by Archive-name: xfree86-benchmarks
Version: $Id: post,v 1.40 1995/01/18 06:35:48 fbm Exp fbm $
These are the latest results from a survey of xbench results under XFree86.
The idea of the survey is to compile a comprehensive set of benchmark results,
obtained by running xbench against all the main 386/486/586 graphics cards,
and thereby place the graphics cards in an approximate performance ranking.
Ideally all the results should be gathered using the same host machine,
on the same day of the week, while wearing the same socks and jocks.
Unfortunately no-one has yet come forward with such a database (although
such databases are rumoured to exist). This survey is the next best thing.
The xbench survey has a home on the World Wide Web, at
http://www.goof.com/xbench/
Check it out! The WWW pages are at least 6 x 10^24 times better than this
summary posting. They are updated more frequently, and they contain a great
deal more information than is available here, including the full survey
databases back to release 2.0.
The summary results below distill the essence of the survey into single line
entries. The entries are grouped by XFree86 release number, and ranked
in decreasing 'xstone' order (last column) within each group. Ranking by
xstones is a bit arbitrary. It is instructive to examine all the other
columns too.
When examing the survey results, be aware that the benchmark figures
possess a limited degree of accuracy. Xbench runs on the same machine
under exactly the same conditions can produce figures that vary by 2-3%.
So don't worry too much about similarly small differences in ratings!
New additions to this database are always welcome - especially entries for
the latest servers or for unlisted graphics cards. If you use XFree86,
you can contribute to this survey. Grab a copy of xbench, make sure it
has the GraphicsExposures patch (see below), run it on your machine,
fill in the blank form provided below, and mail it back to me.
Please do not send the raw xbench output - just fill in the blank form!
I will collate and publish the results as they become available. XBench is
available by ftp from hundreds of archive sites around the world.
Check out archie for your nearest site.
>>>>>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT VERSION OF XBENCH. <<<<<<
The correct version is the one with the "GraphicsExposures" patch.
Check for this by looking at your source code - you should find calls to
XSetGraphicsExposures(......, False);
in the four files bitmapcpy.c complex1.c screencpy.c and scroll.c
Some sites known to carry the patched version of xbench are:
ftp.physics.su.oz.au:/xbench/xbench.tar.gz
ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/misc/xbench.tar.gz
mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.gz
mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.Z
ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/X11/other/xbench.tar.Z
xbench.tar.gz file length=88785, /bin/sum=48788, /usr/5bin/sum=31503
xbench.tar.Z file length=156750, /bin/sum=21120, /usr/5bin/sum=40999
To run the benchmark,
1. Switch into one of the more common display resolutions
before starting, e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x900, 1280x1024 etc.
2. Kill off (i.e. exit from) all other programs on your machine,
including your window manager! The only running program you
should need is a single window from which to start xbench.
XBench is a benchmark program. If it has to compete for
memory or CPU, its results will suffer.
3. Read the XBench README file and edit the script.run file.
4. xset s off (turn off the screen saver)
5. xbench < script.run > results/YOURFILE
6. go have a coffee
7. awk -f scripts/xstones.awk < results/YOURFILE
Farrell.
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Farrell.Mc...@mpx.com.au (PGP key avail)
========================= Blank Form ===========================================
CPU : (386/486 SX/DX etc)
CPU Clock Speed : (MHz)
M'board Memory : (MBytes)
Card Vendor + Model :
Card Bus : (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI)
Chipset :
Video Memory : (MBytes)
Memory Type : (DRAM/VRAM)
Memory Speed : (ns)
Clock Chip :
RAMDAC :
Operating system :
XFree86 release : (e.g. 3.1)
XFree86 server : (e.g. XF86_SVGA)
Physical resoln :
Virtual resoln :
Dot-clock : (MHz)
Bits per pixel :
XBench lines : (Make sure you don't mix up these numbers!)
XBench fills :
XBench blits :
XBench arcs :
XBench text :
XBench complex :
XBench xstones :
>>>>>>>> Did you use the patched version of XBench ?? (Yes/No) <<<<<<<<
XBench ftp'd from :
Submitted by :
Date stamp :
========================= Summary Results ======================================
-- Hware -- XF86 Res Dot Display card Mem(Mb), lin fil blt arcs txt cplx xst
CPU-Clk Mem Srvr P&V Clk Bus ----------- 000s -----------
------------------------ XFree86 3.1, 24/32 bpp -------------------------------
Pnt-90 24 S3 OO 36 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 589 50 38 6077 216 99 90
Pnt-90 24 S3 NN 59 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 552 49 38 6010 213 97 89
Pnt-90 24 S3 LL 85 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 506 48 38 5914 208 95 88
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 50 Spider Tarantula 64 2 V 490 36 44 6328 216 106 85
Pnt-90 24 S3 GG 85 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 509 38 38 5970 199 95 80
------------------------ XFree86 3.1, 16 bpp ----------------------------------
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 75 Spider Tarantula 64 2 V 539 97 86 7078 247 205 165
Pnt-90 24 S3 OO 36 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 680 96 77 6747 269 194 162
Pnt-90 24 S3 NN 59 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 657 92 77 6741 266 191 159
Pnt-90 24 S3 LL 88 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 621 91 73 6745 262 189 155
Pnt-90 24 S3 CC 113 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 589 92 73 6745 263 188 155
Pnt-90 24 S3 GG 102 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 590 91 73 6759 262 188 154
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 50 SPEA Mirage P64 2 P 386 57 47 4279 155 122 97
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 65 #9 GXE-64 2 P 316 43 36 5961 136 87 76
------------------------ XFree86 3.1, 8 bpp -----------------------------------
Pnt-90 24 S3 OO 36 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 743 169 146 7027 305 360 258
Pnt-90 24 S3 NN 59 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 723 174 143 7182 303 357 257
Pnt-90 24 S3 LL 88 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 698 165 144 7229 303 355 254
Pnt-90 24 S3 CC 113 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 672 168 142 7118 304 351 253
Pnt-90 16 S3 GC 90 #9 GXE-64 Pro 2 P 687 156 148 11099 301 330 250
Pnt-90 16 S3 GG 90 #9 GXE-64 Pro 2 P 660 154 149 7073 298 328 248
Pnt-90 24 S3 GG 102 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 4 P 693 166 142 7304 273 354 246
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 75 Spider Tarantula 64 2 V 583 173 160 7720 250 264 242
4DX2-80 16 S3 LL 65 Diam Stealth 64 VRA 2 V 581 160 138 8394 247 198 222
4DX2-66 32 S3 LL 80 Miro 20SV 2 V 509 138 128 4661 214 279 203
4DX2-66 16 S3 OO 28 Miro 20SD 2 P 545 135 119 6808 202 297 196
4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 40 Miro 20SD 2 P 511 129 112 7186 181 278 182
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 65 #9 GXE-64 2 P 456 114 106 7304 197 240 175
4DX2-66 8 S3 LC 75 #9 GXE-64 2 V 419 116 114 6372 186 185 173
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 75 SPEA Mirage P64 2 P 462 116 99 4418 176 244 167
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 80 Miro 20SD 2 P 462 113 97 6948 176 235 165
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 80 SPEA Mirage P64 2 V 392 117 99 5653 161 130 154
4DX2-66 16 W32 NJ 36 Herc. Dynamite Powe 2 V 235 58 88 5278 423 114 131
4DX2-80 20 Mch8 LL 80 ATI 8514/Ultra 1 I 259 46 40 4209 118 98 77
4DX-33 16 Mch32 LB 80 ATI GUP 2 I 191 53 46 2201 94 77 77
4DX2-66 16 SVGA LL 60 Orchid Kelvin 64 1 V 186 41 32 3884 356 64 74
4DX2-72 8 S3 LL 82 STB PowerGraph X24 1 I 278 42 34 3295 131 84 72
4DX2-66 15 AGX LL 75 Orchid Celsius 1 V 172 44 41 4102 83 90 69
4DX-33 8 Mch8 LL 75 ATI 8514 Ultra 1 I 168 42 38 1273 95 67 66
4DX-25 16 S3 LL 65 Orchid Fahrht 1280+ 1 I 155 30 55 1427 99 60 65
Pnt-60 16 P9000 CC 110 Diam Viper P9000 2 P 198 28 22 6496 329 79 56
4SLC2-66 16 S3 LL 65 Orchid Fahrht 1280+ 1 V 207 31 27 3650 95 62 54
4DX2-50 20 S3 GG 100 Diam Stealth 64 DRA 1 V 210 26 26 4179 85 61 49
4DX2-66 32 S3 LL 75 DELL integrated? 1 V 214 26 22 4534 82 55 47
4DX-33 8 W32 LL 75 Herc. Dynamite D201 1 I 68 19 28 1343 151 49 43
4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 75 Orchid Fahrht 1280+ 2 V 183 21 18 3858 72 42 38
4DX-50 16 SVGA LL 84 PT-526 1 V 112 21 14 1605 267 35 36
4DX2-66 16 SVGA LL 75 Viglen WD90C33 1 P 139 27 10 2024 156 59 34
Pnt-90 48 SVGA LL 50 Generic Cirrus 5426 1 I 67 13 18 943 388 37 32
Pnt-90 24 SVGA LL 45 ATI Grph Pro Turbo 2 P 231 15 8 2887 299 22 24
4DX-33 16 SVGA LL 75 Generic ET4000 1 I 82 9 4 1314 70 12 12
4DX-33 16 SVGA lL 45 Generic XP6684C 1 I 42 2 1 555 32 3 4
------------------------ XFree86 2.1.1, 8 bpp ---------------------------------
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 74 Diam Stealth Pro 2 V 417 89 77 6465 197 153 142
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 75 #9 GXE Level 12 3 V 442 80 65 6232 187 156 129
4DX2-66 8 S3 LL 75 SPEA/V7 Mercury 2 V 495 72 55 7018 160 134 113
4DX-33 16 S3 EE 110 Actix Ultra+ 2 I 323 68 59 2761 148 138 108
4DX-50 16 S3 LL 80 ELSA Winner 1000 1 I 303 63 54 3865 155 128 103
4DX-50 16 S3 CC 110 Metheus 928-4M 4 V 310 67 50 3208 148 127 102
4DX-50 16 Mch32 LL 75 ATI Ultra Pro 2 V 335 65 56 2845 142 84 101
4DX2-66 16 S3 LL 75 Diam Stealth 24 1 V 340 54 45 5541 132 106 89
4SX-25 16 S3 NK 36 Spea V7 Mirage 1 I 186 48 41 639 113 101 76
4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 135 #9 GXE Level 11 2 I 283 61 52 3345 56 121 74
4DX-33 16 S3 LL 72 Miro Crystal 10SD 1 V 248 44 36 2256 104
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