Note too that there's a list of the results for the Gzip test: https://openbenchmarking.org/test/pts/compress-gzip
>From this list it appears to me that Intel Core i5-11600k could be the "gold" PC for LilyPond... On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 2:41 AM Paolo Prete <paolopr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Hans, > > I don't think this test can give reliable results for what we need to > compare. > With my processor (Intel Celeron N3350) it took 96 seconds to compile > MSDN.ly > > But my CPU is listed with score 287: > https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/intel-celeron-n3350 > ---> (1712 / 287) > > From what I see, is it true that geekbench 5 is single core, but it > intensively uses RAM and the test we need should not be focused on RAM. I > would consider a Gzip compression test, instead. > > > https://openbenchmarking.org/vs/Processor/Apple%20M1,Intel%20Celeron%20J3455 > > (note that it compares Apple M1 with Celeron J3455, which is NOT my CPU, > but it should be very similar for single-core tests.) > > The result is 91 / 40 which is very similar to 96 seconds / 40 seconds > (Jacque's test) . I don't know if this is a coincidence and please, if you > all have more data, share it. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 5:56 PM Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> wrote: > >> So, to illustrate the idea of using the benchmark at the list below, it >> might be the Mac mini (Late 2020) with single-core score 1712 and the other >> Macs of this year have a similar performance. It gives for the iMac 2008 >> used a single-core score 372 (depending on model), and it took 4–5 minutes >> to compile the same example. Then 1712/407 = 4.6, and dividing 4 minutes >> with that gives 53 seconds, and this ignores speedups in lilypond self, but >> it seems one can get a rough idea of performance this way. >> >> https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks >> >> >> > On 30 Nov 2021, at 16:36, Jacques Menu <imj-muz...@bluewin.ch> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > Here is what I get for this 102 page score: >> > >> > jacquesmenu@macmini > time lilypond MSDM.ly >> > GNU LilyPond 2.22.1 >> > ;;; note: auto-compilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 >> > ;;; or pass the --no-auto-compile argument to disable. >> > … … … … >> > real 0m39.590s >> > user 0m37.119s >> > sys 0m2.285s >> > >> > jacquesmenu@macmini > ls -sal MSDM.* >> > 8 -rw-------@ 1 jacquesmenu staff 2695 Nov 17 2016 MSDM.ly >> > 88 -rw-r--r-- 1 jacquesmenu staff 42641 Nov 30 16:32 MSDM.mid >> > 1888 -rw-r--r-- 1 jacquesmenu staff 963019 Nov 30 16:32 MSDM.pdf >> > >> > The machine is a Mac Mini M1, 8GB RAM, 256 GB disk. >> > >> > JM >> > >> >> Le 30 nov. 2021 à 15:28, Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> a écrit : >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 30 Nov 2021, at 14:26, Paolo Prete <paolopr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I need to buy a new PC, more powerful than the one I own. The CPU and >> RAM must be chosen on the time required to produce LilyPond output. Are >> there any test sheets with different CPUs and the time they take to output >> a score that takes a long time to compile? In case this doesn't exist >> specifically for LilyPond, is there anything equivalent I can use? >> >> >> >> There are general benchmarks, like those below, maybe the single core >> ones can be useful. >> >> >> >> https://browser.geekbench.com >> >> https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >>
