Wow. That makes it sound like even a perfectly deterministic calculation cannot be compared across machines. Some will be good at some, some good at others, and

Wow. That makes it sound like even a perfectly deterministic calculation cannot be compared across machines. Some will be good at some, some good at others, and whether one machine is overall better than another depends on their intended uses. Which now that I think about it, of course it would be like that. But still, what a headache for someone who just wants The Best One.