On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> which takes
> 
> Linux(x86/700MHz)		real 0.3  user 0.02 sys 0.27
> 
> Solaris(ultra5/360MHz) 		real 3.1  user 0.3  sys 2.3
> 
> Shark/NetBSD(SA110/233MHz)  	real 9.2  user 0.02 sys 1.9

(NetBSD times reported by `time ./a.out')

Sun SPARCClassic 50MHz      real    18.59  user 0.112 sys  3.641
DEC Maxine 33MHz            real  1:13.92  user 0.262 sys 36.582
Pentium 120/160 MHz (?)     real     3.21  user 0.022 sys  0.736

RiscPC ARM7, 40 MHz         real    26.42  user 0.114 sys  6.743

so compared to these figures it only really tests pmap performance, not
really processor performance....  You can see that the MIPS pmap code
isn't performing that well too ... wich could explain the slow compiling
speed too. The processor speed in user mode is more about what to expect
from 33MHz compared to 50MHz.

I would like to see a better benchmark ... hmm... what does
/usr/pkgsrc/benchmarks say :)

Cheers,
Reinoud