Am486DX4/100    0.61  0.37  0.63  0.41  0.65  0.74  0.42  0.56  0.60  0.72  0.29  0.42
1.  iPOD-83         0.79  0.85  0.81  0.47  0.89  0.85  0.89  0.86  0.91  0.86  0.85  0.82
10. iP5-75          0.84  0.96  0.88  0.84  0.83  0.84  0.85  0.88  0.84  0.77  0.91  1.17
9.  AMD5x86-133     0.86  0.49  0.79  0.89  0.87  1.01  0.57  0.74  0.80  0.95  0.42  0.50
4.  Cx5x86-120      0.97  0.69  0.86  1.46  0.94  1.02  0.81  0.79  0.89  0.93  0.55  0.73
20. AM5x86-160      1.01  0.57  0.87  1.07  1.03  1.21  0.68  0.85  0.96  1.14  0.51  0.54
13. AM5x86-160      1.01  0.58  0.87  1.07  1.03  1.21  0.67  0.84  0.95  1.14  0.51  0.57
14. AM5x86-160      1.02  0.58  0.91  1.07  1.04  1.21  0.68  0.87  0.95  1.14  0.51  0.58
17. AM5x86-160      1.03  0.59  0.94  1.07  1.04  1.21  0.68  0.88  0.95  1.15  0.51  0.59
18. AM5x86-160      1.03  0.59  0.94  1.07  1.04  1.21  0.68  0.89  0.95  1.15  0.51  0.60
7.  iP5-100         1.10  1.21  1.12  1.08  1.10  1.12  1.12  1.16  1.11  1.01  1.16  1.35
16. P100            1.17  1.12  1.11  1.13  1.13  1.17  1.12  1.02  1.20  1.53  1.12  1.27
8.  iP5-120         1.30  1.38  1.27  1.28  1.33  1.35  1.35  1.36  1.33  1.21  1.35  1.45
18. iP5-166         1.80  1.74  1.82  1.73  1.84  1.87  1.86  1.87  1.84  1.68  1.89  1.48

Int = Overall Integer
FP = Overall Floating Point
NS = Numeric Sort
SS = String Sort
Bit = Bitfield
FPem = Floating Point Emulation
Four = Fourier
Assg = Assignment
Idea = Idea
Huff = Huffman
NNet = Neural Net
LUde = LU Decomposition
1. Pentium Overdrive-83, Micronics JX-30 board w/latest Phoenix BIOS and write-back enabled.

2. AMD 486DX2/80, Free Computer Tech SIS471 Motherboard with 256K external write-back cache and all wait states set to minimum.

3. i486DX2-66, T.C "EFA" 4M50HL3 board with 256K external write-through cache :(, AMI BIOS Version: 4DMU=HL3 for UMC481B, Rev.3.1 09/06/'93. Wait states set to minimum.

4. Cyrix 5x86-120, Gigabyte 486VF (SIS471 chipset) w/ Award BIOS dated 11/94, 256K WT (WB is actually slower). All wait states set to minimum.

5. AMD DX4/100 on no name motherboard with Award BIOS and 256K external write-through cache with wait states set to stable minimum.

6. Gateway P4D-66, PCI MB, Intel i486DX2-66

7. HP Vectra VL3 5/100, PCI, GK.05.09 BIOS, P5-100

8. HP Vectra VL4 5/120, PCI, latest BIOS, P5-120

9. Biostar MB-8433UUD, AMD 5x86-P75-133, Award P4.50g (12/5/95), 256k WB, 0WS memory, 2-1-1-1.

10. Compaq Deskpro 575, Intel P5-75, not tweaked

11. UMC VIP MB, AMI BIOS, AMD 586-133, 32-bit DOS, cache speed: 2-2-2, Read WS: 0, Write WS:0

12. UMC VIP MB, AMI BIOS, AMD 586-133, 32-bit DOS, cache speed: 2-1-2, Read WS: 0, Write WS:0

13. UMC VIP MB, AMI BIOS, AMD 586-133 (overclocked to 160Mhz), 32-bit DOS, cache speed: 3-2-3, Read WS: 1, Write WS: 1

14. UMC VIP MB, AMI BIOS, AMD 586-133 (overclocked to 160MHz), 32-bit DOS, cache speed: 2-2-2, Read WS: 1, Write WS: 1

15. AMD486dx4-100 w/256k

16. P5-100, 256kPB

17. AMD 5x86-133-P75 Overclocked to 160 (4x40), Biostar MB-8433UUD motherboard, 16MB EDO RAM, 256k cache, Award 4.50G BIOS

18. No-brand PC, INTEL 430 FX chipset, Intel P5-166, 16 MB EDO memory, 256 KB secondary cache

19. Biostar MB-8433UUD, AMD 5x86-P90-160, Award P4.50g (5/20/96), 256k WB, 0WS memory, 2-1-1-1. This configuration wasn't really stable, but it was fast!

20. Biostar MB-8433UUD, AMD 5x86-P90-160, Award P4.50g (5/20/96), 256k WB, 1WS memory, 3-2-2-2. This configuration was stable.

Last updated: 5/21/97

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