Benchmark for NT

[dennho]

I have a core2 e7300 overclocked to 3.4Ghz, 2 gigs of ram, and an Intel extreme edition X25E SSD. Well, everything runs the same, except obviously load times in reduced, also java based apps like IB's TWS load up quicker. However I know somethings still take time, like seeking through market replay data, I still get a momentary 3 second pause when I jump back and fourth throughout the market replay data.

Not sure if the ssd will make much of a difference in the benchmark when I try it out... I need an i7 just for kicks...

[dennho]

Ok on a C2D e7300 @ 3.4 GHz, 2 Gigs of RAM, I get

NT Benchmark v1.0a, build 11-08-2008
Elapsed time: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.

[ctrlbrk]

dennho,

Let me know if that isn't XP and NT 6.5.1000.10 as I have assumed (list updated).

Mike

[dennho]

This is indeed WinXP Pro SP3, NT 6.5.1000.9

I noticed my results were slightly faster than machines with more system RAM, does the SSD have anything to do with this? Or does the benchmark not access the hard drive at all?

[ctrlbrk]

Corrected, thx. Have a good weekend,
Mike

[Frankenstein]

I've been investigating a new box for NT7, after all the end of the quarter isn't too far away ;P I was thinking of going with a AMD Phenom II 940 but now i'm not sure...

For the coming NT7, which will support multiple cores,
Core i7 and/or AMD Phenom II will be your choice for
buying a new computer (i would prefer the first here
for best performance, the second offers good $/perf.).
If you already have a good Core 2, and you consider this
computer for trading only, i would wait and see
(especially if it is a quad), there would be no need
to update because Core i7 offers no advantage offer
Core 2 regarding NT6&6.5 and the advantages in NT7
still have to be seen first... parallelizing software
is an non-trivial task... with several VM's running
several instances of your trading software (even when
it can utilize only one core) you can utilize a Core i7@
5,0GHz to 100% already, but of course there is a lot
of "overhead by hand"... thats why people prefer to have
software which can utilize all the cores by themselves

[darckeen]

Yeah i think i7 is a little too pricey for me now, probably around $900 to build an oc'able budget rig. A oc'able budget Pii 940 or Q8400 will cost around $500.

[ctrlbrk]

MSI just released their uATX X58 board for $150ish, the X58M. That will help shave $100 off any i7 build right there.

You've also got the second generation of i7's due out in a couple months I believe, and that will help cut costs more. Just like always...

In my office/lab I have an E6850, Q6600 and my i7 920. They all have 8GB or more of memory and fast RAID setups. I would definitely not build anything other than another i7 having said that. But that's just me.

Mike

[dennho]

next generation Intel CPU's should be 32nm process.... this should get some interesting OC results. But we'll see...

[sam028]

C2D 6420 2.13ghz, RedHat FC9 32bits 2 Go, VirtualBox Win XP 1go:
Elapsed time: 4 minutes, 40 seconds

[darckeen]

Here are the results from my laptop:

C2D T5850 @ 2.17 GHz, 3g ram, Vista 32 - 5min 51sec

I'll post my live box when its up and running but its a 7yo p4 lol

[ctrlbrk]

Updated!

Mike

[heech]

Great thread! My results are a little surprising, so seeing other peoples numbers will definitely help.

My laptop:

Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 @ 2.80 GHz, Windows XP, 2 GB RAM
NT .8
NT Benchmark v1.0a, build 11-08-2008
Elapsed time: 4 minutes, 1 seconds.

My hosted server from Softlayer

Xeon X3220 @ 2.40 GHz, Windows Server 2003, 2 GB RAM
NT .10
NT Benchmark v1.0a, build 11-08-2008
Elapsed time: 4 minutes, 52 seconds.

Both systems runningXP.

[darckeen]

My live box:

P4 @ 2.41GHz, 1g ddr333, XP - 7min 27sec

[heech]

Has anyone else tested this out on Amazon's EC2 boxes?

I just tried on one of my images, with Amazon's "high-med CPU instance". My computer describes it as Xeon E5345 @ 2.33 GHz, 1.69 GB RAM. Windows Server 2003 R2 - Datacenter Edition.

Elapsed time: 5 minutes, 3 seconds.