The benchmark book / Rich Grace.
By: Grace, Rich
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BookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1996Description: xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0133418014.Subject(s): Electronic digital computers -- Evaluation | Computer software -- EvaluationDDC classification: 004.0297 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.0297 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015045 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Explains major benchmarks used in the computer industry, for nonspecialists, covering desktop benchmarks such as WinBench 96 and SysMarkWin, as well as benchmarks for UNIX workstations, servers, networks, transaction processing systems, and scientific applications. Discusses the advantages and drawbacks of synthetic and task-oriented benchmarks and when to use each, shows how to guard against benchmark manipulation by vendors, and tells how to use benchmarks to estimate LAN performance. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bibliography: (pages 303-306) and index.
Introduction -- Spec Networking Benchmarks -- Ziff-Davis Networking Benchmarks -- Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) Benchmarks -- Neal Nelson & Associates Benchmarks -- Aim Technology Benchmarks -- Ziff-Davis Personal Computer Benchmarks -- Other Windows Benchmarks -- GPC (Graphics Performance Characterization Committee Benchmarks) -- Spec Benchmarks -- Scientific and Kernel-based Benchmarks.