Book details of 'The Benchmark Book'

Title	The Benchmark Book
Author(s)	Richard Grace, Rich Grace
ISBN	0133418014
Language	English
Published	April 1996
Publisher	Prentice Hall

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
As the saying goes, the wonderful thing about computer standards is that there are so many to choose from. The same is true of computer benchmarks, with the added complication that said benchmarks must, by their nature, measure a complex amalgam of parts and functions. A single number may give you next to no information about how a particular machine will perform the specific task you want it to. Grace has compiled an overview look at the classic tests, Ziff-Davis' personal computer and network tests, SPEC, TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council), AIM Technology, Neal Nelson and Associates, and other tests. He explains what the benchmarks are intended to measure, some details about what the actually look at, and, where appropriate, how these tests can be skewed or misused. This provides the manager with an understanding of what type of test to look for, and which to ignore, for a given type of application. A frustration in the book might be the lack of contact information. Reading the chapters, one might be interested to find either the test programs or suites themselves, or the compilation reports of testing organizations. Addresses for some of the test organizations are available in the bibliography, but this could have better placement, and could definitely be expanded. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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