SPEC rate

benchmark Results of the throughput measurement using SPEC

benchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput

measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are

executed. The method is particularly suitable for

multiprocessor systems.

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.

See also SPEC ratio.

(1994-11-14)