Author: James Swafford
Date: 20:23:16 07/24/99
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On July 24, 1999 at 23:03:26, Will Singleton wrote: >On July 24, 1999 at 22:45:54, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On July 24, 1999 at 21:42:56, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>Latest results for the TSCP nps test: >>> >>>Platform Compiler nps Dann's build >>> >>>P3/500 msvc opt 63,246 x >>>K6-2/400 msvc opt 57,163 x >>>Cel/450 msvc opt 56,075 >>>K6-3/450 msvc opt 53,634 x >>>P2/450 msvc opt 49,338 x >>>K6-2/350 msvc opt 45,679 x >>>Mac G3/300 CW 3.1 opt 40,519 >>>P2/300 msvc opt 38,223 x >>>K6-2/266 msvc opt 38,159 >>>K6-2/400 cygwin opt 37,516 >>>K6-2/350 borland opt 32,638 >>>K6-2/350 symantec opt 32,168 >>>P2/300 gcc opt 29,205 >>>K6-2/400 msvc no opt 28,745 >>>Cyrix 300 msvc opt 25,345 x >>>K6-2/400 cygwin no opt 23,885 >>>P6/200 msvc opt 23,581 x >>>Cyrix 200 msvc opt 20,398 x >>>K5/116 gcc -0 17,200 >>>P6/200 watcom opt 16,018 >>> >>> >>>Note that the fast K6-2/400 result looks a bit out of place. Perhaps a mistake? >>> >>>The other result that jumps out is that the Mac G3/300 is NOT faster than >>>comparable or higher mhz machines when those machines run the MSVC compiled >>>version. Is the MSVC compiler really that much better than any other? >>> >>>Will >> >> >>I was just discussing the K6-2/400 result with James Swafford. Neither of us >>can make any sense of it. We both ran the Crafty benchmark, and my K6-3/450 was >>34% faster than his K6-2/400. >> >>Perhaps everybody could re-run the TSCP test, and search a bit deeper, say 7 or >>8 plies. The problem with 6 is that the test is over in 3-4 seconds - I think >>we will get more reliable results with a longer test... >> >>--Peter > >I think ply 6 is deep enough; the node count is high enough (203k) to give >accurate timing results. > >Does NT report clock time the same as Win 98? > >Will It is not a mistake. I ran it twice. The second run was slightly better than the first. I'm not sure about the timing differences between NT/98, but I agree with Pete - I'd like to rerun the test with a 7 ply search. Dann? :-) -- James
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