Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation

The Standards Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a cooperation that produces fair, impartial benchmarks for computers. The benchmarks differ based on what the code does -- SPEC-WEB, for example, tests HTTP server performance.

SPEC benchmarks are written in a platform neutral language, and the interested parties may compile the code using whatever processor they prefer for their platform, but may not change the code. Typically, they incooperate code that is used in real life -- for instance, the Spec-WEB benchmark may incoperate Apache webserver code.

The Benchmarks

• Current SPEC Benchmarks
  • SPECapc
  • SPECviewperf
  • SPEC HPC2002
  • SPEC OMP
  • SPEC CPU2000
  • SPECjAppServer2001
  • SPECjAppServer2002
  • SPEC JBB2000
  • SPEC JVM98
  • SPEC MAIL2001
  • SPEC SFS97_R1
  • SPEC WEB99
  • SPEC WEB99_SSL

• Future SPEC Benchmarks:
  • SPECappPlatform
  • SPECimap2003
  • SPECjAppServer

• Retired SPEC Benchmarks:
  • SPEC CPU95
  • SPEC HPC96
  • SPEC SFS97
  • SPEC WEB96

External Links

Official SPEC website