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Started by blackviper91 October 27, 2007 11:19 PM

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blackviper91

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October 27, 2007 11:19 PM

Ok, first, everyone take a deep breath. I realize it may be a shock that there is someone who isn't using C++, but you can handle it :P But seriously, my question is fairly simple, what function in Python can I use to measure a short interval of time accurate to a millisecond (1/1000 of a second). Basically what I am doing is running a loop that calculates the squareroot of 91245 (there is no reason I picked that number, just random) 50 million times in a row and then measures how long that takes. I'll then use the data to generate speed score and stuff, I know this isn't necesarily an accurate benchmarks or anything, it is just kind of a fun little practice thing to see how fast my computer goes compared to the others in my house. Also, on a related note, what is the squareroot function in Python? I am thinking something like squrert or something, but I think it actually a leftover from another language stuck in my brain. Thanks for all the help, Cody

CrimsonSun

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October 28, 2007 12:12 AM

The time module can supply you with some basic timing methods. There is a squareroot function located inside the math module (named sqrt):

import timefrom math import sqrtstarttime = time.time()for x in xrange(50000000):    sqrt(91245)endtime = time.time()print starttime - endtime

I'd expect that sqrt's performance is pretty good - it's likely to be implemented in C. The real bottleneck will probably be generating your 50000000-long list (which xrange will help alleviate).

blackviper91

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October 28, 2007 08:31 PM

Thanks for the help. I finished the program. Here it is:

[source lang=python]#Computer SpeedTest#By Cody#10.28.07import timefrom math import sqrtprint "\t\t\tComputer SpeedTest\n"raw_input("Press enter to start the test, this may cause other programs to TEMPORARILY lock up.")print "Please wait, this may take several minutes. Testing... ",startTime = time.time()for x in xrange(50000000):    sqrt(91245)endTime = time.time()print "Complete"totalTime = (endTime - startTime)*1000totalSeconds = totalTime/1000loopsPerSec = 50000000/totalTimesecPerLoop = totalTime/50000000score = 5000 - (secPerLoop * 1000000)print "\nIt took ", totalTime, " milliseconds (", totalSeconds, " seconds) for the computer to complete 50 million loops."print "That is ", loopsPerSec, " loops every millisecond."print "Your score is: ", scoreraw_input("Press enter to exit...")

I got a 4350 BTw.

Thanks again,
Cody

EDIT: Added source tags and changed the code just a bit.

[Edited by - blackviper91 on October 29, 2007 5:31:32 PM]

jbadams

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October 28, 2007 11:50 PM

Quote:Original post by blackviper91
(How do I put this in code tags like you did? I couldn't make anything work)

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