I thought it might be interesting to see how the numbers compare on various systems. Keep in mind that the numbers are related to your crunching output but not critical to the points calculations.
You can look in the
View / Messages box in BOINC Manager to see the results if the benchmark has run recently. If they aren't there, go to
Advanced / Run CPU Benchmarks, which will suspend your crunching, run the quick tests, then resume crunching, and then you can see the results in
View / Messages at the bottom.
If we all put them in a common format, I can make a list in this first post.
Cruncher, CPU , Memory , OS, BOINC Client Version, FP (Whetstone) , Integer (Dhrystone) Punchy, Xeon L5640 @ 2.33GHz, 3x2GB 1333, Win7 64, 6.10.58, 2062, 4466
RHMash, i7-920 @3.8GHz, 6x2GB 15xx, 3679, 8591
rothweil, Pentium 4 @ 2.66 , 1.25 Gb ram 400mhz, Windows XP SP3, 6.12.34, 1269, 2335
rothweil, Core I-5 650 @ 3.2, 4x2GB Ram @1333mhz, Windows 7 Ultimate, 2910, 5594
texinga, Xeon E5620 @3.8GHz, 24GB (12x2GB) 1066, Win7 64, 6.10.58, 3640, 8829
texinga, i7-2600K @4GHz, 12GB (4x4GB) 1333, Win7 64, 6.10.58, 3809, 10048
Afterburner,i7-920 @ 4.0Ghz, 3x2 1866, Win 7-64, 6.10.58, 3864, 9228
staypuft, i5-2520M @ 3.0GHz, 2x2GB 1333, Win7-64, 6.10.58, 2917, 7985
tanner2, 2600k@4.45, 2x2gb 1958 ram, win 7 pro 64 bit, 6.10.58,
4220, 11209 rbh5081, 990x @4.2, 6x 4gb 1600 Ram, W7 ult. 64bit, 6.10.58, 4070, 9852
Punchy, Xeon X5660 @ 2.8GHz, 6x2GB 1333, Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit, 6.10.58, 2674, 10304
Viper97,I7 960 @ 3.5 3x4GB 1533, Win 7 64, 3312, 7999
Sleepee, i7-860 @ 4ghz, 4x4GB DDR3-1600, Windows 7 Home Premium, 6.10.58, 3774, 9046
Added by AB And is a copy and paste form another site full of valuable information...
The benchmark is run automatically after you install BOINC or when you change the client version. It will then automatically run every five days on Core 0 (first core) only. So having a multi-core processor will not give you higher benchmark scores.
So what do the results mean?
The benchmark has two components:
- Whetstone is the floating point calculation. Each work unit delivered to your machine includes an estimated number of floating point operations (FLOPS). BOINC divides this by the Whetstone benchmark number to estimate completion time. So the higher the Whetstone number, the lower the estimated time to complete the work unit.
- Dhrystone is the integer calculation. The term Dhrystone is actually a play on words. Since it has no floating point component like Whetstone, it's considered "dhry".
So do higher benchmarks mean more points? That's often the case. Though some operating systems, like Linux 64-bit, seem to give inflated Dhrystone results. Also, a ten percent increase in your benchmark score does not necessarily mean your daily point output will also increase by ten percent.
People like to try different clients because some give higher benchmark scores than others. I have always felt you should pay more attention to the daily output of your machine. That has always been the best benchmark.
Updated format after ninja edit by AB
CPU , Memory , OS, BOINC Client Version, FP (Whetstone) , Integer (Dhrystone)
Xeon L5640 @ 2.33GHz, 3x2GB 1333, Win7 64, 6.10.58, 2062, 4466
post edited by Punchy - 2011/11/18 16:20:59
