Re: opportunity to benchmark a quad core Xeon

On 16-12-2006 4:24 Jeff Frost wrote:
> We can add more RAM and drives for testing purposes.  Can someone
> suggest what benchmarks with what settings would be desirable to see how
> this system performs.  I don't believe I've seen any postgres benchmarks
> done on a quad xeon yet.

We've done our "standard" benchmark on a dual X5355:
http://tweakers.net/reviews/661

Verdict is that for a price/performance-ratio you're better off with a
5160, but in absolute performance it does win.

Best regards,

Arjen