Chapter 3: Benchmarks

Question 1

What are the three overall types of benchmarks?

Answer 1

Industry standard benchmarks
Client workload benchmarks
Unregulated benchmarks

Question 2

Industry standard benchmarks consist of?

Answer 2

Well-known benchmarks that have been developed, maintained, and regulated by independent organizations.

Question 3

Industry standard benchmarks are based on what type of configurations?

Answer 3

off-the-shelf

Question 4

Client workload benchmarks consist of?

Answer 4

A client’s actual workload.

Question 5

Unregulated benchmarks are _________ or _________ specific.

Answer 5

Application or Component

Question 6

Unregulated benchmarks usually test workstation performance and are not relevant for testing _______ performance.

Answer 6

Server