Firefox performance

[Jerry Amundson]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Michael Cronenworth <mike at cchtml.com> wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Firefox performance
> From: Adam Pribyl <pribyl at lowlevel.cz>
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Date: 02/13/2009 10:45 AM
>
>> Is there anything we can do to improve the Fedora picture?
>>
>> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox
>
>
> Yes, this needs to be addressed.
>
> i386 Firefox 3.0.6       i386 Firefox 3.0.6 w/ Wine
> Score: 99.9              Score: 117
> Richards: 97.5           Richards: 139
> DeltaBlue: 122           DeltaBlue: 154
> Crypto: 83.0             Crypto: 83.4
> RayTrace: 84.3           RayTrace: 88.6
> EarleyBoyer: 140         EarleyBoyer: 157
> RegExp: 85.7             RegExp: 101
>
> Pentium 4 3.06ghz
> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
>
> This is after running the test three times on each browser. Let me add that
> using -safe-mode made Zero difference in this test. With a capital Z.
>
> Turning off compiz gave me a whole 5 extra total score points.

Hmm, you running Gnome? On my laptop (Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor
2.00GHz), fresh F10, and updated (KDE 4.2, woo-hoo! :-), I get 120.
Score: 120
Richards: 144
DeltaBlue: 158
Crypto: 79.8
RayTrace: 114
EarleyBoyer: 134
RegExp: 110

2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
firefox-3.0.6-1.fc10.i386
kdebase-4.2.0-2.fc10.i386

jerry