I finally got around to benchmarking this machine as per the request of a member here. The following benchmarks were run:
- 3dbench (version 1.0 not 1.0c)
- Norton Sysinfo 8 - CPU
- Checkit 3 - CPU, Video, HDD
- NSSI - CPU
- Pmips
And the following results were achieved:
3dbench:
6.4
CheckIt
Main System Benchmark:
CPU Turbo ON (16MHz): 11.20 times IBM PC-XT
CPU Turbo OFF (~8MHz): 5.64 times IBM PC-XT
Math Turbo ON: 11.35 times IBM PC-XT
Math Turbo OFF: 5.59 times IBM PC-XT
Video:
BIOS Video CPS: 9.19 times IBM PC-XT
Direct Video CPS: 9.87 times IBM PC-XT
HDD:
Transfer speed: 5.20 times IBM PC-XT
Norton SI:
Computing Index (CI), relative to IBM/XT: 17.6
Disk Index (DI), relative to IBM/XT: 5.2
Performance Index (PI), relative to IBM/XT: 13.4
PMIPS
General Mix: 1.7
Integer: 1.9
Data Transfer: 3.6
String: 1.8
Control Transfer: 1.6
Flag Control: 4.6
Logical: 2.0
Jump: 2.7
Weighted Average: 2.6
NSSI:
CPU Performance: ~3960 Dhrystones (this result jumps around)
FPU Performance: 554 KWetstones
Not bad results for a 286 from what I can tell (some of the bencharks compare the results to 386, etc). I'm currently using a Tseng ET4000AX VGA card in this machine but I'm thinking of swapping that out for a card with better CGA compatibility, just for fun. In saying that, I probably won't. This machine hasn't seen the light of day since I finished restoring it - I just never seem to find an excuse to use it.
Anyway, I hope these results are of interest.
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