Performance - Benchmark / Performance Tests


Benchmark and performance tests (“benchmarks”) measure different aspects of:

  • processor
  • and/or system performance.




Benchmark results are highly dependent upon workload, specific application requirements, and systems design and implementation. Relative system performance will vary as a result of these and other factors. Therefore, a specific benchmark should not be used as a substitute for a specific customer application benchmarking when critical capacity planning and/or product evaluation are contemplated.


Benchmarks can be divided into two kinds:

  • component
  • and system




(System benchmarks typically measure the performance of the entire computer system.


In either case, the performance you see in day to day use will almost certainly vary from benchmark performance, for a number of reasons. First, individual components must usually be tested in a complete computer system, and it is not always possible to eliminate the considerable effects that differences in system design and configuration will have on benchmark results. Finally, benchmark tests are typically written to be exemplary of only a certain type of computer application, which may or may not be similar to your applications.


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