Measuring Computer Performance

2/20/1998


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Table of Contents

Measuring Computer Performance

Computer Performance

Measuring Performance

Why Do You Want Go To This Effort

Performance Measurement -- An Art Or A Science

Motivation And Outline

Factors That Effect CPU Performance

Performance -- What Units?

Clock Rates

Unix System Timing Commands

Unix Timing Command Cont’d

Unix Date Command

Fortran Date and Time Procedures

Elapsed Timers For Programs

Determining Clock Granularity

Granularity Continued

Removing The Loop Overhead

Removing The Constant Overhead

Form Of Repetitions

Compiler Issues

Granularity Continued

Laboratory 3 Instructions

Author: Smith

Email: acpineda@arc.unm.edu

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