LLCbench - Low Level Architectural Characterization Benchmark Suite

Description:

LLCbench (Low-Level Characterization Benchmarks) was created by combining MPBench, CacheBench, and BLASBench into a single benchmark package.

Latest News

• The license of LLCBench has been updated to the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
• LLCBench to be added to Linux Live System for Sysadmins.

Documentation

• Note, most of the documentation is out of date. Use the source (or -h) Luke.
• There is a LLCbench Mailing List for questions, comments and bug reports. Please subscribe.
• For recent changes to the source tree, see the latest CHANGES file in CVS.
• mpbench.README file in CVS.
• cachebench.README file in CVS.
• blasbench.README file in CVS.
• MPBench Technical Report PDF
• CacheBench Technical Report PDF
• BLASBench Technical Report PDF
• UTK Technical Report PDF

To get LLCbench:

Download the distribution: llcbench.tar.gz.

Or access the CVS repository directly:

$ setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anonymous@cvs.eecs.utk.edu:/cvs/homes/llcbench
$ cvs login
Password: <cr>
$ cvs checkout llcbench
$ cvs logout

Or surf the CVS tree with your browser

To use LLCbench:

UNIX> gzip -dc llcbench.tar.gz | tar xvf -
UNIX> cd llcbench
UNIX> make

Please use one of the following targets:

        alpha
        alpha-mpich
        linux-lam
        linux-mpich
        o2000
        pow2
        pow3
        ppc
        solaris
        solaris-mpich
        t3e
        reconfig (to bring this menu up again)

Choose the appropriate target:

UNIX> make solaris-mpich
ln -s conf/sys.solaris sys.def

Optionally edit/review the compile options:

UNIX> vi sys.def

Build the benchmarks:

UNIX> make
Please use one of the following targets:

For all three : compile, run, script, graph, clean, clobber, reconfig
For BlasBench : blas-bench, blas-run, blas-script, blas-graph
For CacheBench: cache-bench, cache-run, cache-script, cache-graph
For MPBench   : mp-bench, mp-run, mp-script, mp-graph
UNIX> make compile

Optionally edit/review the run-time options:

UNIX> vi user.def

Run the benchmarks:

UNIX> make run

Examine and graph the results:

UNIX> cd results
UNIX> ls *.dat *.gp *.tar
UNIX> make graph
UNIX> ls *.ps
UNIX> ghostview *.ps

or if you don't have GNUplot installed:

UNIX> make scripts
UNIX> ls *.dat *.gp *.tar

Then copy the tar files to a machine with GNUplot and in SH:

UNIX> gnuplot < file.gp > file.ps
UNIX> ghostview file.ps

Related links

• SkaMPI MPI Benchmark
• AIM Benchmarks
• STREAM Benchmark
benchmark and Computer Performance
• comp.benchmarks Newsgroup
• WWW Computer Architecture Home Page

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