Last updated: 23-Apr-92
PD6:<UNIX-C.BENCHMARKS>
Programs for benchmarking UNIX systems and other computers.
BENCHMARKS.TAR-Z
A big collection of benchmarks, including Dhrystone, Iocall,
the BYTE benchmarks, and others.
Contributor: Rick Richardson <
[email protected]>
BYTE-BENCH.TAR-Z
The Byte benchmarks for measuring the performance of UNIX systems.
Contributor: Ben Smith <
[email protected]>
DHAMP.C
The Dhampstone benchmarks from Computer Language magazine.
Contributor: David J. Camp <
[email protected]>
DHRYSTONE.C
Version C/1 of the Dhrystone benchmark. Original author: Reinhold
P. Weicker, CACM Vol. 27 No. 10, Oct. 1984, p. 1013. Translated
from Ada by Rick Richardson.
Contributor: Rick Richardson <
[email protected]>
IOCALL.C
A benchmark which fills the deficiencies in Dhrystone. This
one benchmarks I/O performance (disk and buffer cache independent)
and benchmarks O/S performance.
Contributor: Jan Stubbs <
[email protected]>
MISC-BENCH.TAR-Z
Assorted benchmarks. Inclues Dhrystone, Iofile, and others.
Contributor: David Kirschbaum <
[email protected]>
MUSBUS.TAR-Z
The Monash University Benchmark, V5.0. Attempts to benchmark UNIX
systems by providing simulated general or application-specific
workloads to evaluate multi-user performance.
Contributor: Ken McDonell <
[email protected]>
NFSSTONE.TAR-Z
The "nfsstone" benchmark for benchmarking the performance of NFS
servers. This is the one described by Barry Shein at the 1989
Summer USENIX conference in Baltimore.
Contributor: Barry Shein <
[email protected]>
NHFSSTONE.TAR-Z
The Nhfsstone (yes, there's an "h" in it) benchmark for benchamrking
the performance of NFS servers. This is NOT the benchmark described
by Barry Shein at the 1989 Summer USENIX conference in Baltimore.
Contributor: Legato Systems, Inc. <
[email protected]>
PLUM.TAR-Z
A set of benchmarks to provide information about common C
operations. From Plum-Hall.
Contributor: Eric S. Raymond <
[email protected]>
TBENCH.TAR-Z
A set of benchmarks for testing the performance of UNIX tty
subsystems under load.
Contributor: Gene H. Olson <
[email protected]>
TTCP.TAR-Z
A TCP benchmark which is more accurate than the typical "blast"
becnhmarks. Utilizes a sender and receiver, and transfers data.
Works under 4.1c, 4.2, 4.3BSD, and System V systems with BSD
socket libraries.
Contributor: Mike Muuss <
[email protected]>