System CPU load test examples

The tables in this topic provide examples of host CPU loading for the following boards:

Use this information to estimate how a fax application will affect your host system resources. The percentage of CPU resources used will vary from the statistics presented here depending on the following factors:

AG board example

The following statistics were taken from tests performed on a system with an AG 4000/3200 board and a Pentium II 300 MHz PC with 64 MB of RAM. The conversion enabled column indicates that all ports performed on-the-fly conversions. The ECM enabled column indicates that all ports used error correction mode.

Total number of ports

Number of transmit ports

Number of receive ports

Conversion enabled

ECM enabled

Average system CPU usage

60

30

30

No

No

12%

60

30

30

Yes

No

20%

60

30

30

No

Yes

13%

60

30

30

Yes

Yes

21%

90

45

45

No

No

17%

90

45

45

Yes

No

28%

90

45

45

No

Yes

18%

90

45

45

Yes

Yes

30%

120

60

60

No

No

20%

120

60

60

Yes

No

34%

120

60

60

No

Yes

24%

120

60

60

Yes

Yes

38%


QX 2000 board example

The following table presents the host load test results from QX 2000-based systems with a Pentium 200 MHz processor with 64 MB of RAM. The conversion enabled column indicates that all ports performed on-the-fly conversions. The ECM enabled column indicates that all ports used error correction mode.

Total number of ports

Number of transmit ports

Number of receive ports

Modem

Rate

Conversion enabled

ECM enabled

Average system CPU usage

4

2

2

V.29

9.6

No

No

1.1%

4

2

2

V.29

9.6

Yes **

Yes

2.5%

4

2

2

V.17

14.4

No

No

2%

4

2

2

V.17

14.4

Yes *

Yes

3.7%

4

2

2

V.17

14.4

Yes **

Yes

4%

32

16

16

V.17

14.4

No

No

28.5%

32

16

16

V.29

9.6

No

Yes

21.5%

32

16

16

V.29

9.6

No

Yes

21.5%

32

16

16

V.29

9.6

Yes *

No

37.8%

32

16

16

V.17

14,4

Yes *

No

53%

32

16

16

V.29

9.6

Yes *

Yes

36%

32

16

16

V.29

9.6

Yes **

Yes

56%


*Conversions from A3 to A4 page width format, LOW to SUPER_HIGH resolution, 1D to 2D encoding format.

** Conversions from A3 to A4 page width format, LOW to SUPER_HIGH resolution, 1D to MMR encoding format.

CG board example

The following table presents statistics obtained from tests performed on a CompactPCI system with a CG 6000C board and a Pentium II 266 MHz board with 64 MB of RAM running Windows. The conversion enabled column indicates that all ports performed on-the-fly conversions. The ECM enabled column indicates that all ports used error correction mode.

Total number of ports

Number of transmit ports

Number of receive ports

Conversion enabled

ECM enabled

Average system CPU usage

60

30

30

No

No

15%

60

30

30

Yes

No

24%

60

30

30

No

Yes

16%

60

30

30

Yes

Yes

28%

90

45

45

No

No

22%

90

45

45

Yes

No

38%

90

45

45

No

Yes

25%

90

45

45

Yes

Yes

43%

120

60

60

No

No

30%

120

60

60

Yes

No

51%

120

60

60

No

Yes

32%

120

60

60

Yes

Yes

58%