Be more lenient in thread performance tests

cross-platform · Jul 28, 2022 · 83e39ef · 83e39ef
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ doc/html
 doc/doxygen_sqlite3.db
 build
 .DS_Store
-include/DSPatchVersion.h
+include/DSPatchVersion.h
+.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/tests/main.cpp b/tests/main.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,12 @@ TEST_CASE( "ChangingOutputTest" )
 
 TEST_CASE( "ThreadPerformanceTest" )
 {
-    int const efficiencyThreshold = 80;  // expect at least 80% efficiency
+    int efficiencyThreshold = 75;  // expect at least 75% efficiency with 4+ cores
+    if ( std::thread::hardware_concurrency() < 4 )
+    {
+        float fraction = (float)std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 4;
+        efficiencyThreshold *= (int)fraction;
+    }
 
     // Configure a circuit made up of 4 parallel counters, then adjust the thread count
     auto circuit = std::make_shared<Circuit>();
@@ -798,7 +803,7 @@ TEST_CASE( "ChangingOutputTest2" )
 
 TEST_CASE( "ThreadPerformanceTest2" )
 {
-    int efficiencyThreshold = 80;  // expect at least 80% efficiency with 4+ cores
+    int efficiencyThreshold = 75;  // expect at least 75% efficiency with 4+ cores
     if ( std::thread::hardware_concurrency() < 4 )
     {
         float fraction = (float)std::thread::hardware_concurrency() / 4;
@@ -832,7 +837,7 @@ TEST_CASE( "ThreadPerformanceTest2" )
 
     int count = probe->GetCount();
     std::cout << "0x Buffer Efficiency (Parallel Mode): " << count / 10 << "%" << std::endl;
-    REQUIRE( count / 10 >= efficiencyThreshold * 0.7 );
+    REQUIRE( count / 10 >= efficiencyThreshold * 0.75 );
 
     // Tick the circuit with 1 thread, and check that no more ticks occurred
     if ( std::thread::hardware_concurrency() < 1 )
@@ -853,7 +858,7 @@ TEST_CASE( "ThreadPerformanceTest2" )
 
     count = probe->GetCount();
     std::cout << "1x Buffer Efficiency (Parallel Mode): " << count / 10 << "%" << std::endl;
-    REQUIRE( count / 10 >= efficiencyThreshold * 0.7 );
+    REQUIRE( count / 10 >= efficiencyThreshold * 0.75 );
 
     // Tick the circuit with 2 threads, and check that more ticks occurred
     if ( std::thread::hardware_concurrency() < 2 )