pystone is a simple Python benchmark which is included in a standard library.
As any other benchmark you need to be careful with its' results. It was
interestings how fast are my environments. All tests were done using python3 -m test.pystone command.
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Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz:
Pystone(1.2) time for 50000 passes = 0.19486 This machine benchmarks at 256594 pystones/second
* Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz:
```python
Pystone(1.2) time for 50000 passes = 0.315069
This machine benchmarks at 158695 pystones/second
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Intel Core i5 7567U @ 3.50GHz (MacBook Pro (13-inch, early 2013)):
Pystone(1.2) time for 50000 passes = 0.5011208 This machine benchmarks at 97807 pystones/second
* Intel Core i5 3230M @ 2.60GHz (MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017)) :
```python
Pystone(1.2) time for 50000 passes = 0.312304
This machine benchmarks at 160100 pystones/second
Looks like my old desktop is still good for python development.