John's computer benchmarks

Matlab bench.m and AutoCAD 12 nozzle 3D benchmarks

Winbench 3.1 & 96, PCBench 9.0, and Norton 6.0 sysinfo cpu and system benchmarks

Winbench 96, PCBench 9.0, and Norton 6.0 sysinfo disk benchmarks

Winbench 97 benchmarks

Comments and thanks

Matlab and AutoCAD benchmarks
Benchmark data Matlab 4.2c bench.m Matlab 5.0 bench.m AutoCAD 12 nozzle3d.dwg
System description Video card Resolution Operating system loops lu sparse 3-d 2-d loops lu sparse 3-d 2-d open regen
Sun IPC, 32MB 1024x768 @1.6m Solaris 4.0? 14.7 20.8 21.1 16.4 16.9
Intel 486DX 33MHz, 20MB ATI Graphics Xpression, 2MB 1024x768 @256 Win 3.1 11.5 22.6 17.0 21.4 29.0 31.0 14.0
Intel 486DX4 75MHz, 20MB Compaq (ET4-W32) 1024x768 @256 Win 3.1 6.8 10.2 8.0 18.5 14.2 15.6 9.1
AMD 486DX4 100MHz, 16MB Diamond 64 bit DRAM, 1MB 640x480 @65k WFW 3.11 7.9 9.6 6.3 13.5 10.9 14.2 8.5
Intel Pentium 100, 16MB Diamond 64 bit DRAM, 1MB 800x600 @256 Win 95 3.9 4.5 3.2 8.0 6.3 6.7 3.8
SGI Indigo2 100MHz MIPS R4000, 32MB XZ graphics 1280x1024 @1.6m IRIX 5.3 3.6 2.7 3.8 6.8 3.4
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1280x1024 @65k Win NT 3.51 2.5 2.8 2.6 4.9 5.2 17.8 2.8
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1280x1024 @65k Win NT 4.0 2.4 2.9 2.5 4.8 4.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 5.5 2.9 18.2 3.0
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, 256 KB pbc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1024x768 @65k Win 3.1 2.1 2.5 2.1 5.2 4.2 4.5 2.5
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, 512 KB pbc Tseng ET6000, 2.25MB 1024x768 @256 Win 95 2.1 2.5 1.9 3.8 3.9 4.5 2.5
Intel Pentium Pro 200, 64MB Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1024x768 @65k Win NT 4.0 1.0 1.5 1.3 2.5 2.9 8.3 1.6

Notes about benchmark data:
- All numbers are in seconds.
- pbc = pipeline burst cache
- Matlab numbers generated from bench.m M-file. 'lu' is lu decomposition, 'sparse' is sparse matrices.
- Matlab 4.2c and 5.0 bench.m tests can be compared except for 3-D test.
- AutoCAD 12 numbers timed with a stopwatch.

Winbench 3.1, and 96, PCBench and Norton sysinfo cpu and system benchmarks
Benchmark data DOS Windows 3.1 Windows
Norton sysinfo 6.0 PCBench 9.0 Winbench 3.1 Winbench 96
System description Video card Resolution Operating system CPU CPUmark 16 Winmarks (millions) CPUmark 16 CPUmark 32 Winmarks (millions)
Intel 486DX 33MHz, 20MB ATI Graphics Xpression, 2MB 1024x768 @256 Win 3.1 72.1 36.0
Intel 486DX4 75MHz, 20MB Compaq (ET4-W32) 1024x768 @256 Win 3.1 94.6 14.4
AMD 486DX4 100MHz, 16MB Diamond 64 bit DRAM, 1MB 640x480 @65k WFW 3.11 198.6 18.3 6.41
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1280x1024 @65k Win NT 3.51 275 277 17.5
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1024x768 @65k Win 3.1 421.7 281 83.7
Cyrix 6x86 P150+, 24MB EDO STB Vision 128, 2.3MB VRAM 1024x768 @256 Win 95, MS-DOS mode 632.8 316.83

Notes about benchmark data:
- All numbers are indexes.
- pbc = pipeline burst cache
- Winbench 3.1 and Norton 6.0 sysinfo.exe are older programs but are used for historical purposes.
- Sysinfo.exe: a 1 equals the speed of an Intel 8088 8 MHz (old IBM PC/XT).
- PCBench 9.0 and Winbench are current programs from Ziff-Davis Publishing's ZDBOP group.
- Sysinfo and PCBench both run under DOS.
- Both Winbench's run under windows. Winbench 3.1 is run under Win 3.1. Winbench 96 is 32 bit program.

Winbench 96, PCBench and Norton sysinfo disk benchmarks
Disk benchmark data Windows Dos
Winbench 96 PCBench 9.0 Norton sysinfo 6.0
System Hard drive Controller Operating system Disk Winmark96 DOS disk mix avg seek (ms) trk to trk (ms) transfer (kb/sec) index
Intel 486DX 33MHz, 20MB Conner 540 - CFA540A IDE DOS 8.94 2.26 1090.0 11.1
Conner 120 - CP30104 IDE DOS 15.48 4.71 637.5 6.4
Intel 486DX 33MHz, 20MB Conner 540 - CFA540A IDE w/ Ontrack Drive Rocket DOS 9.42 2.52 1399.2 12.6
Conner 120 - CP30104 IDE w/ Ontrack Drive Rocket DOS 15.62 4.69 702.5 6.8
Intel 486DX4 100MHz, 20MB Conner 540 - CFA540A IDE DOS 8.95 2.35 1137.7 11.3
Conner 120 - CP30104 IDE DOS 15.48 4.87 634.2 6.4
AMD 486DX4 100MHz, 16MB WD EIDE WFW 3.11 640 8.5 1.5 2070.9 14.9
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Seagate Hawk 1GB - ST31230N Adaptec 2940 SCSI-2 Win NT 3.51 1010 192.77 n/a n/a (3092.0?) (20.9?)

Notes about disk benchmark data:
- pbc = pipeline burst cache
- Norton 6.0 sysinfo.exe are older programs but are used for historical purposes.
- PCBench 9.0 and Winbench96 are current programs from Ziff-Davis Publishing's ZDBOP group.
- Sysinfo and PCBench both run under DOS.
- Winbench96 runs under Windows and is a 32 bit program.
- ? Intel Pentium 133MHz sysinfo data very questionable - advanced controller will not move head without writing data so results either n/a or questionable.

Winbench 97 cpu and system benchmarks
Benchmark data Windows 95 and NT
Winbench 97
System description Hard drive subsystem Video card Resolution Operating system CPUmark 16 CPUmark 32 Business Disk Winmark 97 High End Disk Winmark 97
IBM Thinkpad 755CX, Pentium 75, 16MB built-in built-in 640x480 @65k Win 95 139 132 285
Intel Pentium 100, 32MB, pbc WD 850MB, EIDE/PCI bmc Trident 9440, 1MB 640x480 @65k Win 95 221 229 503 1610
Intel Pentium 133, 32MB, pbc Seagate 1GB ST31230N, SCSI/PCI Adaptec 2940, bmc Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1280x1024 @1.6m Win NT 4.0 239 272 773 1590
Cyrix 6x86 P150+, 24MB EDO STB Vision 128, 2.3MB VRAM 1024x768 @256 Win 95 279 284
Intel Pentium Pro 200MHz, 64MB EDO WD Fireball 3.8GB, EIDE/PCI Matrox Millennium, 4MB 1024x768 @256 Win NT 4.0 347 564 645 1370

Notes about benchmark data:
- All numbers are indexes.
- pbc = pipeline burst cache
- bmc = bus-master controller
- Winbench 97 is 32 bit program.

Comments and thanks

Different benchmarks, such as Winbench 96 and 97, cannot be compared to each other. Only indexes from the same benchmark can be compared.

Additions are very welcome. Simply run the tests and email them to me.

Thanks to Dave M., Klaus O., Dave C., Leigh M., and from the internet, Ryan R. and Gerben R. for their contributions to the list.


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