benchmark Results of the throughput measurement using
SPEC measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are
executed. The method is particularly suitable for
The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a
particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark)
can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time
happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with
respect to a
VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore
characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive
jobs of similar characteristics.
(1994-11-14)