bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) (12/28/90)
Is anyone aware of any correlative analysis (statistical methods)
comparing Dhrystone to SPEC. In particular, to what extent one is or
isn't a predictor of the other?
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-Barry Shein
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In article <1990Dec28.043824.28267@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >Is anyone aware of any correlative analysis (statistical methods) >comparing Dhrystone to SPEC. In particular, to what extent one is or >isn't a predictor of the other? This would be fairly simple to do. Where would I find the data? At this point are there non-proprietary benchmarks that are useful (in the sense that a single user could obtain and run the benchmark without having to pay more than access costs for the sources)? I personally find the Dhrystone to be useful since I use the same code on all the machines that I test, and there is an excellent relationship between the results and my subjective evaluation of the hardware/software. For example, the Dhrystone showed me that I was getting sub-par performance from my 486/25 and the manufacturer has accepted the motherboard for rework. I didn't need the AIM suite or the SPEC suite for this. Things that I've seen/have: Dhrystone 1.1 and 2; iobench2 (for testing disk I/O); the old Byte UNIX benchmarks (I understand the disk I/O part is faulty, gets fooled by caches); the Whetstone and Linpack floating point benchmarks; the NCR System Characterization benchmark; and the Monash University benchmark. The Dhrystone, Whetstone, Byte, NCR, and Monash sources were posted to various newsgroups. -- Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h) mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 Under construction: mikes@sir-alan.cica.indiana.edu
rnovak@mips.COM (Robert E. Novak) (12/29/90)
I'm willing to take Barry up on his offer if someone will fill in the Dhrystone 1.1 data for the machines that I list below. I have the SPEC data on all of the following machines loaded into a spreadsheet. In article <1990Dec28.043824.28267@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >Is anyone aware of any correlative analysis (statistical methods) >comparing Dhrystone to SPEC. In particular, to what extent one is or >isn't a predictor of the other? > >-- > -Barry Shein > >Software Tool & Die | {xylogics,uunet}!world!bzs | bzs@world.std.com >Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD System MHz Chip Cache Spec Iss Alacron AL860 25 i860 2 Alacron AL860 Accelerator 40 i860 12 3 Alacron AL860 40 i860 12 4 AT&T StarServer E 33 i486 128 3 CDC 4340 25 R3000 128 2 CDC 4360 25 R3000 128 2 CDC 4380 25 R3000 128 2 CDC 4680(Beta) 60 R6000 592 2 CYBER 920B-450 20 R3000 96 2 CYBER 910B-621 25 R3000 128 2 CDC 4340 25 R3000 128 3 CDC 4360 25 R3000 128 3 CDC 4380 25 R3000 128 3 CDC 4680(Beta) 60 R6000 592 3 CYBER 920B-450 20 R3000 96 3 CYBER 910B-621 25 R3000 128 3 CDC 4680 60 R6000 592 4 CDC 4330 25 R3000 64 4 CDC 4380 25 R3000 128 4 DEC 6000/410 2 DEC DS2100 12 R2000 128 *1 DEC DS3100 16 R2000 128 *1 DEC DS5400 20 R3000 128 2 DEC DS2100 12 R2000 128 b DEC DS3100 16 R2000 128 b DEC DS2100 12 R2000 128 2 DEC DS3100 16 R2000 128 2 DEC DS5000/200 25 R3000 128 2 DEC VAX 4000/300 28ns VAX 256 3 DEC VAXvecto 6000/410 28ns VAX 1152 3 DG AV 310 20 DM88100 32 2 DG AV 5010 20 DM88100 32 2 DG AV 6200 25 DM88100 32 2 DG AV 410 20 DM88100 32 3 AV410 Workstation 20 DM88100 32 3 HP9000/340 16 DM68030 1 HP9000/370 33 DM68030 64 1 HP9000/834 15 PA 128 1 HP DN10010 18 PRISM 192 2 HP/Apollo 10000 18 PRISM 192 2 HP Apollo 10000 18 PRISM 192 4 IBM 6000/320 20 IBM2032 40 c IBM 6000/520 20 IBM2032 40 c IBM 6000/530 25 IBM2032 72 c IBM 6000/540 30 IBM3064 72 c IBM 6000/730 25 IBM2564 72 c IBM 6000/930 25 IBM2564 72 c IBM 6000/320 20 IBM2032 40 2 IBM 6000/520 20 IBM2032 40 2 IBM 6000/530 25 IBM2564 72 2 IBM 6000/540 30 IBM3064 72 2 IBM 6000/730 25 IBM2564 72 2 IBM 6000/930 25 IBM2564 72 2 Intel Star860 33 i860 12 3 Intel Star860 33 i860 12 4 MIPS RC2030 16 R2000 64 *1 MIPS RC2030 16 R2000 64 3 MIPS M/120 16 R2000 128 1 MIPS RC3240 25 R3000 128 2 MIPS M/2000 25 R3000 128 *1 MIPS RC3260 25 R3000 128 2 MIPS M/2000 25 R3000 128 2 Magnum 3000 color 25 R3000 64 3 Magnum 3000 mono 25 R3000 64 3 MIPS RC3240 25 R3000 128 3 MIPS RC3260 25 R3000 64 3 MIPS RC6280 60 R6000 592 3 MIPS M/2000 25 R3000 128 4 MIPS RC6280 60 R6000 592 4 MIPS RC3230 25 R3000 64 4 Motorola 8608 20 DM88100 32 *1 Moto 8864SP 20 DM88100 64 *1 Moto 8864SP 20 DM88100 128 2 Moto 8864SP 25 DM88100 128 2 Motorola 8612 33 DM88100 32 2 SGI 4D/25S 20 R3000 96 2 SGI 4D/210S 25 R3000 128 2 SGI 4D/320S 33 R3000 768 3 Solbrne 5/801 33 Cypress 128 2 Solbourne 5E/901 40 CY7C601 128 4 Stardent 3010 32 R3000 128 2 Stardent 3010 32 R3000 128 3 Sun SS1 20 LSIL 64 *1 Sun SS1 20 LSIL 64 2 Sun SS330 25 Cypress 128 *1 Sun SS330 25 Cypress 128 2 Sun SS490 33 Cypress 128 2 Sun SPARCstation IPC 25 LSIS1C0010(I64 4 Sun SPARCserver 490 33 CY7C601(IU)128 4 Sun SPARCstation 1+ 25 LSIS1C0010(I64 4 -- Robert E. Novak Mail Stop 5-10, MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!mips!rnovak 950 DeGuigne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 rnovak@mips.COM (rnovak%mips.COM@ames.arc.nasa.gov) +1 408 524-7183