On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:20:14 +0200 Andrea Griffini <agr...@tin.it> wrote: > > My benchmark.py script calibrates automatically the number of loops to > > take at least 100 ms, and then repeat the test during at least 1.0 > > second. > > > > Using time instead of a fixed number of loops is more reliable because > > the test is less dependent on the system activity. > > I've also been bitten in the past by something that is probably quite > obvious but I didn't think to, that is dynamic cpu frequency. Many > modern CPUs can dynamically change the frequency depending on the load > and temperature and the switch can take more than one second. > > When doing benchmarks now I've a small script (based on cpufreq-set) > that just blocks all the cores into fast mode.
For the record, under Linux, the following command: $ sudo cpufreq-set -rg performance should do the trick. Regards Antoine. -- Software development and contracting: http://pro.pitrou.net _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
