Re: RE: Version 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg86218] Re: [mg86195] RE: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: "peter lindsay" <plindsay at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 02:58:42 -0500 (EST)
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for info: running OS X 10.4.11 and Mathematica 6.02 on iMac 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Running MathematicaMark6 Benchmark obtained from "About Mathematica" pull down menu->System Information->Benchmark with MathematicaMark. Benchmark results are below: --- System Information --- Machine Name: blackbook System: Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) Date: March 5, 2008 Mathematica Version: 6.0.2 Benchmark Result: 1.53 --- MathematicaMark6 System Comparison --- 2p dual-core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon 5160 2.84 Microsoft Windows (32-bit) 2p dual-core 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon 2.14 Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (64-bit) 2p quad-core 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon 5310 1.88 CentOS Linux 4.4 (32-bit) 2p 1.4 GHz Itanium 2 1.78 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (64-bit) blackbook 1.53 Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) 2p 2.4 GHz Opteron 250 1.24 Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit) 2p dual-core 2.5 GHz G5 1.22 Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (32-bit) 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 1.00 Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) 4p 1 GHz Power 4 0.53 IBM AIX 5.3 (64-bit) 2p 1.28 GHz UltraSPARC III 0.37 Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit) 2p 552 MHz PA-8600 0.21 HP HP-UX 11.11 (64-bit) (Faster systems give larger numbers) --- MathematicaMark6 Detailed Timings --- Total Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7 Test 8 Test 9 Test 10 Test 11 Test 12 Test 13 Test 14 Test 15 2p dual-core 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon 5160 Microsoft Windows (32-bit) 30.4 2.08 0.67 1.09 2.70 4.03 0.50 0.89 3.17 2.00 2.16 2.41 2.08 1.50 2.59 2.52 2p dual-core 2.66 GHz Intel Xeon Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (64-bit) 40.3 1.75 0.44 1.85 3.38 11.70 0.30 0.52 3.62 2.07 2.39 2.41 1.56 1.71 3.66 2.91 2p quad-core 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon 5310 CentOS Linux 4.4 (32-bit) 45.8 2.01 1.20 0.93 4.42 8.32 0.88 1.54 5.12 1.61 3.14 3.91 2.73 3.37 3.49 3.12 2p 1.4 GHz Itanium 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 (64-bit) 48.6 3.82 0.83 1.39 1.92 2.80 0.33 0.76 7.44 3.29 4.84 7.11 4.90 2.90 2.88 3.34 blackbook Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) 56.4 2.61 0.59 2.56 4.06 15.00 0.40 0.70 4.67 4.95 2.95 3.26 2.24 2.04 5.51 4.91 2p 2.4 GHz Opteron 250 Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit) 69.3 3.92 0.60 3.68 5.79 15.30 0.41 0.90 7.62 4.32 3.31 4.27 3.52 5.68 4.53 5.45 2p dual-core 2.5 GHz G5 Apple Mac OS 10.4.8 (32-bit) 70.6 3.92 1.25 3.88 4.53 18.10 0.81 1.43 6.39 2.29 4.96 5.83 4.64 2.72 6.02 3.89 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) 86.2 5.05 1.23 3.00 8.84 7.50 0.92 1.63 9.17 8.78 5.39 6.17 5.67 4.51 9.42 8.90 4p 1 GHz Power 4 IBM AIX 5.3 (64-bit) 163.7 7.34 1.56 5.90 9.20 60.10 0.94 1.64 10.10 14.40 3.30 13.20 6.99 6.04 10.50 12.50 2p 1.28 GHz UltraSPARC III Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit) 235.2 12.00 1.97 9.66 12.70 45.30 1.13 2.43 26.30 32.30 7.40 19.70 11.90 5.91 18.90 27.50 2p 552 MHz PA-8600 HP HP-UX 11.11 (64-bit) 405.5 25.30 3.92 30.50 9.76 64.90 33.10 3.41 49.50 22.60 28.20 41.80 24.00 21.10 24.00 23.30 (Timings are CPU time in seconds) On 05/03/2008, =8Aer=FDch Jakub <Serych at panska.cz> wrote: > > > My initial impression of Mathematica Version 6.0.2 is a > > disappointment. > > > My too :-((( I was awaiting new version with the big hope, that the > problem > with paclets could be solved in it. But it is not!!! > > I have heared, that this problem occures on Czech version of Windows XP > only. > When somebody tries to download any paclet data, it says, that there is > problem with Internet connectivity. For example: > > In[1]:- ChemicalData["Caffeine"] > > ChemicalData::dlfail: Internet download of data for ChemicalData \ failed. > Use Help > Internet Connectivity... to test or reconfigure \ internet > connectivity. >> > > Out[1]- $Failed > > But internet connectivity on that machine is realy OK and also tests in > Help/Internet connectivity are OK. I can test it, and already have tested > it > with and without proxy on our network and it is always the same. > > Does anybody have the same problem on other language versions of Windows > XP? > Does anybody know any workaround? > > I know, that paclet data are not so essential for pure mathematics, but as > we > are highschool and have bought universal license of M6, we have many more > applications for Mathematica which are realy dependent on paclets. > > Thanks for any help > > > Jakub > -- peter lindsay Computing Officer Mathematical Institute University of St Andrews KY16 9SS 01334463756