Factorio performance testing process

[beltscientist]

Hi Everyone,

I'm testing factorio on my new Macbook Pro M1 Pro.

I'm using the baseline from here:
https://factoriobox.1au.us/map/info/4c5 ... e161705504
ie "flame_Sla 10k - 10x1000spm Belt Module"
which seems to have lots of performance data on the site.

I have downloaded the map, and I'm running it using the following process:
/Applications/factorio.app/Contents/MacOS/factorio --benchmark "FlameSla10k.zip" --benchmark-ticks 18000

This gives output like (redacted):

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Running update 17900
  Performed 18000 updates in XXXXXX ms
  avg: XXXXX ms, min: 5.538 ms, max: 24.041 ms
  checksum: 4141161264
XXXXX Goodbye

My numbers seem to be not quite right. Can you please check that I have the process correct before I post the numbers?

Cheers

[azesmbog]

Your numbers are quite correct, but they need to be converted from milliseconds to the usual UPS.
My terminal line looks like this:

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 ./factorio --benchmark "flame_Sla_10k.zip" --benchmark-ticks 1000 --disable-audio --mod-directory /dev/null --benchmark-runs 5 

Ticks - 1000 (but you can also 10,000 - then the result is more accurate, but it counts longer)
the test is repeated 5 times
Then we recalculate the resulting result into the usual UPS:

I also recommend checking the flame_30k test - in my opinion, it more accurately determines the alignment of forces

[jodokus31]

I don't think that factorio runs natively on M1 Pro Processors?
Then, it will be emulated, so the numbers might be lower than expected

I wonder, how much effort it would be to build a native version for M1