On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 17:26, WipeOut wrote: > Emiliano Brunetti wrote: > > >>>I googled a bit and didn't find much about benchmarking normal desktop > >>>usage. Maybe the case is that there isn't still anything. > >>> > >>> > >>You don't find anything because you don't know what u want to benchmark ;) > >> > > > >Please read previous posts. I need to benchmark 'normal desktop usage', > >that in such case could be disk I/O, graphic adapter performance and cpu > >load, all in normal conditions - that is somehow simulating a normal > >desktop usage (spreadsheet, writing, surfing, emailing, doing a little > >of graphic stuff). > > > >It is *all* in previous posts. > > > "Productivity application benchmarks" do not exist.. This is really a good answer. Thanks. I will probably have to give this thing up. > It all comes down > to the main components of a PC, CPU power (most new systems today have > way more then will ever be needed by most users in any productivity > app), RAM (Pretty cheap these days to add as much as you need) and Hard > disk throughput/access time (continually getting faster).. > > Are you comparing OS's or Hardware or Applications?? > > What are you trying to test and what is the result you need to produce?? > > Who asked you to do the tests and what information are they needing to > make whatever decision will be based on the tests?? > > You haven't really given enogh information as to what result you are > trying to get to and so the answers you are getting back are > consequently of no use to you.. Sorry, i disagree. Some of the answers were extremely useful. In my second post i wrote: >Yes, you are right. Normal desktop usage. I wonder if there are any >tools for linux benchmarking like those they have for windows >machines and forgive me if i consider this to be enough info on the subject. In some other posts i tried to make it more clear. And indeed by your help and those of others i realized that there are no such tools/packages for linux (yet :) ) and most of 'benchmarking' ra definitely low level of for specific server application. I was also advised to try and do it by hands, but it is not really a solution - though being possible. As to who asked me what...well i live in europe: privacy rulez. ;) E.
