What is Benchmark?

A representative program run under fixed conditions to compare computer or program performance. Choosing ones close to actual use is important.

Field: Performance Analysis

Benchmark in the explanations

Questions that mention Benchmark (2)

  1. Which describes a standard benchmark such as SPEC CPU?
  2. What is the most appropriate approach when evaluating computer performance with benchmarks?

Related terms

SPEC CPU Geometric mean CPU time Cycles per instruction (CPI) Flame graph Gustafson's law Harmonic mean Little's law Microbenchmark Parallel efficiency

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