jalsop@seachg.uucp (John Alsop) (04/23/91)
In article <105173@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> vaigl-j@mad.cis.ohio-state.edu (James Vaigl) writes: > ... I can say that in >most of the Unix benchmarks we ran, the 916 (a 16Mhz 386) beat a 700 >by *wide* margins on many tests. There is not a tower made that can >come close to the 3433 ( a 486 at 33Mhz ). An Intel 403E (486 at 33 MHZ, EISA bus) that we have here benchmarks at 16,200 Dhrystones. Our TOWER 700 gives 13,954 Dhrystones with the same test. On a multiple process read/write test, the 700 is about twice as fast as the Intel box. Of course the usual disclaimers about benchmarks apply, but the TOWER is clearly not all that bad. -- John Alsop Sea Change Corporation 6695 Millcreek Drive, Unit 8 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 5R8 Tel: 416-542-9484 Fax: 416-542-9479 UUCP: ...!uunet!attcan!seachg!jalsop
sleepy@wybbs.mi.org (Mike Faber) (04/26/91)
In article <1991Apr22.201104.28322@seachg.uucp> jalsop@seachg.UUCP (John Alsop) writes: >An Intel 403E (486 at 33 MHZ, EISA bus) that we have here benchmarks at >16,200 Dhrystones. Our TOWER 700 gives 13,954 Dhrystones with the same >test. > >On a multiple process read/write test, the 700 is about twice as fast as the >Intel box. > >Of course the usual disclaimers about benchmarks apply, but the TOWER is >clearly not all that bad. > Hold on, now... What kind of disk drive was in the intel? MFM? RLL? Also consider that the 700 costs over $25,000, where the 486 runs about $11,000. Process all you want, we'll buy more ;-) -- sleeyp@wybbs.uucp Michael Faber
jalsop@seachg.uucp (John Alsop) (04/26/91)
In article <403@wybbs.mi.org> sleepy@wybbs.UUCP (Mike Faber) writes: >In article <1991Apr22.201104.28322@seachg.uucp> jalsop@seachg.UUCP (John Alsop) writes: >>On a multiple process read/write test, the 700 is about twice as fast as the >>Intel box. >> > >Hold on, now... What kind of disk drive was in the intel? MFM? RLL? As I said, the usual benchmark caveats apply. For the record though, the intel was using a Maxtor 170 MB SCSI drive with a DPT caching controller. -- John Alsop Sea Change Corporation 6695 Millcreek Drive, Unit 8 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5N 5R8 Tel: 416-542-9484 Fax: 416-542-9479 UUCP: ...!uunet!attcan!seachg!jalsop