The Science of Computer Benchmarking

Foreword Preface Chapter 1: Introduction. The PARKBENCH Committee The Parkbench Report Other Benchmarking Activities Usefulness of Benchmarking Chapter 2: Methodology. Objectives Units and Symbols Time Measurement Floating-Point Operation Count Performance Metrics What's Wrong with Speedup? Example of the LPM1 Benchmark LPM3 Benchmark Chapter 3: Low-Level Parameters and Benchmarks. The Measurement of Time Peak, Realised and Sustained Performance The (r*,n1/2) Parameters RINF1 Arithmetic Benchmark COMMS Communication Benchmarks POLY or Balance Benchmarks SYNCH1 Synchronisation Benchmark Summary of Benchmarks Chapter 4: Computational Similarity and Scaling. Basic Facts of Parallel Life Introducing the DUSD Method Computational Similarity Application to the Genesis FFT1 Benchmark Chapter 5: Presentation of Results. Xnetlib PDS: Performance Database Server PDS Implementation GBIS: Interactive Graphical Interface The Southampton GBIS Bibliography Index.