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From: iversen@dsfys1.fi.uib.no (Per Steinar Iversen)
Subject: PPST benchmark results.
Message-ID: <1992Feb11.065955.26506@alf.uib.no>
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Sender: iversen@vsfys1.fi.uib.no (Per Steinar Iversen)
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Organization: Department of Physics, University of Bergen, Norway
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 92 06:59:55 GMT
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I have run the PPST benchmark on a number of workstations and printers:

========================================================================
Machine     :   DECstation 5000/200 CX (8 bit color, 19", 75 dpi screen) 
Software    :   Ultrix 4.2, Adobe Display PostScript 1006.9, Xws server, 
                Motif 1.1.1
Memory      :   32 MB

                Timings  Index

Graphics    :   0.1920   278.9
RAM & fonts :   1.0080    63.6
Mathematics :   0.8480    45.5
Total       :   2.0480    76.3
========================================================================
Machine     :   DECstation 5000/125 MX (Monochrome, 19", 100 dpi screen)
Software    :   Ultrix 4.2, Adobe Display PostScript 1006.9, Xws server,
                Motif 1.1.1
Memory      :   32 MB

                Timings  Index

Graphics    :   0.1596   335.4
RAM & fonts :   0.8602    80.1
Mathematics :   1.0717    36.0
Total       :   2.0317    76.9
========================================================================
Machine     :   VAXstation 3100/M38 (Monochrome, 19", 75 dpi screen)
Software    :   VMS 5.4, Adobe Display PostScript 1006.5, Motif 1.1
Memory      :   32 MB

                Timings  Index

Graphics    :    0.9700   55.2
RAM & fonts :   10.5100    6.1
Mathematics :    5.2400    7.4
Total       :   16.7200    9.3
========================================================================

Notes: All the machines were running background jobs and the local network 
is always quite busy. Large fluctuations in the numbers were observed.

The benchmark did show rather different numbers if the file was loaded
from the command line while starting the previewer, the graphics numbers 
were better (!), while the other indices were worse than what found 
if the file was selected after startup.

Ghostview 1.0 & Ghostscript 2.2 were unable to run the benchmark.

I also ran the test on two laser printers:

========================================================================
Machine     :   OKI OL840, LED Page Printer
Software    :   Adobe PostScript 51.8

                Timings  Index

Graphics    :   49.3750    1.1
RAM & fonts :   52.1250    1.2
Mathematics :   30.7500    1.3
Total       :  132.2500    1.2
========================================================================
Machine     :   DEC LN03R ScriptPrinter
Software    :   Adobe PostScript 47.2

                Timings  Index

Graphics    :   52.0000    1.0
RAM & fonts :   66.2500    1.0
Mathematics :   37.5000    1.0
Total       :  155.7500    1.0
========================================================================


-psi

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