[hashcash] Low end benchmarks

Hi,

Following on from the recent posts about minting speed on a 486, here is
the benchmark output from a Cyrix 5x86 100MHz.  Not quite the same thing,
but back when I had access to a 486/100MHz as well they were almost
identical in performance so this should be a fair guide:


    Rate  Name (* machine default)
    32266 ANSI Compact 1-pipe *
    28576 ANSI Standard 1-pipe  
    25980 ANSI Compact 2-pipe  
     4606 ANSI Standard 2-pipe  
   ---    PowerPC Altivec Standard 1x4-pipe     (Not available on this machine)
Best minter: ANSI Compact 1-pipe (32266 hashes/sec)


I was amazed by the dramatic difference in speed of the Standard 2-pipe from
the others, but I repeated the test two more times and the results were
consistent.

Regards,
Malcolm.

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