Hi All:
On several Athlon machines, from 750MHz to 1000MHz, P95 takes
about the same number of clocks per iteration doing a factoring assignment,
in the present case 4.75 billion. The Compaq 7998 settles at 5.28 billion
for the same task, but can be driven down to 4.75 briefly by re-booting,
running ReCache, and then some start/stop/start shenanigans. Soon the number of
clocks starts to drift upward, and settles at 5.28/5.3 again. Other trial
factoring stages show the same anomaly: drift-and-settle always at a higher
than expected number. Trying the Advanced/Time test on the default 10
mill exponent, I notice unusual variation: from .125 (expected) to .134
(dreadful) for a 1GHz machine.
Any insights?
Thanks And Best Wishes,
Stefanovic
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