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Subject: Re: SMP variability some real data to look at (final with 4 2cpu runs)

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 05:01:22 09/06/02

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On September 06, 2002 at 01:32:23, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>One quick note.  A couple of typos in last table in the 3rd two cpu column.
>Got careless as to which file I was looking at and had to re-enter a couple of
>the numbers.  Plus the 4th 2 cpu run...  Similar to the others, with some
>better, some worse, speedup is still remaining fairly constant overall.
>
>The new "aggregate" is simply the sum of the 2cpu times from one column,
>divided into the sum of the 1cpu column.  This tends to weight the searches
>with the longer times more heavily, while the average counts all 24 positions
>equally...
>
>The data:pos        1cpu       2cpu          2cpu          2cpu          2cpu
> 1         153      89 (1.72)     88 (1.74)     90 (1.70)     89 (1.72)
> 2         139      90 (1.54)     90 (1.54)     90 (1.54)     90 (1.54)
> 3         130      82 (1.59)     87 (1.49)     87 (1.49)     82 (1.59)
> 4         176     100 (1.76)     99 (1.78)    100 (1.76)     99 (1.78)
> 5         147      95 (1.55)     99 (1.48)     87 (1.69)     95 (1.55)
> 6         135      77 (1.75)     77 (1.75)     78 (1.73)     77 (1.75)
> 7          92      50 (1.84)     50 (1.84)     50 (1.84)     50 (1.84)
> 8         149     104 (1.43)     89 (1.67)     79 (1.89)    103 (1.45)
> 9          80      60 (1.33)     62 (1.29)     60 (1.33)     50 (1.60)
>10         155      82 (1.89)     76 (2.04)     75 (2.07)     81 (1.91)
>11         142      80 (1.77)     80 (1.77)     82 (1.73)     82 (1.73)
>12         105      76 (1.38)     76 (1.38)     76 (1.38)     75 (1.40)
>13         149     105 (1.42)    105 (1.42)     87 (1.71)    107 (1.39)
>14         147     104 (1.41)     87 (1.69)     74 (1.99)     93 (1.58)
>15         150      86 (1.74)     86 (1.74)     86 (1.74)     86 (1.74)
>16         159      73 (2.18)     72 (2.21)     72 (2.21)     99 (1.61)
>17         158      97 (1.63)     97 (1.63)     77 (2.05)    107 (1.48)
>18          85      42 (2.02)     41 (2.07)     42 (2.02)     40 (2.12)
>19         125      61 (2.05)     63 (1.98)     73 (1.71)     61 (2.05)

Bob, something is broken here as you can see in number 19. Two times you
reported 1.21, what I already had questioned. Here suddenly I see 73 (1.71).
Perhaps a reading error? NB I didn't check the other numbers. I just took the
usual look for "inconsistencies".

Rolf Tueschen



>20         160     112 (1.43)    117 (1.37)    109 (1.47)    107 (1.50)
>21         156      73 (2.14)     62 (2.52)    103 (1.51)     53 (2.94)
>22          77      60 (1.28)     73 (1.05)     41 (1.88)     42 (1.83)
>23         134      93 (1.44)     95 (1.41)     97 (1.38)     97 (1.38)
>24         131      84 (1.56)     82 (1.60)    115 (1.14)    105 (1.25)
>  average speedup->    (1.66)        (1.69)        (1.71)        (1.70)
>aggregate speedup->    (1.64)        (1.66)        (1.68)        (1.64)
>
>
>This gives a pretty good idea of what I meant by "variability".  Some are
>solid, some vary significantly...
>
>More of this tomorrow perhaps...



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