title: Sysbench:which value should I look at for CPU benchmarking?
body: <p><strong>sysbench version</strong>: <code>1.0.7</code>
  <strong>OS</strong>: <code>macOS 10.11.6</code></p>
  
  <p>No matter where I ran <code>sysbench cpu run</code> I get very similar results like the following.</p>
  
  <pre><code>sysbench 1.0.7 (using bundled LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta2)
  
  Running the test with following options:
  Number of threads: 1
  Initializing random number generator from current time
  
  
  Prime numbers limit: 10000
  
  Initializing worker threads...
  
  Threads started!
  
  
  General statistics:
      total time:                          10.0005s
      total number of events:              9083
  
  Latency (ms):
           min:                                  0.96
           avg:                                  1.10
           max:                                  7.18
           95th percentile:                      1.34
           sum:                               9995.18
  
  Threads fairness:
      events (avg/stddev):           9083.0000/0.00
      execution time (avg/stddev):   9.9952/0.00
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I read some blog posts and all say that I should look at <code>total time</code> but it's always 10 sec in different platform/env. I also get the very similar result with very small prime number list e.g. <code>--cpu-max-prime=100</code>. I also run with <code>--time=0</code> and the benchmark never finishes.</p>
  
  <p>My guess is the <code>total time</code> matches the value specified with <code>--time</code> option but then I don't know what's the right command to use.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>