Throughput over a network can be expected to reach saturation at around 80 percent of its rated capacity.
Efficiency indicates the percentage of maximum throughput rate that can realistically be achieved.
This leads to the following maximum throughputs that can be obtained for given networks:
Network | Mb/sec | MB/sec | GB/hr | % Efficiency |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ethernet | 10 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 40 |
Token Ring | 16 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 80 |
Ethernet | 100 | 10.0 | 17.6 | 40 |
FDDI | 100 | 10 | 35.2 | 80 |
ATM | 155 | 15.5 | 34.1 | 50 |
SPSwitch | 120 | 264 | 50 | |
T3 | 45 | 4.48 | 15.8 | 80 |
T1 | 1.54 | .16 | .56 | 80 |
Gigibit Ethernet | 1GB | 100 | tbd | 80 |