NAME

     dhrystone - integer benchmark


SYNOPSIS

     dhrystone


EXAMPLES

     dhrystone           # Run the dhrystone benchmark


DESCRIPTION

     Many years ago, a floating-point benchmark called  whetstone
     was popular for benchmarking FORTRAN programs.  Nowadays, an
     integer benchmark called dhrystone is widely used for bench-
     marking UNIX systems.  This is it.  Be warned, however, that
     dhrystone is entirely CPU bound, and goes blindingly fast on
     machines  with  high-speed  caches.  Although this is a good
     measure for programs that spend most of their time  in  some
     inner  loop,  it  is a poor benchmark for I/O bound applica-
     tions.