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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.