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From: wnight@cafe.net (William Night)
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Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2
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Subject: Speed Test Results
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Date: 22 Apr 1995 11:19:31 GMT
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Organization: Cafe.Net Internet Access System
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Lines: 63
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Message-ID: <3naoo3$9q1@scipio.cyberstore.ca>
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NNTP-Posting-Host: espresso.cafe.net
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X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
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These are the latest results from SpeedTest 2.2.2
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AplWin2 Sim2e Apl2em-2 Applemu
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Test
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CPU-Index 6.472 3.155 8.532 11.47
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TEXT-Index 2.629 0.1957 4.470 6.274
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VIDEO-Index 1.388 0.1957 3.990 5.271
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DISK-Index 3.297 0.4715 5.690 0.9626
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I will post the results from all the tests as soon as I get around to
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typing it in. These highlight the actual strengths and weaknesses of
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each emulator and are usefull in figuring out how fast an emulator will
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run a certain class of programs.
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The tests used will remain the same for each minor version level. All
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patch-level changes 2.2.x etc will just be to the main program and the
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results will be the same as all other patch levels with the same major
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and minor versions. For example the results for 2.2.2 and 2.2.8 will be
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the same, while the results between 2.2.2 and 2.3.2 are not gauranteed
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to be.
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These results were obtained on a 486dx4/100 with 4-Dos and QEMM loaded,
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the AplWin tests were performed in Windows 3.1 with the appropriate
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Win32 extensions added. I have a cirrus logic 5426 1MB VLB card
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installed.
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My system tests out at 195.7 in Sysinfo from Norton. I don't have any
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Video benchmarks that are common enough that the results would mean
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anything (see #1 below)
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A few comments about the results.
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1) Until I get a benchmark program for the machine the emulator is
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running on that all people involved can agree on, test results do not mean
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anything between platforms or even between two of the same type of machines
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running at different speeds. The only way the results should be used is to
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compare the relative speeds of two emulators on the same machine.
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2) The relative speeds compared to a //e do not mean that the emulator
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will perform that quickly or slowly on a video game or other
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application, for example, Sim2e appears to be very slow, but plays games
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quite well on my machine. The tests are very intensive in a specific
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area, where most programs are more general in their use of system
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resources.
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3) These tests aren't completely fair. The CPU tests are for the most
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part, but differences in the way an emulator is implemented make certain
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things automatically faster or slower. For instance, both Apl2em-2 and
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Applemu use IBM text for the apple text screen, therefore all text
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operations are handled by the IBM graphics card, both Sim2e and AplWin2
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do their own translation of text to graphics (and achieve a much more
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realistic looking screen). With the video tests, Applemu will only do
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black-and-white high-res graphics. This gives it an unfair advantage
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over the others.
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Any suggestions for the next version of speed-test or comments or
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questions are welcome.
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The new version of SpeedTest will be posted in the next message, and will
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probably make it's way onto an FTP site soon.
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