[cluster-l] Single- vs. Dual- vs. Quad-core CPUs

[Nils Oberg]

At 15:07 3/28/2007, Jay A. Kreibich wrote:
>   Additionally, wall-clock speed is not a great way to do performance
>   tests.  In the end, it is usually what matters, but it isn't going to
>   answer very many questions of this nature.

What would be a good way to do performance tests?  I looked at things 
like valgrind and other performance testers, but the ones I saw were 
intrusive and slowed performance down.

Thanks,

Nils


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