{"id":919,"date":"2023-02-12T00:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T00:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/performance-benchmarks-computer-architecture\/"},"modified":"2023-02-12T00:16:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T00:16:25","slug":"performance-benchmarks-computer-architecture","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/performance-benchmarks-computer-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Benchmarks ( Computer Architecture )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Homework Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, we have been looking at Computer Architecture from a very high level&#8230;and hopefully, you are starting to look at your laptops and cell phones in terms that you were not before this class&#8230; We also discussed that every computer design is optimized with performance in mind so the question now is&#8230;just how good (or bad) is MY laptop compared against some performance benchmarks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\nSee the website below:<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.passmark.com\/products\/pt.htm\"><u>https:\/\/www.passmark.com\/products\/pt.htm<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nThis site has free benchmarking software that you can download and run against your computer\u2026download the software and let it run against your system\u2026<strong>run both the Standard AND the Advanced Test&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>NOTE: THE ABOVE LINK IS FOR WINDOWS TESTING&#8230;PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR SOME PERFORMANCE TESTING SOFTWARE FOR THE MAC&#8230;IF YOU ARE A MAC USER AND ALREADY HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE SOFTWARE, YOU MAY USE IT&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/browser.geekbench.com\/mac-benchmarks\"><u>https:\/\/browser.geekbench.com\/mac-benchmarks<\/u><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.co.uk\/how-to\/mac\/test-mac-speed-3654776\/\"><u>https:\/\/www.macworld.co.uk\/how-to\/mac\/test-mac-speed-3654776\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nSo how did your system do?&#8230;what was your overall score and percentile?&#8230;what are the scores telling you?&#8230;were you surprised by the results?&#8230;do the benchmarks provided sync up with how you feel your system is performing?&#8230;provide some screen shots of the results\u2026what takeaways do you have from this test?&#8230;any follow-ups?\u2026how can you improve the performance of your laptop?&#8230;do you use any other performance testing software?&#8230;if so, which ones?&#8230;how do the results compare?&#8230;provide screen shots of the other performance monitoring software\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\nKeep your results handy&#8230;we will refer to them throughout the semester&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nAs I mentioned, I am more concerned with QUALITY than I am with QUANTITY\u2026but just as a guideline, you should submit at least&nbsp;<strong>ONE FULL PAGES OF WRITTEN CONTENT&#8230;meaning that screen shots (and this assignment has many), title page, source listing, etc. do NOT count as part of the one page&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<u><strong>Plagiarism is not allowed and I will give you an automatic zero if I discover that any part of your work was plagiarized either from the internet or another student&#8217;s paper.<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homework Content So far, we have been looking at Computer Architecture from a very high level&#8230;and hopefully, you are starting to look at your laptops and cell phones in terms that you were not before this class&#8230; 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