An overview of common benchmarks
Weicker, R.P.
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssyst. AG, Munchen;
This paper appears in: Computer
Publication Date: Dec 1990
Volume: 23,
Issue: 12
On page(s): 65-75
ISSN: 0018-9162
References Cited: 10
CODEN: CPTRB4
INSPEC Accession Number: 3855959
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/2.62094
Current Version Published: 2002-08-06
Abstract
The three most often used benchmarks are characterized in detail
and users are warned about a number of pitfalls. Two of them, Whetstone
and Drystone, are synthetic benchmarks: they were written solely for
benchmarking purposes and perform no useful computation. Linpack was
distilled out of a real, purposeful program that is now used as a
benchmark. Some other benchmarks, namely Livermore Fortran Kernels,
Stanford Small Programs Benchmark Set, EDN benchmarks, Sieve of
Eratosthenes, Rhealstone and SPEC benchmarks, are briefly considered.
Non-CPU influences in benchmark performance are discussed
Index
Terms
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
References
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
Citing Documents
Available to subscribers and IEEE members.
Cart
