benchmark tests

[dave]

I was wondering if there is an explanation on your site about the benchmarks and what they are testing so when you are looking at a comparison of processors you can find why they are good at one test and fail at another, thanks

[max3]

i dont think somebody can answer your question short and descriptive enough, to cover related questions.
you can begin with:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_(computing)

[gshv]

Some of the benchmarks are explained in the article:

http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2010/2010052401_Core_i3-550_mini-review.html

Ignore Doom 1.9 high and low details, Dhrystone 2.1 (VAX MIPS), Linpack 100x100 (MFLOPS) and Whetstone (KWIPS) benchmarks - those are for old processors.

Gennadiy

[dave]

thanks!