Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 25th May 2006 15:37 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Since the second computer was built, users have compared the performance of different computers. Performance matters. Sometimes, a performance difference is just a question of whether a job will be done sooner or later; in other cases, a performance difference might prevent a job from being done at all. Measuring performance of a particular task is not too daunting, but developing a prediction of how quickly other tasks will run can be nigh impossible. A benchmark is a task designed such that a measure of performance on this particular task will be a good proxy for performance across a wide variety of tasks."
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Ok, just a coincidence, but still funny to get to the front page, read the article above this one and than this one... =]
Good article by the way. It's a link that should be on the footer of every benchmark page (simple, easy to understand, even if it's not very compreensive and full of examples and details)!
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