Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 18:55:51 08/30/04
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On August 30, 2004 at 16:09:27, GeoffW wrote: >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 You use test suites? anthony
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