This is the most accessible SPEC benchmark ever produced. We expect users and vendors worldwide will take advantage of SPECjvm98 to improve JVM and JIT compiler performance. The SPECjvm98 benchmark suite contains eight different tests, five of which are either real applications or derived from real applications that are commercially available. The tests measure the time it takes to load the program, verify the class files, compile on the fly if a JIT compiler is used, and execute the test. A geometric mean is used to compute a composite score for all tests.
Higher scores indicate better performance.
Tapping Into Real Applications With SPECjvm98, SPEC has been able to more fully realize its goal of using real applications for testing whenever it is possible. Byte-codes allow ISVs to contribute to SPEC benchmarks without releasing the secrets of their proprietary source code. As vendors tune for higher benchmark numbers, they will be delivering greater performance for our software, which benefits our customers. Initial Results Available Initial SPECjvm98 performance results are available on SPEC's Web site for 11 different systems from IBM and Sun Microsystems. SPEC expects widespread reporting of SPECjvm98 results over the next few months, now that the benchmark suite is available to the public.