so my X axis list is: 0 1x10e7 2x10e7 3x10e7 4x10e7 5x10e7 6x10e7 7x10e7 8x10e7 9x10e7 1x10e8 #### in previous comment, using this variant: time perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<=1000;$i++){for($j=0;$j<=1000;$j++){for($k +=0;$k<=100;$k++){}}}' have the same time with just using 1 loop with $i=1x10e8