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Subject: 11/08/85 Dhrystone Benchmark Results
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Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 22:20:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  8 22:20:14 1985
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ANNOUNCMENT
Attached, please find the 11/08/85 list of DHRYSTONE benchmark results.
The source code for the drystone benchmark can be found in net.sources.

The latest list includes many new machines/compiler combinations.  Many
of the questionable results have been confirmed or corrected.  I am still
waiting for Intel 386 results; I'm sure many others are, too.

CLARIFICATION
There seems to have been a great deal of confusion over what this
benchmark measures, and how to use these results.  Let me try to clarify
this:

	1) DHRYSTONE is a measure of processor+compiler efficiency in
	   executing a 'typical' program.  The 'typical' program was
	   designed by measuring statistics on a great number of
	   'real' programs.  The 'typical' program was then written
	   by Reinhold P. Weicker using these statistics.  The
	   program is balanced according to statement type, as well
	   as data type.

	2) DHRYSTONE does not use floating point.  Typical programs don't.

	3) DHRYSTONE does not do I/O.  Typical programs do, but then
	   we'd have a whole can of worms opened up.

	4) DHRYSTONE does not contain much code that can be optimized
	   by vector processors.  That's why a CRAY doesn't look real
	   fast, they weren't built to do this sort of computing.

	5) DHRYSTONE does not measure OS performance, as it avoids
	   calling the O.S.  The O.S. is indicated in the results only
	   to help in identifying the compiler technology.

If somebody asked me to pick out the best machine for the money, I
wouldn't look at just the results of DHRYSTONE.  I'd probably:

	1) Run DHRYSTONE to get a feel for the compiler+processor
	   speed.
	2) Run any number of benchmarks to check disk I/O bandwidth,
	   using both sequential and random read/writes.
	3) Run a multitasking benchmark to check multi-user response
	   time.  Typically, these benchmarks run several types of
	   programs such as editors, shell scripts, sorts, compiles,
	   and plot the results against the number of simulated users.
	4) If appropriate for the intended use, run WHETSTONE, to determine
	   floating point performance.
	5) If appropriate for intended use, run some programs which do
	   vector and matrix computations.
	6) Figure out what the box will:
		- cost to buy
		- cost to operate and maintain
		- be worth when it is sold
		- be worth if the manufacturer goes out of business
	7) Having done the above, I probably have a hand-full of
	   machines which meet my price/performance requirements.
	   Now, I find out if the applications programs I'd like
	   to use will run on any of these machines.  I also find
	   out how much interest people have in writing new software
	   for the machine, and look carefully at the migration path
	   I will have to take when I reach the limits of the machine.

To summarize, DHRYSTONES by themselves are not anything more than
a way to win free beers when arguing 'Box-A versus Box-B' religion.
They do provide insight into Box-A/Compiler-A versus Box-A/Compiler-B
comparisons.

As usual, all comments and new results should be mailed directly
to me at ..{ihnp4,..others..}!houxm!castor!rer.  I will summarize
and post to the net.

Rick Richardson
PC Research, Inc.
(201) 834-1378
..!houxm!castor!rer

RESULTS
 *
 * MACHINE	MICROPROCESSOR	OPERATING	COMPILER	DHRYSTONES/SEC.
 * TYPE				SYSTEM				NO REG	REGS
 * --------------------------	------------	-----------	---------------
 * Commodore 64	6510-1MHz	C64 ROM		C Power 2.8	  36	  36
 * HP-110	8086-5.33Mhz	MSDOS 2.11	Lattice 2.14	 284	 284
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	PC/IX		cc		 257	 287
 * PERKIN-ELMER	3205		XELOS(SVR2) 	cc		 279	 296
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	COHERENT 2.3.43	MarkWilliams cc  296	 317
 * Cosmos	68000-8Mhz	UniSoft		cc		 305	 322
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	VENIX/86 2.0	cc		 297	 324
 * IBM PC	8088-4.77Mhz	MSDOS 2.0	b16cc 2.0	 310	 340
 * IBM PC	8088-4.77Mhz	MSDOS 2.0	CI-C86 2.20M	 390	 390
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	PCDOS 2.1	Wizard 2.1	 367	 403
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Lattice 2.15	 403	 403 @
 * IBM PC	8088-4.77Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Datalight 1.10	 416	 416
 * IBM PC/XT	8088-4.77Mhz	PCDOS 2.1	Microsoft 3.0	 390	 427
 * PDP-11/34	-		UNIX V7M	cc		 387	 438
 * IBM PC	8088, 4.77mhz	PC-DOS 2.1	Aztec C v3.2d	 423	 454
 * Tandy 1000	V20, 4.77mhz	MS-DOS 2.11	Aztec C v3.2d	 423	 458
 * Onyx C8002	Z8000-4Mhz	IS/1 1.1 (V7)	cc		 476	 511
 * PRO-380	11/73 with FPA	Venix 2.0 (SVR2) cc		 574	 632
 * Apollo DN550	68010-?Mhz	AegisSR9/IX	cc 3.12		 666	 666
 * HP-110	8086-5.33Mhz	MSDOS 2.11	Aztec-C		 641	 676 
 * ATT PC6300	8086-8Mhz	MSDOS 2.11	b16cc 2.0	 632	 684
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	CI-C86 2.1	 666	 684
 * Tandy 6000	68000-8Mhz	Xenix 3.0	cc		 694	 694
 * Macintosh	68000-7.8Mhz 2M	Mac Rom		Mac C 32 bit int 694	 704
 * Macintosh	68000-7.7Mhz	-		MegaMax C 2.0	 661	 709
 * Cadmus 9000	68010-10Mhz	UNIX		cc		 714	 735
 * Cadmus 9790	68010-10Mhz 1MB	SVR0,Cadmus3.7	cc		 720	 747
 * NEC PC9801F	8086-8Mhz	PCDOS 2.11	Lattice 2.15	 768	  -  @
 * ATT PC6300	8086-8Mhz	MSDOS 2.11	CI-C86 2.20M	 769	 769
 * ATT 3B2/300	WE32000-?Mhz	UNIX 5.0.2	cc		 735	 806
 * Apollo DN320	68010-?Mhz	AegisSR9/IX	cc 3.12		 806	 806
 * Atari 520ST  68000-8Mhz      TOS             DigResearch      839     846
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	MS 3.0(large)	 833	 847 LM
 * VAX 11/750	-		Ultrix 1.1	4.2BSD cc	 781	 862
 * VAX 11/750	-		Unix 4.2bsd	cc		 862	 877
 * Fast Mac	68000-7.7Mhz	-		MegaMax C 2.0	 839	 904 +
 * IBM PC/XT	8086-9.54Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Microsoft 3.0	 833	 909 C1
 * Macintosh	68000-7.8Mhz 2M	Mac Rom		Mac C 16 bit int 877	 909 S
 * Perkin-Elmer 3220            Ed. 7 v2.3      cc		 892	 925
 * AT&T 6300	8086, 8mhz	MS-DOS 2.11	Aztec C v3.2d	 862	 943
 * IBM PC/XT	8086-9.54Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Wizard 2.1	 892	 980 C1
 * IBM PC/XT	8086-9.54Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Lattice 2.15	 980	 980 C1
 * PDP-11/73	KDJ11-AA 15Mhz	UNIX V7M 2.1	cc		 862     981
 * VAX 11/750	-		Unix 4.3bsd	cc		 994	 997
 * IRIS-1400	68010-10Mhz	Unix System V	cc		 909	1000
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	VENIX/86 2.1	cc		 961	1000
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	b16cc 2.0	 943	1063
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	MS 3.0(small)	1063	1086
 * VAX 11/750	-		VMS		VAX-11 C 2.0	 958	1091
 * Stride	68000-10Mhz	System-V/68	cc		1041	1111
 * ATT PC7300	68010-10Mhz	UNIX 5.2	cc		1041	1111
 * Stride	68000-12Mhz	System-V/68	cc		1063	1136
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	Datalight 1.10	1190	1190
 * ATT PC6300+	80286-6Mhz	MSDOS 3.1	b16cc 2.0	1111	1219
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Wizard 2.1	1136	1219
 * Sun2/120	68010-10Mhz	Sun 4.2BSD	cc		1136	1219
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.0	CI-C86 2.20M	1219	1219
 * MASSCOMP 500	68010-10MHz	RTU V3.0	cc (V3.2)	1156	1238
 * Cyb DataMate	68010-12.5Mhz	Uniplus 5.0	Unisoft cc	1162	1250
 * PDP 11/70	-		UNIX 5.2	cc		1162	1250
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Lattice 2.15	1250	1250
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-7.5Mhz	VENIX/86 2.1	cc		1190	1315 *15
 * Sun2/120	68010-10Mhz	Standalone	cc		1219	1315
 * Intel 380	80286-8Mhz	Xenix R3.0up1	cc		1250	1315 *16
 * ATT 3B2/400	WE32100-?Mhz	UNIX 5.2	cc		1315	1315
 * DG MV4000	-		AOS/VS 5.00	cc		1333	1333
 * IBM PC/AT	80286-6Mhz	MSDOS 3.0	Microsoft 3.0	1250	1388
 * ATT PC6300+	80286-6Mhz	MSDOS 3.1	CI-C86 2.20M	1428	1428
 * Cyb DataMate	68010-12.5Mhz	Uniplus 5.0	Unisoft cc	1470	1562 S
 * VAX 11/780	-		UNIX 5.2	cc		1515	1562
 * MicroVAX-II	-		-		-		1562	1612
 * VAX 11/780	-		Unix 4.3bsd	cc		1646	1662
 * Apollo DN660	-		AegisSR9/IX	cc 3.12		1666	1666
 * ATT 3B20	-		UNIX 5.2	cc		1515	1724
 * NEC PC-98XA	80286-8Mhz	PCDOS 3.1	Lattice 2.15	1724	1724 @
 * HP9000-500	B series CPU	HP-UX 4.02	cc		1724	-
 * IBM PC/STD	80286-8Mhz	MSDOS 3.0 	Microsoft 3.0	1724	1785 C2
 * DEC-2065	KL10-Model B	TOPS-20 6.1FT5	Port. C Comp.	1937	1946
 * Gould PN6005	-		UTX 1.1(4.2BSD)	cc		1675	1964
 * DEC2060	KL-10		TOPS-20		cc		2000	2000 &
 * VAX 11/785	-		UNIX 5.2	cc		2083	2083
 * VAX 11/785	-		VMS		VAX-11 C 2.0	2083	2083
 * VAX 11/785	-		Unix 4.3bsd	cc		2135	2136
 * Pyramid 90x	-		OSx 2.3		cc		2272	2272
 * ALTOS 586	8086-10Mhz	XENIX 3.0b	cc 		2194	2411 ?!
 * Pyramid 90x	FPA,cache,4Mb	OSx 2.5		cc		2777	2777
 * Pyramid 90x	-		OSx 2.5		cc		3125	3125
 * IBM-4341-II	-		VM/SP3		Waterloo C 1.2  3333	3333
 * SUN 3/75	68020-16.67Mhz	SUN 4.2 V3	cc		3333	3571
 * SUN-3/160    68020-16.67Mhz  Sun 4.2 V3.0A   cc		3381    3764
 * Sun 3/180	68020-16.67Mhz	Sun 4.2		cc		3333	3846
 * MC 5400	68020-16.67MHz	RTU V3.0	cc (V4.0)	3952	4054
 * NCR Tower32  68020-16.67Mhz  SYS 5.0 Rel 2.0 cc              3846	4545
 * Gould PN9080	-		UTX-32 1.1c	cc		-	4629
 * MC 5600/5700	68020-16.67MHz	RTU V3.0	cc (V4.0)	4504	4746 %
 * VAX 8600	-		Unix 4.3bsd	cc		7024	7088
 * VAX 8600	-		VMS		VAX-11 C 2.0	7142	7142
 * CCI POWER 6/32		COS(SV+4.2)	cc		7500	7800
 * IBM-3083	-		UTS 5.0 Rel 1	cc	       16666   12500
 * CRAY-1A	    80Mhz	CTSS		Cray C 2.0     12100   13888
 * IBM-3083	-		VM/CMS HPO 3.4	Waterloo C 1.2 13889   13889
 * Amdahl 470 V/8 		UTS/V 5.2       cc v1.23       15560   15560
 * CRAY-XMP/48	   105Mhz	CTSS		Cray C 2.0     15625   17857
 * Amdahl 580	-		UTS 5.0 Rel 1.2	cc v1.5        23076   23076
 * Amdahl 5860	 		UTS/V 5.2       cc v1.23       28970   28970
 *
 *   *  Crystal changed from 'stock' to listed value.
 *   +  This Macintosh was upgraded from 128K to 512K in such a way that
 *      the new 384K of memory is not slowed down by video generator accesses.
 *   %  Single processor; MC == MASSCOMP
 *   &  A version 7 C compiler written at New Mexico Tech.
 *   @  vanilla Lattice compiler used with MicroPro standard library
 *   S  Shorts used instead of ints
 *   LM Large Memory Model. (Otherwise, all 80x8x results are small model)
 *   C1 Univation PC TURBO Co-processor; 9.54Mhz 8086, 640K RAM
 *   C2 Seattle Telecom STD-286 board
 *   C? Unknown co-processor board?
 *   ?  I don't trust results marked with '?'.  These were sent to me with
 *      either incomplete information, or with times that just don't make sense.
 *	?? means I think the performance is too poor, ?! means too good.
 *      If anybody can confirm these figures, please respond.
 *

NOTE NOTE NOTE - Do not reply to this article with 'r'.  I am using a
borrowed login, since my usual machine hasn't been getting news lately. -Rick