Kernel Tuning Gives 40% Gains

Table 3. Load-Generation Test Results of gcc-2.95.3 Kernel

Running gcc-2.95.3    make -j 1    make -j 2    make -j 4    make -j 8
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Unpatched: gcc            50.2        65.3          67.4         70.2
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Patched: gcc              43.7        56.8          59.1         61.3
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Speedup                  14.9%        15.0%         14.0%        14.5%
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