[gmx-users] Timers used in Gromacs and accuracy?

[Anton Feenstra]

Fiona Reid wrote:

> Dear Gromacs Users, 
> 
> Does anyone know which timing routines are used in Gromacs
> for computing the performance timings etc? 
> 
> To what accuracy are the timings obtained, 32 or 64 bit? 

I think it simply uses the system clock. Runtimes for benchmarking should
well exceed 10 minutes, making even seconds error in timing irrelevant.


-- 
Groetjes,

Anton
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