cwi@lanl.gov (Craig W Idler) (11/15/90)
Taken from and article in EE times... The SPEC benchmarks consist of ten tests, mainly large application programs. Of these, six are concerned with floating-point performance; the remaining four with integer performance. The time a system takes to run each test is compared with the time it takes a standard DEC VAX 11/780 (1 Mips machine) to do it. This yields a SPECratio for each test. These separate ratios can be used to generate a single performance number - the SPECmark. A SPECmark is the geometric mean (the 10th root) of the product of the 10 SPECratios.
hfp@atari.UUCP (Henry F. Plummer) (06/14/91)
I'm looking for the phone number and contact to reach to obtain the SPEC benchmarks. I tried to contact Waterside Associates in Fremont, CA, but failed to find their phone number through the phone co. Also, to those of you who are keeping up with the benchmark developments, what are the current trends in OS and networking benchmarking and performance analysis. Are there a set of benchmarks that are not considered "standard" for these systems? Please, I'm not asking for a dissertation on the subject; just a short summary and pointers to some references. For those experts in this field, please excuse this inquiry. I have not followed the benchmark developments for awhile. Thanks, Henry F. Plummer Atari Corporation ...uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ames!atari!hfp
cprice@mips.com (Charlie Price) (06/15/91)
In article <2960@atari.UUCP> hfp@atari.UUCP (Henry F. Plummer) writes: >I'm looking for the phone number and contact to reach to obtain the >SPEC benchmarks. I tried to contact Waterside Associates in Fremont, >CA, but failed to find their phone number through the phone co. The contact information for SPEC is now: SPEC c/o Franson & Hagerty 181 Metro Drive, Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95110 TEL: (408) 453-5220 FAX: (408) 453-8723 -- Charlie Price cprice@mips.mips.com (408) 720-1700 MIPS Computer Systems / 928 Arques Ave. MS 1-03 / Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3650
shah@cdsun.fnal.gov (Hemant Shah) (06/29/91)
In article <2960@atari.UUCP>, hfp@atari.UUCP (Henry F. Plummer) writes: |> I'm looking for the phone number and contact to reach to obtain the |> SPEC benchmarks. I tried to contact Waterside Associates in Fremont, |> CA, but failed to find their phone number through the phone co. |> |> Also, to those of you who are keeping up with the benchmark developments, |> what are the current trends in OS and networking benchmarking and |> performance analysis. Are there a set of benchmarks that are not |> considered "standard" for these systems? Please, I'm not asking for |> a dissertation on the subject; just a short summary and pointers to |> some references. |> |> For those experts in this field, please excuse this inquiry. I have |> not followed the benchmark developments for awhile. |> |> Thanks, |> |> Henry F. Plummer |> Atari Corporation |> |> ...uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ames!atari!hfp You may contact : Ms. Joan Martinez. SPEC c/o Franson & Hagerty Associates 181 Metro Drive San Jose, CA 95110 Phone : (408) 453 5220 Fax : (408) 453 8723 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hemant Shah Fermilab Systems Integration Batavia, IL 60510 Voice : (708) 840-8071 Fax : (708) 840-2783 E-mail : shah@fnal.fnal.gov ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------