Re: linpack benchmark

[Dr Beco <rcb@beco.cc>]

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> That is incorrect.  HPL exercises only the CPU/memory subsystem (mostly
> CPU).  It doesn't test interconnect performance.  The program "solves a
> dense system of linear equations" and that's it.  It is a "show off"
> test which demonstrates maximal FP throughput of the processor.
>
>
> http://icl.cs.utk.edu/hpcc/
>
> --
> Stan


Hi Stam,

Thanks for your time, and the link to the documentation. Now I see
there is 7 programs (tests) and I'm only interested in one, namely,
HPL, or the use of calculus (in this case a linear system, but anyone
would do the job) to estimate the FLOPS of a system.

I see it is such a rocket to kill a fly, but I think I might be able
to understand and adapt the results, as long as I get stable and
consistent results.

I'm finishing here. Any other doubt I'll ask in a more specialized
list, as you pointed out.

Cheers,
Beco





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