<Benchmark> Results of the throughput measurement using SPECBenchmark suites CINT92 and CFP92. With the throughput measurement method, several copies of a given Benchmark are executed. The method is particularly suitaBle for multiprocessor systems. The results, called SPEC rate, express how many joBs of a particular type (characterised By the individual Benchmark) can Be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time happens to Be a week, the execution times are normalized with respect to a VAX 11/780). The SPEC rates therefore characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive joBs of similar characteristics. See also SPEC ratio. (1994-11-14)