Author: GeoffW
Date: 13:09:27 08/30/04
Hi
I have been working on some mods to my program recently, as usual I was
struggling a little trying to figure out the effects. I like to run a couple of
test suites to roughly prove whether the effect is positive or negative.
It got me thinking what other test suites, and test conditions people use to
test their mods. My criteria are
1) The test suite should run in less than 15 minutes. Not got enough patience I
know :-)
2) The tests should contain as many borderline Solves/Fails as possible for the
time used, to measure the effect of any changes.
Obviously the chosen test suite and parameters will vary with, the strength of
the engine being tested, and the speed of the PC
Here is what I have found is best for me
PC 2.2 GHz P4 using 64 Meg hash
LCT2.EPD 10 secs/position = 19 solved 16 failed
small changes to my engine can make this easily go to 15 solved 20 Fails
IQ4.EPD 3 secs/position = 108 solved 80 failed
just fixed a 1 line hash bug that made this previouly 94 solved 94 Fails
Data from other people would be interesting to compare ?
Regards Geoff
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