"""fgbgtest - See how many CPU cycles we get""" import time loopct = 0L oldloopct = 0L oldt = time.time() while 1: t = time.time() if t - oldt >= 1: if oldloopct: print loopct-oldloopct,'in one second' oldloopct = loopct oldt = time.time() loopct = loopct + 1