Notes:
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Results:

 System -- SunOS box 5.8 Generic_108528-23 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-30
  Start Benchmark Run: Fri Sep 12 11:59:12 EDT 2003
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables   502087.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables     501129.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         2420411.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)         32324.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)            32410.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)              32351.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)             32354.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)            90527.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)           70785.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                 78192.6 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                      46027.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test         22745.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                       379.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                       197.1 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                  169803.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                    2200.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                    2039.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                  172343.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                    2200.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                    1803.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                             200.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)                258.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)                132.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                 67.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                 34.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places           5927.8 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi             9993.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7    70785.7       27.8
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3   502087.7       22.4
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5      197.1       11.9
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0     1803.0       10.1
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5    22745.2       17.3
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0       34.0        8.5
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                  98.1

  BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 3.11)
  System -- Linux box  2.4.21-sparc-r1 #1 Wed Oct 1 12:32:52 EDT 2003 sparc64 sun4u TI UltraSparc II (BlackBird) GNU/Linux
  Start Benchmark Run: Mon Oct  6 10:35:11 EDT 2003
   1 interactive users.
Dhrystone 2 without register variables   576386.0 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Dhrystone 2 using register variables     579571.7 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = arithoh)         2328097.3 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = register)         31883.2 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = short)            30893.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = int)              31726.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = long)             31917.1 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = float)            91624.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Arithmetic Test (type = double)           71655.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
System Call Overhead Test                122951.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe Throughput Test                     103068.5 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching Test         41634.4 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Process Creation Test                      1922.9 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)
Execl Throughput Test                       537.8 lps   (9 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (10 seconds)                  480789.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (10 seconds)                  122483.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (10 seconds)                   35198.0 KBps  (10 secs, 6 samples)
File Read  (30 seconds)                  483378.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Write (30 seconds)                  113817.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
File Copy  (30 seconds)                   17388.0 KBps  (30 secs, 6 samples)
C Compiler Test                             183.3 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (1 concurrent)                958.2 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (2 concurrent)                507.8 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (4 concurrent)                261.7 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                132.0 lpm   (60 secs, 3 samples)
Dc: sqrt(2) to 99 decimal places          25150.8 lpm   (60 secs, 6 samples)
Recursion Test--Tower of Hanoi            10871.8 lps   (10 secs, 6 samples)


                     INDEX VALUES
TEST                                        BASELINE     RESULT      INDEX

Arithmetic Test (type = double)               2541.7    71655.4       28.2
Dhrystone 2 without register variables       22366.3   576386.0       25.8
Execl Throughput Test                           16.5      537.8       32.6
File Copy  (30 seconds)                        179.0    17388.0       97.1
Pipe-based Context Switching Test             1318.5    41634.4       31.6
Shell scripts (8 concurrent)                     4.0      132.0       33.0
                                                                 =========
     SUM of  6 items                                                 248.3

     AVERAGE                                                          41.4