[zeromq-dev] Mb vs. MB in tests & on the Wiki

[Martin Sustrik]

> 2.2GB RAM, 2.4GHz P4 Northwood with 512k cache (no hyperthreading), Gentoo
> Linux "pimped out", gcc 4.3.2, glibc 2.8, plain 2.6.27 kernel with 250HZ
> and voluntary preemption. It's my file/postgres/mail/news/web server with
> otherwise 0.1% load. Fast (for a ) and stable as a rock. RAM is "only"
> DDR266 though, so a bit slow by todays standards.
>   
Confirmed. I've tested on my old single core notebook and this is what 
I've got:

threads: 1
message size: 1024 [B]
message count: 100000
Your average throughput is 34514 [msg/s]
Your average throughput is 282 [Mb/s]

I'm making a mental note that one day we'll have to have a look at 
what's causing this lowish throughput on single-core boxes. Althought 
there won't be much of them out there in enterprise datacenters, it 
would be still relevant for embedded devices.

Martin