Incredible IE speed?

[ZTrang]

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http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/benchjs/benchjs.html,

I have seen scores turned in by users which range from 8 seconds to an incredible 2.39 seconds for that site's javascript test, with all of these users running IE 6 on Windows XP. Well, when I run the test on my 2.8 GHz Windows XP machine with IE 6, I get between 14 and 15 seconds. I have no plugins at all installed, and no spyware, so my browser is about as lean as can be. Why can I not get these incredibly fast scores? Can anyone else get 2-3 seconds on that javascript test using IE 6? Because I cannot.

[EmuZombie Veteran]

are you using microsoft's virtual machine, or sun's?

[ZTrang]

are you using microsoft's virtual machine, or sun's?

I'm using Sun's, but the test uses javascript, not java, so it seems like the virtual machine used won't affect the test results.

[ZTrang]

Also, is it just me, or is "newbie"s score just a tad ridiculous? Not to mention that he got EXACTLY the same amount of time for each test. Is it possible to cheat this benchmark, or was this person's browser just incredibly messed up?

[Coolme]

Maybe it's the result of the site owner's server. or maybe it's an AMD64. AMD64 > p4 2.8 :laugh:

[ZTrang]

Maybe it's the result of the site owner's server. or maybe it's an AMD64. AMD64 > p4 2.8 :laugh:

Maybe ;) However, looking at the source, code, the benchmark is all javascript, so running off of the server doesn't seem like it would do much good (not THAT much good, anyway). I'm also not sure that the CPU speed will severely impact the final score, beyond a certain point. Weird... I wonder how they do it?

[Xylene]

With using IE I got:

xyl3ne, Explorer 6.x, Windows XP, 1.80-1.89GHz 10.83 seconds, June 21, at 21:52:10

With using Firefox I got:

xyl3ne, Firefox 0.9, Windows XP, 1.80-1.89GHz 20.98 seconds, June 21, at 21:51:11

I am sticking with firefox regardless.

[EmuZombie Veteran]

ah, nevermind, I never tried the test, I misread thought it said java

anywho, Firefox got me 11.2

and IE got 35.6 :o

WinXP, on Athlon XP 1.1ghz

[Coolme]

In my opinion, I think that FireFox is slower on the first test.

Oh yeah, CPU speed is definitly affects results. My p3 800 got 112.45, oh how I wished I got an athlon instead.

[Rudy]

I got 10.2 with IE

[John Veteran]

ah, nevermind, I never tried the test, I misread thought it said java

anywho, Firefox got me 11.2

and IE got 35.6 :o

WinXP, on Athlon XP 1.1ghz

Are you using SP2? I think the new security is slowing it down... I should run a test with SP1 security settings and see what it does.

Note I said "should" as I'm going to sleep now ;) Someone else can try this for me if they want (Y)

[dreamthief]

Nobody tried with Opera 7.51? You should see the results... it's extremely fast...IE coming in second and Firefox third.

So what? I still like Firefox, sticking with it... it is just a fraction of seconds that differentiate them.. call me hardcore firefox fan (but i am not). Why? Cause i like the features firefox has...

[-=SD=-]

test, MyIE2, Windows XP, 2.20-2.39GHz 9.59 seconds, June 21, at 22:23:44

ranking: 74 out of 495 testers

test, Firefox 0.9, Windows XP, 2.20-2.39GHz 13.97 seconds, June 21, at 22:25:52

ranking: 168 out of 499 testers

There is my test..

[Peter Griffin]

I got 5.39 seconds ('Jones' on the toplist) using Avant Browser with Microsoft Java.

[sinner]

22 seconds for me. firefox 0.8

[Rudy]

Are you using SP2? I think the new security is slowing it down... I should run a test with SP1 security settings and see what it does.

Note I said "should" as I'm going to sleep now ;) Someone else can try this for me if they want (Y)

i was using SP2.....

[Post-It Note]

I don't know why it takes 20 seconds to open 8 windows :cry:

[nivek7]

im on a 1.4 athlon and i got 28 with firefox and 8 with ie :s

edit: that was for the first one because firefox wont load the popups

Edited June 22, 2004 by nivek7

[Peter Griffin]

I got throught the WHOLE thing faster with IE than just the 1st test with Firefox :p

Edit: Got my score down to 4.97 sec with IE6.0 in the 2nd run.

[Brandon]

14.22 sec with firefox .9

13.74 sec with IE 6SP1

ALl using XP home SP1 with a Pentium M 1.4GHz

[daweeze02]

daweeze02, MyIE2, Windows XP, 3.00-3.19GHz 17.13 seconds, June 21, at 22:55:45

ranking: 222 out of 502 testers

daweeze02, Firefox 0.9, Windows XP, 3.00-3.19GHz 54.75 seconds, June 21, at 23:00:00

ranking: 437 out of 502 testers

Edited June 22, 2004 by daweeze02

[groingo2]

MyIE2 on XP 37.82

Opera 7.51/ XP 7.67

My IE2 had real problems with the first test.

Revson

[WigglesTheFish]

0.9 firefox @ 23.59 seconds

ie6 sp2 @ 11.77 seconds

myie2 @ 13.92 seconds

[sinatosk]

Firefox 0.9 - 21.407 sec.

Internet Explorer SP1 - 6.25 sec.

Opera 7.51 Final - 1.562 sec.

:blink: ... gotta say.... am damn impressed by Opera

[Argi]

Firefox 0.9: 10.73 seconds

IE6-sp1: 15.02s

Both browsers had their own strong points.

I dont see how Opera could get 1.5s!!?! - doesn't seem possible.