Are my MIPS right?

danielf · 02-05-2005, 23:36

I decided to check my new laptop's performance at www.pcpitstop.com (which I have found helpful in the past).

It told me there were two minor problem's with it: the processor underperformed, and the c drive needed defragging. I did the latter using windows (XP home) defrag), but pcpitstop still complained, so I ran the trial version of O&O, which brought fragmentation down to 5%.

According to the tests, my processor still underperforms compared to similar systems. As far as I can tell by quite a bit:

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The processor performance of this system, 2468 MIPS (millions of integer operations per second), is significantly lower than similar systems with the same type of processor running at the same clock rate, which perform at 6506 MIPS, on average.

Suggested solutions are to disable unnecessary processes, and to disable power saving options when running on AC.

Disabling any unnecessary processes does not make any difference, and as far as I know, all power saving options have been turned off.

So, is my system underperforming (and if so, what should I do), or is this expected from a laptop, or should I take this whole test with a pinch of salt?

System info:

Acer Aspire 1520
CPU AMD 64 3400+
512 meg RAM
NVIDIA Geforce FX Go 5700 (128 meg)
80 Gig HD

bmxbandit · 02-05-2005, 23:38

does it definitely recognse your pc as a laptop? a mobile a64 cpu will perform a lot less well than a desktop one.

02-05-2005, 23:40

Your MIPS are very low. My Athlon XP 2400+ does at least 3000 MIPS. Although I wouldn't know why it would run that slow on your system

danielf · 02-05-2005, 23:48

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Originally Posted by bmxbandit

does it definitely recognse your pc as a laptop? a mobile a64 cpu will perform a lot less well than a desktop one.

It says that my system looks like it might be a laptop (hence the power management suggestion). It does not say if the comparison is against other laptops though...
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Originally Posted by Electrolyte

Your MIPS are very low. My Athlon XP 2400+ does at least 3000 MIPS. Although I wouldn't know why it would run that slow on your system

Is that a laptop or desktop?

I ran the test a number of times, and occasionally it does go up to 4500, but 2500 seems to be the norm.

03-05-2005, 00:04

Are you sure your hyper transport settings and cpu cache settings are correct in bios?Was the cpu busy doing something else at the time?

Graham M · 03-05-2005, 00:05

Is the laptop plugged in or running on battery when you run these tests?

danielf · 03-05-2005, 00:09

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Are you sure your hyper transport settings and cpu cache settings are correct in bios?

No. I wouldn't know what the correct setting are

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Was the cpu busy doing something else at the time?

No, cpu load was at at 1-3 %
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Originally Posted by Zeph

Is the laptop plugged in or running on battery when you run these tests?

Plugged in (and battery at 100%)

Raistlin · 03-05-2005, 00:10

Bah!! I just ran that on my Acer laptop and it didn't even tell me my MIPs!!

I'm feeling very left out!

03-05-2005, 00:11

Go into bios and look around for cpu settings,make sure the hyper transport is set to 4x at least and make sure cpu cache is on
Dont change anything till you have checked manual or online what settings are correct for machine
you could reset to defaults and try again

danielf · 03-05-2005, 00:26

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Bah!! I just ran that on my Acer laptop and it didn't even tell me my MIPs!!

I'm feeling very left out!

That's probably because yours are allright

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Go into bios and look around for cpu settings,make sure the hyper transport is set to 4x at least and make sure cpu cache is on
Dont change anything till you have checked manual or online what settings are correct for machine
you could reset to defaults and try again

I had a look in the bios, and can't find any options regarding that. Regardless, seeing this laptop is one month old, and this was my first look at the bios, I'd assume the settings are default?

03-05-2005, 00:27

do a google for a program called prime95, if there is a real cpu problem this program will fail very quickly,download the zip,run program,just stress test,click test and use prime net,

danielf · 03-05-2005, 00:38

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

do a google for a program called prime95, if there is a real cpu problem this program will fail very quickly,download the zip,run program,just stress test,click test and use prime net,

The fan seems to be working allright

(on test1 now)

03-05-2005, 00:39

not worried about the fan

prime test the cpu at a solid 100%

danielf · 03-05-2005, 00:42

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

not worried about the fan

prime test the cpu at a solid 100%

I just noticed, the test takes about an hour...

I had planned to retire earlier...

BTW The machine runs like a dream. It's just when you get reports that similar systems perform much better that you start wondering...

edit: test2 now

03-05-2005, 00:45

If you have got that far chances are cpu are ok,if it runs ok I wouldnt worry,