[Info-vax] Some VMS/x86 perf test data from WASD maintainer.

[Mark Daniel]

On 28/4/2023 12:13 am, Volker Halle wrote:
> Mark Daniel schrieb am Donnerstag, 27. April 2023 um 15:31:26 UTC+2:
> 
>> |$ cpu_multiplier = 10 ! VAX = 10 - Alpha/AXP = 40
>> |$ if f$getsyi("arch_name").eqs."x86_64" then $ cpu_multiplier=8
> 
> Mark,
> 
> we seem to be using different versions of the 'VUPS.COM' procedure ;-(
> You seem to be using the one from FreeAXP, I'm using the one from Stromasys.
> 
> And therefore we cannot compare  the results !
> 
> How about trying the PRIME_SIEVE.C  example.
> 
> Volker.

Hi Volker.

I completely unsure of the provenance of the (calculate_)VUPS.COM I use 
except it seems to have been around forever.  I have placed what I have 
been using at

   https://wasd.vsm.com.au/other/vups.com

I searched for a stromasys.com version but was unable to locate it 
either through the internet engine I use or via the Stromasys support page

   https://www.stromasys.com/tools-resources

(though didn't try too hard).

I really didn't want another round of V9.2 metrics as with late last 
year and only quoted the "VUPs" as indicative.  The point of this 
exercise was the very obvious difference in KERNEL mode consumption with 
a very similar and diverse workload enabled via the ZAP+WASD crawl.

I was intending to ask a question in the VSI fora, pointing to these 
results but Jan-Erik beat me to the punch in c.o.v.  Will still do so.

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