$ ./time
1000000 calls to gettimeofday() ... 4.503s $ uname -srp OpenBSD 4.2 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+ ("AuthenticAMD" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) $ Seems fine here, looks like the error is on your end.. ;) Have you tested on 4.3/snapshots.. perhaps enabling/disabling acpi.. etc? -Nix Fan.