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To: Joe NYC who wrote (16710)	10/30/2000 2:54:54 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 275872

<The last think I care about is the test of how well either side is able to optimize the compiler for a synthetic benchmark.> You are incorrect. The SPEC is not a synthetic by any means. It is a set of _scientific_ applications, in the same way as BAPCO is a set of _business_ apps. The only difference is that the SPEC tells you exactly about CPU/cache/memory performance, while BAPCO may tell you nothing. For example, the run-time score in MS-Word part of SYSmark2000 consists primarily of opening and closing some service windows. Every such a window is tied to a flying zooming frame, Macintosh-style. Unfortunately, this zooming frame has a constant speed of zooming, apparently based on some timer. As you might guess, because of every CPU waits with the same speed (tm Albert?), scores for this sub-benchmark do not change much with the speed of processor nor with memory speed. Regards, - Ali

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