Originally Posted by jedi

A very simple bench mark could be something like:

Code:

echo "2^2^20" | time bc

(you'll need to install 'bc' from the repos). It makes the CPU calculate a big sum. It will give you a few timing values at the end - these can be used to compare before and after results.

FYI, my N900 gives:

Code:

real    0m 20.64s
user    0m 19.05s
sys     0m 0.05s