Editing Category:Benchmarks (computing) (section)

In [[computing]], a '''[[Benchmark (computing)|benchmark]]''' is the result of running a [[computer program]], or a set of programs, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, by running a number of standard tests and trials against it.  The term is also commonly used for specially-designed benchmarking programs themselves.  Benchmarking is usually associated with assessing performance characteristics of [[computer hardware]], e.g., the [[floating point]] operation performance of a [[Central processing unit|CPU]], but there are circumstances when the technique is also applicable to [[software]].  Software benchmarks are, for example, run against [[compiler]]s or [[database management system]]s.


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