oldTime#=MilliSecs()
For loop = 1 To 5000000
a = Cos(loop)
Next
newtime# = MilliSecs()
dif# = newtime - oldtime
Print "Still waiting!" + dif
Run this on your system.
My system can do around 5 million calcs a second or 83,000
calcs every frame assumming your game is running at 60 frames a sec.