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CPU Speed Benchmark: BogusMips in Perl

Xah Lee, 2002-05-30, …, 2012-09-01

This is a down and dirty test to see in general how fast is your computer in comparison to others.

Download the perl speed-testing script: bench2004.pl. Or copy below:

# This is a ad-hoc benchmark perl script.
# It prints the time it take to run the script, in seconds.
# this file's name is bench2004.pl

# 2004
# Xah
# xah@xahlee.org
# http://xahlee.org/

use strict;
# convert to/from binary
sub dec2bin {
my $str = unpack ("B32", pack("N", shift ));
$str =~ s@^0+(?=\d)@@; # otherwise you'll get leading zeros
return $str;
}
my $start = time();
for (my $i=0; $i < 4469134; $i++) {dec2bin(3);}
my $end = time();
my $diff = $end - $start;
print "$diff\n";
__END__

To run it, type perl bench2004.pl in terminal.

For best results, do a reboot before test and stop all other programs or applications: cpu gauge, chat programs, browsers ….

Results

 6 seconds. AMD Athlon II X4 645 Processor, 3.10GHz. 6 GB RAM.
   Perl 5.14.2 Strawberry Perl
   Windows 7 home.
   from Xah Lee. 2012. 2011 Desktop PC.
--
10 seconds. 2003 Fujitsu Lifebook N3010. Pentium 4, 2.66GHz. 512 RAM.
   Perl 5.8.0 built for cygwin-multi-64int.
   Windows XP home.
   from Xah Lee. 2003.
--
11 seconds. PowerMac G5 dual dual-core CPU at 2.5Ghz (2005)
   Mac OS X 10.4.
   Perl 5.8.6
   from J. 2005-11.
--
13 seconds, Athlon xp 2400+ thoroughbred core
   perl-5.8.3
   linux-2.4.26
   from Diego Viola from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
13 seconds. AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU
   Linux Gigabyte GA-7VRXP MoBo, Slackware current
   Perl 5.8.0
   Linux 2.6.5
   from Marten Klencke from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
14 seconds. Atlhon XP 2000+
   Slackware Linux Kernel: 2.4.25, perl: 5.8.0
   from: Everson -NoBIOS-  Araujo of Orkut.Com. 2004-05
--
14 seconds., Intel Pentium M. 1.6 G.
   Perl 5.12.4, Linux 3.0.0-24 (2011)
--
15 seconds., Mobile AMD Semprone Processor 3300+, 800 MHz.
   Perl 5.14.2
   Linux 3.2.0-31
   from Xah Lee. 2012-10-08.
--
15 seconds., Athlon XP 1600+
   Linux Slackware 9.1, kernel 2.4.22
--
15 seconds., PowerMac G5, Dual 2.3 Ghz
   Mac OS X Server 1.4, perl 5.8.6
   from Xah Lee. 2005-08.
--
16 seconds. AMD Phenom 9650 quad-core, 2.3 GHz
   perl, v5.10.0 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
   Windows Vista Home Premium, 64 bits.
   from Xah Lee. 2009-06-09
--
16 seconds. on a mobile AMD Athlon 4 (XP) 2400+
   Linux Debian (unstable), Kernel: 2.6.5-rc2,  perl: 5.8.4
   from Espen Brill of orkut.com. 2004-05
--
? 17 seconds. Athlon XP 2600+ (Barton), 1900MHz  (running lots of other apps)
   Linux Red Hat 8; 2.4.20-28.8 kernel, perl 5.8.0
   from Pablo from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
17 seconds. PowerMac G5, dual 2 GHz
   OS X 10.3.3
   from Mark Wilkins from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
? 18 seconds. Intel Pentium 4 CPU 1.80GHz
   Debian Linux version 2.4.22, gcc version 2.95.4
   from Enrique  Chaparro from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
? 18 seconds. P4 2.4 GHz (lots of apps running.)
Linux 2.4.22
from Sayantam Dey from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
18 seconds. Dual Athlon MP (1526MHz)
   Linux Debian/sid and 2.6.5.
   from Dave Gilbert from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
19 Quad XEON P4 2.4GHz w/ 512k cache
   Linux 2.4.18-5smp kernel.
   Perl v5.6.1. 1.5 GB ram
   from Loc Phu from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
20 seconds. 2005 October Apple iMac, 1.9 GHz PowerPC G5
   Mac OS X 10.4.3, perl version 5.8.6
   from Xah Lee. 2005-11
--
20 seconds. Pentium 4, 2.26 ghz
   Linux Gentoo 1.4, kernel 2.6.4, perl version 5.8.2
   from Cheston from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
20 seconds on my Athlon XP 2100+ in Windows XP
Professional running native (not Cygwin) vanilla (not ActiveState) Perl 5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
   from Peter Cooper from Orkut.com. 2004-05
--
22 seconds. P-4 2.3 GHz
   Windows 2000 Pro. (ActivePerl)
   from Krishna G from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
? 23 Seconds
   Athlon 2500+ (512k 1L)
   Linux, Gentoo 2004.0, Perl 5.8
   from Masaud Alinaqian from orkut.com. 2004-05.
--
24 seconds. Athlon XP 1800+ (@ 1533MHz)
   Linux. kernel 2.6.4-rc1-love3, 1490 bogomips, perl 5.8.3 (Debian sid)
   from Humberto Massa of orkut.com. 2004-05
--
? 26 seconds. Athlon XP 1800+ (with lots other running)
   OS: Linux, Gentoo 2004.1.
   from Julio Biason or orkut.com. 2004-05
--
? 26 seconds. Athlon XP 1700+ (Throughbread), 1467MHz. (lots of other apps running)
   Linux. 2.4.20-28.8 kernel. perl 5.8.0
   from Pablo from orkut.com. 2004-05
--
24 seconds. Packard Bell P4, 1.4 Ghz.
   OS: Linux, Red Hat 7.3.
   from Agnus Fox. 2002-05
--
29 seconds., PowerMac G4, Dual 1.25 Ghz
   Mac OS X Server 1.2.8, perl 5.6
   from Xah Lee. 2005-08
--
30 seconds. AMD Duron, 866Mhz
   Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.9) using "normal" Perl.
   Production DB server
   from j. f. .2002-05
--
34 seconds. Apple iBook G4 1GHz
   Mac OS 10.3.3 with 256MB of DDR RAM.
   Perl v5.8.1-RC3.
   from Peter Cooper from Orkut.com. 2004-05
--
36 seconds. Apple eMac G4 1 GHz
   OSX 10.3.3.
   Perl 5.8.1?
   from Chris Zumbrunn.
--
36 seconds. Pentium-3, 866Mhz.
   Windows 2000 using ActivePerl
   from j. f. 2002-05
--
37 seconds. 2003 PowerBook G4, 1 GHz CPU.
    Mac OS X 10.3.3 with Perl 5.8.1 RC3
    from Bahi Para. 2005-05.
--
40 seconds. Apple ibook, 800Mhz G3
   Mac OS X 10.2
   from Xah Lee. 2002-05
--
? 42 seconds. Athlon 1.1 Ghz (lots of other apps running)
   Conectiva Linux 10 RC1 ,kernel 2.6.5, Perl 5.8.3
   from Rodrigo from orkut.com. 2002-05
--
42 seconds. PowerMac dual G4 800Mhz. "Quicksilver". Cpu: (PPC 7450 x 2)
   Mac OS X.
   (82 seconds with Red Hat 7.2 on Virtual PC 5.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.1.4)
   from Eric levenez http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/ 2002-05
--
44 seconds. 2001. PowerMac dual G4 800Mhz. "Quicksilver"
   from: r.p. 2002-05
--
45 seconds. Apple ibook, 800Mhz G4.
   Mac OS X 10.3.3.
   Perl v5.8.1-RC3
   from Xah Lee. 2004-05
--
47 secondds. CPU: AMD Duron(tm) processor (1200.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
   FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE i386. perl v5.8.2
   Jared Earle. 2004-05
--
48 seconds. Apple (QuickSilver) PowerMac G4, 867 Mhz.
   867 MHz PowerPC 7450.
   from Chris Murphy. 2002-05
--
56 seconds. HP 9000 series, model A500 (about year 2000 machine)
   cpu: 1 PA-8600 chip, 440 Mhz.
   OS: HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800
   Model: 9000/800/A500-44
   perl, v5.6.0 built for 9000/777-hpux

   over $20k new in 2000; $2k on ebay in 2002.
   from Xah Lee. 2002-05
--
75 seconds. 500Mhz PII laptop (as user nobody with plenty of other processes running).
   OS: Debian testing, Perl: 5.8.3 (as packaged by Debian), Kernel: 2.4.21jd1
   from Jim Dennis of orkut.com, 2004-05
--
76 seconds. PowerBook G4 500 Mhz.
   from btn. 2002-05
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78 seconds. Sun Enterprise 220R at 450 MHz. (≈2000 machine)
   cpu: UltraSPARC-II

   over $20k in 2000; $5k new in 2002.
   http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/220r/
   From: Xah Lee. 2002-05.
--
82 seconds. PowerMac G4 400MHz (PCI graphics)
   Mac OS X 10.1.4.
   perl, v5.6.0 built for darwin
   from: Xah Lee. 2002-05.
--
84 seconds. 2001 PowerBook G4 500 Mhz.
   OS: Mac OS X 10.1.x
   cpu: PowerPC 7410 (G4)
   from Adam Bridge. 2002-05
--
86 seconds. 2000 PC, with Pentium III 500MHz
   OS: Windows NT.
   perl, 5.6.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
   from: Xah Lee. 2002-05
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104 seconds. 2001 Sun Ultra 5 at 400 MHz.
   cpu: Ultra SparcIIi 400Mhz
   OS: SunOS, 5.8
   perl, v5.6.0 built for sun4-solaris

   ≈$2k new in 2001. ≈$650 ebay in 2002.
   from Xah Lee. 2002-05
--
106 seconds. 2001 Sun Blade 100 at 502 MHz.
   cpu: UltraSPARC IIe
   OS: SunOS 5.8.
   perl, version 5.005_03 built for sun4-solaris

   $1k new in 2002.
   http://www.sun.com/desktop/sunblade100/
   from Xah Lee. 2002-05.
--
110 seconds. Pentium III, 500 MHz
   perl v5.004_04.
   NeXTSTEP 3.3
   from Eric levenez http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/ 2002-05.
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120 seconds. Powerbook G3 266MHZ
   cpu: 266 MHz PowerPC 750 (G3)
   From Jeff, JHSJ. 2002-05.
--
128 seconds. Powerbook G3 250 Mhz.
   cpu: PowerPC 750 (G3)
   OS: Mac OS X
   from Chris Murphy
--
142 seconds. Pentium III 450 server.
   from Marten Klencke from orkut.com. 2004-05.
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190 seconds. Win2K Pentium III 450 Mhz..
   from gpan. 2002-05
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204 seconds. Intel P-II 266MHz
 OS: Debian (testing), Kernel: 2.4.20, perl: 5.8.3
 from Espen  Brill of orkut.com. 2004-05
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210 seconds. 1997 PC, Pentium 233MHz MMX (Gateway E-1000),
   OS: Debian Linux 2.2.18.
   perl -v: 5.005_03 built for i386-linux
   from Xah Lee. 2002-05
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224 seconds. Blue ＆ White PowerMac G3 400mhz.
   cpu: PowerPC 750 (G3)
   OS: OSX 10.1.4
   from Agnus Fox. 2002-05
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249 seconds. Dual Pentium Pro 200
   384MB Ram, Debian unstable, 2.4.20-1-686-smp
   from Charles Baker of orkut.com. 2004-05

Some Rough Conclusion

2002-05-30

for general purpose computing, dual processors don't mean shit if you mostly do one thing at a time.
for general purpose computing, Apple's “altivec” don't mean shit.
for general purpose computing, Apple's G series chips ain't no faster than Intel's Pentium of the same speed.
Those exorbitant expensive specialized servers and slabs made by Sun Microsystems or HP don't mean shit.

Other speed tests ballpark figure sites

BogoMips is a rough estimate of your CPU speed. On linux, you can see its value by cat /proc/cpuinfo

There are also several cpu load testing programs. Do a apt-cache search stress.