Linux benchmark tools

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Net Llama!
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:34 AM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: Linux benchmark tools
[...] 
> > I wonder if /proc/cpuinfo is periodically updated or just 
> updated when 
> > the system starts ?
> 
> To the best of my knowledge /proc/cpuinfo is static, and is 
> determined when the system first boots.
> 

The BIOS of the Intel mainboard has no option for changing the SpeedStep but
after playing around with it, I could set it to the expected by restting the
BIOS. I use the CPU-Z benchmark on Windows and now it shows 2.6Ghz. 

When booting to Suse, /proc/cpuinfo shows 1.6 but when I run the two dummy
program calculating some double numbers, cpuinfo shows the speed to be 2.6.
So cpuinfo does change reflecting the current cpu status.


Vu