Subject: [l/m 10/8/93] music to benchmark by.(7/28).c.be FAQ
Date: 7 Mar 1996 13:25:19 GMT

7.Music to benchmark by.....<This panel>
8.Benchmark types
9.Linpack
10.Network Performance
11.NIST source and .orgs
12.Measurement Environments
13.SLALOM
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15.12 Ways to Fool the Masses with Benchmarks
16.SPEC
17.Benchmark invalidation methods
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19.WPI Benchmark
20.Equivalence
21.TPC
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23
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25.Ridiculously short benchmarks
26.Other miscellaneous benchmarks
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28.References
1.Introduction to the FAQ chain and netiquette
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3.PERFECT
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5.Performance Metrics
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Benchmarking takes time.  Might as well listen to something useful.
Hey, engineers and scientists need some general education requirements and
to see the generally inteconnectedness of computing to the rest of the
world.

The Photographer by Philip Glass.
[Also "How to Get away with Second Degree Murder."]

Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass.

"Democratic Process"
"Cowboy Lips"
"Art For Art's Sake" 
all off the "The Bobs" album on Kaleidoscope Records "K-18"
(P.O. box O, El Cerrito, CA, 94530)
[Excellent!  You are RIGHT!  SIGGRAPH 1984 as a good example]
jason@cs.utexas.edu

Dmitri Shostakovich
Aram Khachaturian
Sergei Prokofiev

as well as major cello concerti throughout the ages.  Paul Chihara's work
before he started writing for movies (if you can find it) is also good.
 
Or, if you're benchmarking a 16-processor Cray Y-MP C90, Chopin's Minute Waltz.

"Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns and Roses

...Welcome to the jungle
   We got fun and games,
   We got everything you need...

Richard Barrett

.Koyaanisqatsi.- "a system out of balance"
...  (and we all know how important
...  a balanced computing system is)

.Vessels..- Aren't computers the vessels
...  that hold our computations?

.Cloudscape.- The vague, ill-defined system
...  as presented by The Vendor.

.Pruit Igoe.- When tested The Vendor's system
...  crumbles in a heap.

.The Grid.- Benchmarks, plots, graphs.

.Prophesies.- "Based on the data gleaned from
...  execution of these totally artificial
...  benchmarks on your system I claim that
...  your system's actual performance will
...  be X."

Have a musical day.

:-)

Cheers,
bruce.

Bruce Janson.....Email:.bruce@cs.su.oz.au
Basser Department of Computer Science..Phone:.+61-2-692-3423
University of Sydney, N.S.W., 2006, AUSTRALIA.Fax:.+61-2-692-3838

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