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Download and Upload From International Location
Location: US – Port Speed: 1Gbit (shared) – Method: WGET & cURL
Location: UK – Port Speed: 100Mbit (shared) – Method: WGET & cURL
Disk I/O Test
Benchmark Test (I/O test disabled)
1 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 x Process Creation 1 2 3
1 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
1 x Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 1 2 3
2 x Dhrystone 2 using register variables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 x Double-Precision Whetstone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 x System Call Overhead 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 x Pipe Throughput 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 x Pipe-based Context Switching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2 x Process Creation 1 2 3
2 x Execl Throughput 1 2 3
2 x Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1 2 3
2 x Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1 2 3
2 x Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 1 2 3
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BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 5.1.3)
System: server5: GNU/Linux
OS: GNU/Linux -- 2.6.18-238.9.xxxxxxxxx -- #3 SMP Fri Apr 29 02:21:42 PDT
2011
Machine: i686 (i386)
Language: en_US.utf8 (charmap="UTF-8", collate="UTF-8")
CPU 0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHz (5002.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT,
SYSCALL/SYSRET
CPU 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHz (5002.0 bogomips)
Hyper-Threading, x86-64, MMX, Physical Address Ext, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT,
SYSCALL/SYSRET
18:40:45 up 10:58, 1 user, load average: 0.55, 0.40, 0.19; runlevel 3
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Benchmark Run: Fri May 13 2011 18:40:45 - 19:05:37
2 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 7606777.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 1726.3 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1001.2 lps (29.8 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 238695.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 23984.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 2421.2 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1503.1 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 142.2 lpm (60.3 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 289.4 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 179082.9 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 7606777.7 651.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 1726.3 313.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 1001.2 232.8
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 238695.5 191.9
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 23984.9 60.0
Process Creation 126.0 2421.2 192.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 1503.1 354.5
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 142.2 ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 289.4 482.3
System Call Overhead 15000.0 179082.9 119.4
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System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 234.6
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Benchmark Run: Fri May 13 2011 19:05:37 - 19:30:25
2 CPUs in system; running 2 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 14142720.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 3461.5 MWIPS (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 1410.7 lps (29.3 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 455754.7 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 109414.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 4103.6 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 1970.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) 148.7 lpm (60.4 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 317.4 lpm (60.3 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 330041.2 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 14142720.1 1211.9
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 3461.5 629.4
Execl Throughput 43.0 1410.7 328.1
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 455754.7 366.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 109414.2 273.5
Process Creation 126.0 4103.6 325.7
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 1970.0 464.6
Shell Scripts (16 concurrent) --- 148.7 ---
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 317.4 529.0
System Call Overhead 15000.0 330041.2 220.0
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System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 423.9
Summary
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