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NBench
On the record
- Build caveat
- The maker notes that gcc 4.3.3 and later no longer work with the Makefile’s default flags and says this issue was not sufficient reason for a full new release at the time of the page update.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Comparison database
- Yesmath.utah.edu · read 25 Sep 2026
- Comparisons
- It compares results with two reference systems: a Dell Pentium 90 running MSDOS and an AMD K6/233 running Linux.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The maker reports successful compilation on SunOS, DEC Unix 4.0, DEC OSF1, HP-UX, DEC Ultrix, MS-DOS, and Linux.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Compiler limitation
- The maker notes that starting with gcc 4.3.3, the Makefile’s default flags no longer work.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Custom test profiles
- Nomath.utah.edu · read 25 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The software map entry describes nbench-byte as freely distributable.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Download contents
- The archive contains the complete source, documentation, and a Linux ELF binary.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The software map entry describes the copying policy as freely distributable.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- No listed integrations
- The product page describes a downloadable benchmark and result-submission process but names no software integrations.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- No security details
- The product page provides no security or compliance information.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- Linux; source compiled on SunOS,DEC Unix 4.0,DEC OSF1,HP-UX,DEC Ultrix,and MS-DOSmath.utah.edu · read 25 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- NBench is a Linux/Unix port of release 2 of BYTE Magazine’s BYTEmark benchmark program, designed to measure CPU, FPU, and memory-system capabilities.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Result metrics
- The published results use MEM, INT, and FP indices for memory efficiency, integer performance, and floating-point performance.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Results
- The maker publishes submitted benchmark results with memory, integer-performance, and floating-point-performance indices.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Result submissions
- Users can email benchmark results to Uwe F. Mayer for posting on the site.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The benchmark takes less than 10 minutes to run on most machines.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
- Submissions
- Users may email their results to Uwe F. Mayer for posting, following the archive’s README.submit instructions.math.utah.edu · read 11 Oct 2026
