> I don't expect a *major* speed difference between 0.141 on John IV's benches and > latest, but there could be one. Could you re-run with 0.141 and see, to make sure > we're getting accurate results? I don't think the ROMs changed for any of those sets > in that time.
Here you go mate, I got lucky and managed to dig up an old hard drive with old versions of the CHDs for Blitz & Gauntleg.
3.5GHz 4th Gen i7 Intel Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz, Running MAME64 v0.141. John IV 2nd Gen i7-2600K overclocked @ 4.8GHz running MAME64 v0.141 for comparison. http://www.mameui.info/Bench/Bench.htm
blitz Average speed: 304.57% (89 seconds) 258 dolphin Average speed: 45.67% (89 seconds) 38 gauntleg Average speed: 403.06% (89 seconds) 370 gradius4 Average speed: 235.19% (89 seconds) 236 propcycl Average speed: 251.73% (89 seconds) 259 radikalb Average speed: 257.34% (89 seconds) 210 scud Average speed: 140.89% (89 seconds) 149 starsldr average speed: 82.68% (89 seconds) 85