6% SPECjvm98 perf drop from S10_56 1.5.0-beta-b32d to S10_57 1.5.0-beta2-b45

SPARC ONLY X86 sees an improvement
Regression on all systems on build 57. JVM rev changed.
see history below.

Historical spec_14_jvm98Servergm Results on perf-l_64 for s81_58shwpl3
Baseline (build s81_58shwpl3) 47.14
________________________________________________________________________________ Build %Change Mean %Range %Stdev Runs TTest
s81_58shwpl3 -- 47.14 4.64 2.57 3 --
s10_09 1.68 47.94 0.24 0.12 3 0.375
s10_10 1.46 47.83 1.66 0.83 3 0.699
s10_11 1.99 48.08 0.58 0.31 3 0.394
s10_12 2.18 48.17 0.27 0.14 3 0.426
s10_13 1.91 48.04 0.50 0.25 3 0.210
s10_14 0.75 47.50 2.40 1.26 3 0.252
s10_15 1.80 47.99 0.66 0.33 3 0.286
s10_16 -0.60 46.86 2.10 1.08 3 0.050
s10_17 -0.31 47.00 1.78 0.97 3 0.743
s10_18 -0.21 47.05 1.45 0.72 3 0.894
s10_19 -0.29 47.01 3.57 1.76 3 0.947
s10_20 0.50 47.38 1.27 0.72 3 0.531
s10_21 0.13 47.20 2.79 1.54 3 0.732
s10_22 0.24 47.26 2.09 1.04 3 0.920
s10_23 -0.02 47.13 1.22 0.66 3 0.728
s10_24 -0.14 47.08 1.85 1.04 3 0.878
s10_25 0.67 47.46 1.96 0.97 3 0.381
s10_26 0.53 47.39 0.36 0.25 2 0.829
s10_27 -0.83 46.75 2.70 1.35 3 0.218
s10_28 0.39 47.33 1.28 0.67 3 0.255
s10_29 1.50 47.85 2.89 1.59 3 0.361
s10_30 2.10 48.13 1.60 0.81 3 0.605
s10_31 2.41 48.28 1.34 0.72 3 0.655
s10_32 2.15 48.16 2.62 1.04 5 0.700
s10_33 5.88 49.92 1.85 0.79 5 0.000
s10_34 5.22 49.60 1.70 0.55 10 0.161
s10_35 5.43 49.70 2.91 0.90 9 0.576
s10_36 5.56 49.77 3.49 0.81 15 0.728
s10_37 5.05 49.52 2.32 0.73 18 0.080
s10_38 5.15 49.57 2.14 0.74 12 0.719
s10_39 4.79 49.40 2.71 0.88 13 0.304
s10_40 4.92 49.46 1.07 0.54 3 0.772
s10_41 4.78 49.40 1.65 0.87 3 0.836
s10_42 5.89 49.92 3.07 0.94 8 0.154
s10_43 4.27 49.15 0.62 0.32 3 0.003
s10_44 5.27 49.63 1.04 0.53 3 0.068
s10_45 5.40 49.69 0.41 0.21 3 0.727
s10_46 4.84 49.42 3.32 0.79 18 0.031
s10_47 4.82 49.42 2.54 1.38 3 0.988
s10_48 4.92 49.46 2.20 0.89 5 0.920
s10_49 4.08 49.06 2.60 1.38 3 0.427
s10_50 3.65 48.86 0.56 0.39 2 0.669
s10_51 5.06 49.53 0.94 0.49 3 0.049
s10_52 2.21 48.18 1.41 0.53 7 0.001
s10_53 1.93 48.05 1.32 0.53 6 0.382
s10_54 2.60 48.37 0.08 0.04 3 0.028
s10_55 2.26 48.21 2.24 0.79 9 0.241
s10_56 2.51 48.32 3.76 1.40 8 0.673
s10_57 -4.41 45.07 1.50 0.51 8 0.000


build 57
compress time = 17.749
compress time = 16.275
compress time = 16.054
compress time = 16.096
compress time = 16.159
jess time = 11.923
jess time = 9.033
jess time = 7.556
jess time = 7.721
db time = 43.661
db time = 41.327
db time = 41.655
db time = 41.395
db time = 43.128
javac time = 65.217
javac time = 18.675
javac time = 17.35
javac time = 17.23
javac time = 16.344
mpegaudio time = 15.857
mpegaudio time = 10.885
mpegaudio time = 11.642
mtrt time = 11.952
mtrt time = 5.87
mtrt time = 5.746
mtrt time = 5.8
mtrt time = 5.721
jack time = 34.786
jack time = 12.699
jack time = 11.82
jack time = 12.508
SPECjvm ratios:
Benchmark Worst Best
jack 13.079974 38.494077
jess 31.871173 50.291159
mpegaudio 69.369994 101.05649
db 11.566386 12.219614
compress 66.200912 73.190482
javac 6.5167057 26.003426
mtrt 38.487282 80.405523
Worst Geometric Mean: 24.6651
Best Geometric Mean: 44.8639
java version "1.5.0-beta2"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta2-b45)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0-beta2-b45, mixed mode)


build 56

compress time = 17.902
compress time = 16.47
compress time = 16.251
compress time = 16.305
compress time = 16.322
jess time = 12.07
jess time = 9.024
jess time = 7.33
jess time = 7.137
jess time = 7.032
db time = 33.026
db time = 33.597
db time = 31.892
db time = 34.077
javac time = 51.306
javac time = 19.128
javac time = 15.989
javac time = 15.313
javac time = 15.274
mpegaudio time = 15.648
mpegaudio time = 10.895
mpegaudio time = 11.63
mtrt time = 11.482
mtrt time = 5.364
mtrt time = 5.555
jack time = 38.569
jack time = 11.482
jack time = 11.243
jack time = 11.772
SPECjvm ratios:
Benchmark Worst Best
jack 11.797039 40.469625
jess 31.483015 54.038680
mpegaudio 70.296523 100.96374
db 14.819379 15.834692
compress 65.635124 72.303242
javac 8.2836315 27.825062
mtrt 40.062706 85.756897
Worst Geometric Mean: 26.1793
Best Geometric Mean: 48.1864
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32d)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32d, mixed mode)


build 56