Benchmark Test for measuring server performance

The advantages and disadvantages of servers can be measured using industrial benchmark tests, such as tmpcw, spec, linpack, specweb, or commercial applications such as Leading Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP, such as PeopleSoft, sap r/3, or testing with leading database tools, such as oracle.

1 specweb96 Test

Spec96 is a testing software provided by standard performance evaluation Corp to detect the web features of servers, spec is a non-profit organization composed of famous computer manufacturers, system integrators, universities, research institutes, publishers, etc. Spec has been recognized by major server vendors such as IBM, HP, Intel, and Compaq.

Spec sends an http get request to the server through one or more clients. This request completely simulates internet users' access to the server and calls various webpage Files written in the HTML language on the server hard disk, these files range from several kb to several Mb. In the same time, the more requests the server answers, the higher the server's ability to process data, the wider the transmission bandwidth between the memory, CPU, and PCI channels, the faster the transmission speed of the server's hard disk sub-system and the network sub-system, and the better the server's Web performance.

Since spec is a non-profit Standardization Organization, the test value obtained through spec is a strictly standardized test result, therefore, as long as the system is operated according to the test principles and test procedures provided by spec, the final result will be recognized by major server vendors and users in the industry.

2tpcc Benchmark Test

The tpcc value is widely used to measure the performance of the overall system built by servers and clients in the C/S environment. It is developed by the transaction processing performance Committee (TPC, transaction processing Corp, TPC is a non-profit international organization.

The tpcc value can reflect the system performance-to-price ratio. The number of tasks processed by the tpcc Testing System per minute, in TPM (transactions per minute ). The system's overall price (in USD) divided by the tpcc value can be used to measure the system's cost-effectiveness (in $/TPM). The smaller the system's cost-effectiveness value, the better the system's cost-effectiveness.

It should be noted that the tpcc value describes the overall system performance of C/S, which is related to the system server and client performance. That is to say, different clients configured on the same server will affect the tpcc value. Any vendor or Tester can build their own optimal system according to the test specifications provided by the TPC, of course, the test results must be reviewed by the TPC.

3. Other benchmark tests include linpack.

Linpack is used to test the performance of CPU-intensive floating-point operations. In an image, if the tpcc value tests the performance of the entire vehicle, linpack tests the performance of the engine.

Benchmark Software List on servers and workstation platforms

• specweb99 relatively simple benchmark test for webserver
• the SSL version of specweb99_ssl specweb99
• spec sfs97 nfs-based file server Benchmark Test
• specmail2001 Benchmark Test of the email system
• specjbb2000 Java-based business Benchmark Test
• Benchmark Test of ecperf Enterprise JavaBean will be immediately replaced by specjappserver2001
• Benchmark Test of spec CPU2000 integer and floating point Operations
• spec omp2001: Benchmark Test on parallel application performance based on OpenMP
• Benchmark Test of TPC-C old transaction processing
• Benchmark Test of TPC-H ad-hoc query and decision support
• Benchmark Test of TPC-R business report and decision support
• Benchmark Test of Internet e-commerce based on transaction processing in TPC-W
• Oracle Applications benchmark: Benchmark Test of the Oracle application Program
• fluent CFD benchmarks: Benchmark Test of computational fluid dynamics of fluent
• server and workstation benchmark records at ideas
• International: Ideas International Limited (IDEAS) Benchmark Testing of servers and workstations (including product performance, prices, and services)