The supercomputing center at Morgan State will replace its ETA-10 supercomputer with a new CRAY J916 supercomputer. The purpose of the initiative is to provide access to space data, training in networking and supercomputing technology, and connectivity to the resources of other universities and research groups. The J916 system will enable scientific research using large-scale data storage systems and computationally intensive programs for scientific modeling. The ability of the J916 to meet the needs of the University will be evaluated via benchmark testing. The computational aspects of this project involved running benchmark programs on a CRAY J916.
Accomplishments Correctly understanding and interpreting benchmark results is potentially complex.
Whether they come from a locally generated test or are supplied by the vendor of a commercial system, many aspects of the system and the benchmark programs must be considered before an accurate evaluation can be made. Benchmarks should be expressly chosen to represent real-world applications and should be large enough to stress the computational and memory system resources of the machines being tested. There are many benchmark suites available on the Internet. Test results of program runs on various machines from other users can also be obtained for verification. Using correct benchmarking techniques, designers can improve the performance of future machines and applications.