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[11:46] User [ice:~/software/sob] > grep name /proc/cpuinfo
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+
[11:47] User [ice:~/software/sob] > grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
cpu MHz : 1569.350
[11:47] User [ice:~/software/sob] > grep "blocks left" sclient.log | tail
[Mon May 12 08:35:06 2003] n.high = 2494915 . 55 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 08:55:56 2003] n.high = 2514560 . 54 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 09:16:45 2003] n.high = 2534205 . 53 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 09:37:37 2003] n.high = 2553850 . 52 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 09:58:39 2003] n.high = 2573495 . 51 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 10:19:35 2003] n.high = 2593140 . 50 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 10:40:31 2003] n.high = 2612785 . 49 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 11:01:27 2003] n.high = 2632430 . 48 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 11:22:22 2003] n.high = 2652075 . 47 blocks left in test
[Mon May 12 11:43:18 2003] n.high = 2671720 . 46 blocks left in test
[11:47] User [ice:~/software/sob] >
So on an Athlon at least I get 10 blocks in 3h:8m:12s. For n=3.5M (that's about 172 blocks or) just under 54 hours for the whole test. Or scaled to 1GHz about 3days12.75hour for a full test on a 1GHz Tbred.