On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 09:25:19PM -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > Fibonacci sequences won't stress the floating-point unit much. There are > several standard benchmarks for numerical processing. Look for SPECINT, > SPECFP, and LINPACK on Google, for example.
True, but as I said, the type of program to use to stress the system will depend on the component you want to stress. A Fib. seq. will not stress the FPU, but the CPU will still be used to 100% (or very close). IMO, benchmarks are designed to meassure performance, so system stressing is just a "side effect". And by designing your own stressing tools, you will have better control over which components get stressed, how they are stressed, and, if you need to, how MUCH they are. In this same vein, a benchmark will allways stress the system as much as it can, because it's purpose it to meassure performance and not to stress the system. Cheers, -- Javier Gostling Ingeniero de Sistemas Virtualia S.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fono: +56 (2) 202-6264 x 130 Fax: +56 (2) 342-8763 Av. Kennedy 5757, of 1502 Las Condes Santiago Chile
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