> We are missing the OS & memory (size & type) if we want to compare.

Sorry, Windows 7 x64 with 6 GB, 3 x 2GB Mushkin DDR3 1333 Mhz,
although BIOS settings seem to indicate its running at 1066 Mhz.
I'm a bit hazy on modern technology details; the last system I
assembled myself was a P66 with 8MB back in 1994 ... I initially
considered ordering Corsair DDR3 1600 Mhz but the vendor told me
the 1600 Mhz wouldn't benefit my configuration unless I overclocked
(it's one of these sites where you configure your system online).

Also my initial enthusiasm was dampened by some blue screens and I
actually found some problem using memtest86, seems two of the three
DDR's had problems and it's running on 2GB for the time being but
seems to be stable now (I hope ...).

> And how you get that number (because all I got is time: render, photon,
> bounding & parser)

In the Windows version there is menu entry "Run benchmark" which
will render the benchmark scene and yield the pps value (and only the
pps value) in a message box. In fact many people testing CPU speeds
seem to use POV-Ray 3.7 just for its benchmark feature and list it
next to other benchmarks such as Cinebench, e.g.

http://www.tabsnet.com/index.php?option=com_benchmark&task=list&bid=5&sysid=0

I didn't try to render benchmark.pov manually because the
menu item takes care of using correct render options.

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