  The performance levels of a computing machine running a given workload
configuration are crucial for both users and providers of computing resources.
Knowing how well a computing machine is running with a given workload
configuration is critical to making proper computing resource allocation
decisions. In this paper, we introduce a novel framework for deriving computing
machine and computing resource performance indicators for a given workload
configuration. We propose a workload/machine index score (WISE) framework for
computing a fitness score for a workload/machine combination. The WISE score
indicates how well a computing machine is running with a specific workload
configuration by addressing the issue of whether resources are being stressed
or sitting idle wasting precious resources. In addition to encompassing any
number of computing resources, the WISE score is determined by considering how
far from target levels the machine resources are operating at without maxing
out. Experimental results demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed WISE
framework on two distinct workload configurations.
