A
benchmark suite from
SPEC containing 14
programs performing
floating-point computations. 12 are
written in
Fortran and two in
C. They can be used to
estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler
code generation.
The individual programs are Circuit Design, Simulation (2x),
Quantum Chemistry (3x), Electromagnetism, Geometric
Translation, Optics, Robotics, Medical Simulation, Quantum
Physics, Astrophysics, NASA Kernels.
The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement,
resulting in SPEC ratios, or for throughput measurement,
resulting in SPEC rates