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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>benchmark</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html" title="bells whistles and gongs"/><link rel="next" href="Berkeley-Quality-Software.html" title="Berkeley Quality Software"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">benchmark</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Berkeley-Quality-Software.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="benchmark"/><dt xmlns="" id="benchmark"><b>benchmark</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer performance.
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“<span class="quote">In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn
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lies, and benchmarks.</span>” Well-known ones include Whetstone, Dhrystone,
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Rhealstone (see <a href="../H/h.html"><i class="glossterm">h</i></a>), the Gabriel LISP benchmarks, the
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SPECmark suite, and LINPACK. See also <a href="../M/machoflops.html"><i class="glossterm">machoflops</i></a>,
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<a href="../M/MIPS.html"><i class="glossterm">MIPS</i></a>, <a href="../S/smoke-and-mirrors.html"><i class="glossterm">smoke and mirrors</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Berkeley-Quality-Software.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bells whistles and gongs </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Berkeley Quality Software</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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