title: Development criteria for a Benchmark test program.
abstract: A Benchmark test program cannot only be used as a tool in the process of comparing the capabilities of different EDP systems, to make the decision for a new computer. Benchmark tests can serve also as a source of dynamic information on the development of performance and to predict bottlenecks with increasing workload. To gain these advantages each computer center should develop a representative model for its typical computer workload. Criteria for the development of such a Benchmark test program are described, especially for the important simulation of terminal sessions and detailed in an example.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D012984:Software