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How fast can your computer calculate Pi

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  • Baldur
    Baldur Posts: 6,565 Forumite
    edited 24 May 2009 at 1:45PM
    31.824 seconds

    Acer 5634WLMI
    C2D T5600 1.83GHz
    2GB RAM

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    41.968 seconds

    Atom 330
    Dual Core 1.6GHz
    2GB RAM
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836
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    My computer did it in 31.313
  • Lum
    Lum Posts: 6,460
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    globalds wrote: »
    Any machine that doesn't achieve a certain speed is more than likely running something in the back ground that it shouldn't.

    Indeed. Most likely Norton :)


    19.344 secs

    Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66GHz (stock)
    4 GB DDR3 @ CL9
    Asus P5E64 WS Evolution (Intel X48 chipset)
    Running Vista x64 SP1

    My CPU is the weak point in my system, but I haven't yet found a game that causes it to struggle so I don't care. I can probably overclock it a bit anyway, if I could be bothered.
  • BOBS
    BOBS Posts: 2,871 Forumite
    Got message "NOT CONVERGENT IN SQR05"
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  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    BOBS wrote: »
    Got message "NOT CONVERGENT IN SQR05"

    Sounds to me like it started ok but failed as it ran?
    :idea:
  • BikerEd
    BikerEd Posts: 405 Forumite
    29.312 seconds.

    Windows XP virtual machine with 1GB RAM running as a VirtualBox 2.2 running on a MacBook Pro 2.2Ghz Core2 Duo with 4GB RAM
  • BOBS
    BOBS Posts: 2,871 Forumite
    edited 25 May 2009 at 9:03AM
    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    Sounds to me like it started ok but failed as it ran?
    tried again this morning and worked ok!! BUT
    2m 09.594s ..... :eek::eek:
    I know my computer is getting slower by the day but compared to the rest of the results I think I should go shopping for a new one.

    ETA - top of hard drive tells me...
    Intel Celeron D 356 (33.33GHz)
    512MB DDR2 memory
    80GB Hard disk drive storage
    DVD RW Dual format
    Unicrome Pro 3d/2d graphics & video intergrated
    Fast ethernet 10/100 LAN
    Microsoft windows XP home edition SP2
    and yes I have Norton!
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  • wayne77
    wayne77 Posts: 406 Forumite
    43.9

    Intel Celeron 1.6
    1024 ram
    Advent K100 Vista
  • john_s_2
    john_s_2 Posts: 698 Forumite
    edited 25 May 2009 at 2:57PM
    XP
    1.85 gigahertz AMD Sempron
    2 gig RAM

    Run #1 1m 6.765s
    Run #2 1m 3.156s

    EDIT: Loving the disclaimer on their helpscreen:

    "We don't care the problems which may be caused by using or running Super PI program on your machine!"

    Unequivocal and to the point! (Translation thing maybe?)

    EDIT:

    59.484s with no regular applications running (Firefox and Thunderbird open before) and Prime95 (which I run as a service) stopped.

    A tad slow perhaps? (Looking at other people's times with similar specs.) AVG Free running in background. Is there a rule of thumb for expected completion times based on speed and type of processor and RAM? Or is it more complicated than that?
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