> Someone asked earlier about how processor speeds vary and whatnot. A
> kindly intern just walked into my office with a nice article on the
> background on benchmarking (and why it sometimes is irrelevant to the
> home user), types of tests used, etc. Basic, but good . . .
Yes... when you talk about mainframe it is much more true since
HW companies used to release special compilers to produce
"better" code to run benchmarks faster.
Anyway you should do your own benchmark, because you know
what you need and also change them frequently to avoid "fake
optimization"...
Of course I think the best benchmark is evryday workload!!
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