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From: dipto@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Dipto Chakravarty)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Wisdom needed with benchmarking
Message-ID: <871@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Date: 11 Mar 88 22:34:44 GMT
Reply-To: dipto@umbc3.umd.edu (Dipto Chakravarty)
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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                     Benchmarking programs needed

We are in need of benchmarking programs for various types of workstations
that are currently under evaluation + study. I need to get some enlightenment
in this topic of benchmarking. Of whatever little I know of benchmarks, it
appears that there are a variety of public domain benchmarks that are 
available. 

I will try to give some outline of what we need, hereunder.

(1) A floating-point based bench mark is required for a Microvax II running
    VMS 4.7.  We want to test it against a 11/785 and a 8600 machine. It will
    be nice if I could get the src code or the .EXE file(s) for Application
    oriented, Disc access oriented and CPU intensive benchmarks.

    I have heard that in addition to public domain benchmarking programs,
    there are source codes available, such as 'Wet-stone' (spelling?), for 
    evaluating floating point based applications. Can someone kindly e-mail
    me the source code(s) for such standard routines? 


(2) A floating point based and disc access based benchmark for a Sun station
    running 4.2 BSD Unix and 2.1 DEC Ultrix will also be needed.  

Readers, I do understand that my specifications mentioned above, could be 
little off or vague. But, bare it with me; this is my first experience with 
benchmarks. Thanks to all for taking the time to read this article. 

Kindly send me e-mail directly, as I am not a regular reader of all the groups
where this is getting posted. 
    
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