| mBLAST |
Machine configuration |
Queries |
Time per query (ms) |
x-factora |
Memory |
X-factor limit |
| mBLASTX |
Small machine (Quad core Nehalem 12 GB) |
100,000 |
3.200 |
258 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| 20,000,000 |
3.200 |
258 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| Large machine (Dual socket-quad Nehalem core 48 GB memory) |
100,000 |
0.992 |
834 |
24 GB |
Query limited |
| 1,000,000 |
0.604 |
1370 |
32 GB |
Query limited |
| 6,000,000 |
0.510 |
1623 |
48 GB |
Query limit for 48 GB |
| 20,000,000 |
0.510 |
1623 |
48 GB |
Memory limited |
| mTBLASTX |
Small machine (Quad core Nehalem 12 GB) |
100,000 |
3.9 |
499 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| 20,000,000 |
3.9 |
499 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| Large machine (Dual socket-quad Nehalem core 48 GB memory) |
100,000 |
1.2 |
1623 |
24 GB |
Query Limited |
| 1,000,000 |
0.3 |
6490 |
32 GB |
Memory limited |
| 6,000,000 |
0.3 |
6490 |
48 GB |
Memory limited |
| 20,000,000 |
0.3 |
6490 |
48 GB |
Memory limited |
| mBLASTP |
Small machine (Quad core Nehalem 12 GB) |
100,000 |
9.4 |
94 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| 20,000,000 |
9.3 |
95 |
12 GB |
Memory limited |
| Large machine (Dual socket-quad Nehalem core 48 GB memory) |
100,000 |
2.5 |
357 |
24 GB |
Query Limited |
| 1,000,000 |
1.2 |
772 |
32 GB |
Memory limited |
| 6,000,000 |
1.1 |
779 |
48 GB |
Memory limited |
| 20,000,000 |
1.1 |
779 |
48 GB |
Memory limited |
aLarge machine BLAST query procesing time was used to calculate x-factor: 828 msec for BLASTX, 888msec for BLASTP and 1947 msec for TBLASTX. |
