unix bench result for a phenom server, is it normal?
I read this from a thread here.
Im looking to purchase a phenom server, but i was stunned seeing a very low score for a phenom server:
Quote:
AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor 2.3 GHz
8 GB RAM
AMD Power saver ON (default 1.5 Ghz and increases if more cpu power is needed)
SENTRIS
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 4374519.8 116.1
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 648.5 78.0
Execl Throughput 188.3 2405.1 127.7
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 72429.0 271.1
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 22721.0 211.0
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 606153.0 394.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 180062.9 116.6
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 1109774.9 99.3
Process Creation 569.3 3994.6 70.2
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 405.7 90.6
System Call Overhead 114433.5 1140311.9 99.6
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FINAL SCORE 130.8
Is that normal? Why a very low score for a quad core server?