DocumentCode
820757
Title
A benchmark tutorial
Author
Price, Walter J.
Author_Institution
Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
Volume
9
Issue
5
fYear
1989
Firstpage
28
Lastpage
43
Abstract
The author describes benchmarking and discusses some of the specific benchmark tests for computer systems that are in use today. He examines some of the pitfalls involved with benchmark comparison and analysis and points out how to avoid, or at least minimize the impact of, such problems. The goal is to learn how to gather and interpret meaningful comparison data. Benchmark test results are tabulated for the Dhrystone 1.1, Digital Review, Dodec, Khornerstone, Linpack, Livermore Fortran Kernel, SPICE, Stanford, and single-precision Whetstone benchmarks.<>
Keywords
computer testing; performance evaluation; Dhrystone 1.1; Digital Review; Dodec; Khornerstone; Linpack; Livermore Fortran Kernel; SPICE; Stanford; benchmark tests; benchmarking; computer systems; single-precision Whetstone benchmarks; Benchmark testing; Optimizing compilers; Software testing; System performance; System testing; Tutorials;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/40.45825
Filename
45825
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