“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.”
As Benjamin Disraeli once said,”there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics”.
No matter how you benchmark a computer, *someone* will find a way, no matter how convoluted, to debunk your statistics.
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)!
“Ok, just a coincidence, but still funny to get to the front page, read the article above this one and than this one… =]”
You call it a funny coincidence, i just call it funny