Crowfoot, T
1988
A Set of Benchmarks for Evaluating Engineering Workstations
Stephenson, M.B.; Marchant, G. and Crowfoot, T.
Accepted for publication in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 1988. 17 pgs. Funded by ACERC (National Science Foundation and Associates and Affiliates).
There are two major performance criteria for an engineering workstation, Central Processing Unit (CPU) performance and graphics performance. There are several standard CPU benchmarks (Dhrystone, Linpack, Whetstone, etc.), but engineering workstations that have nearly equal mips rating with these benchmarks perform very differently on real engineering problems. There are not standard graphics benchmarks.
The Engineering Computer Graphics Lab (ECGL) at Brigham Young University designed a set of benchmarks to evaluate the capabilities of high performance engineering workstations. The benchmarks were designed to evaluate the workstation's capacity to calculate and display solid finite element or finite difference data.
After running the ECGL's benchmarks on the several workstations, a cost/performance analysis was undertaken. This analysis was based on how many polygons/sec could be drawn per $10,000 invested.
Crowfoot, T
1988
A Set of Benchmarks for Evaluating Engineering Workstations
Stephenson, M.B.; Marchant, G. and Crowfoot, T.
Accepted for publication in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 1988. 17 pgs. Funded by ACERC (National Science Foundation and Associates and Affiliates).
There are two major performance criteria for an engineering workstation, Central Processing Unit (CPU) performance and graphics performance. There are several standard CPU benchmarks (Dhrystone, Linpack, Whetstone, etc.), but engineering workstations that have nearly equal mips rating with these benchmarks perform very differently on real engineering problems. There are not standard graphics benchmarks.
The Engineering Computer Graphics Lab (ECGL) at Brigham Young University designed a set of benchmarks to evaluate the capabilities of high performance engineering workstations. The benchmarks were designed to evaluate the workstation's capacity to calculate and display solid finite element or finite difference data.
After running the ECGL's benchmarks on the several workstations, a cost/performance analysis was undertaken. This analysis was based on how many polygons/sec could be drawn per $10,000 invested.