Quote from: Jeff Garzik on August 16, 2010, 3:35:28 AM UTC
cpu family : 6 model : 26 model name : Genuine Intel(R) CPU 000 @ 3.20GHz stepping : 4cpu family 6 model 26 stepping 4 is an Intel Core i7. That’s a 23% speedup with -4way, 63% total speedup with -4way + hyperthreading. 33% faster with hyperthreading than without it.
Does bitcoin perform any self-tests at startup, to verify that hashing is working?