Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!lhc!ncifcrf!haven!aplcen!samsung!usc!ucsd!rutgers!att!cbnewsh!cbnewsh!tds From: tds@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (antonio.desimone) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: SPECmarks Message-ID: Date: 8 Nov 90 22:46:48 GMT Sender: tds@cbnewsh.att.com (antonio.desimone) Distribution: comp Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 16 Could someone post a simple description of SPECmark ratings for the lazy outsider? One of the trade rags (Better Workstations and Gardens, or something) published a chart that apparently was pulled out of context from another source, without enough supporting material to make it comprehensible. I gather that it's a composite measure of some kind. What are the components? Are the individual measures what's usually presented? What does it mean when I see a single SPECmark rating? E.g "the SPARCstation (TM) 2 family, at 21 SPECmarks..." How are the weights chosen? -- Tony DeSimone AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, NJ 07733 antonio_desimone@att.com