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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

                     AIM Performance Rating

SunFLASH Vol 45 #20					      September 1992 
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AIM:

Aim is a multiuser benchmark that tests overall system's performance.
The benchmark is designed to represent a "typical user load". The
benchmark spawns new processes until the machine is maxed out.  The
official benchmark mix is as follows: 20% ram 10% float 10% pipe 20%
logic 20% disk 20% math.

What do the numbers mean:
	AIM Performance rating - measures peak performance.
	Maximum User Loads     - measures sustained performance under
				 heavy system load.


These are the latest official Aim results which include the SS10 model
30 and 41.  Our published Aims are better than IBM and model 41 is
comparable to HP9000/750. However, our price is less than half compared
to HP9000/750. In this run the emphasis was on best price peak
performance, as a result this config produced lower max user load than
the machines are capable. By adding more disks max user load can be
pushed higher. For model 30 it will be around 310 and for model 41
about 380 max user loads.


The following is a summary from the latest Aim report.

System		Aim	Max Load	List Price ($US)
------		---	--------	--------------
ELC		11.3	 69		 5,695
IPX		14.4	117		10,195
SS2		15.4	142		14,495
690(4cpu/ipi)	51.3	409		98,500
SS10-30		37.0	159		21,495
SS10-41		44.3	203		29,295

HP9000/705	20.0	134		 8,840
HP9000/710	29.6	180		14,490
HP9000/720	35.5	229		21,490
HP9000/750	47.1	337		62,190
HP9000/817S	30.1	226		41,200

IBM6000/320H	22.6	202		25,530
IBM6000/340	28.4	247		29,200
IBM6000/350	36.2	281		33,920
IBM6000/520	16.9	156		45,380
IBM6000/520H	22.4	198		35,930
IBM6000/530	21.3	197		55,380
IBM6000/530H	29.7	251		45,850
IBM6000/550	36.6	319		67,250
IBM6000/560	45.3	418		87,690
IBM6000/930	20.8	195		80,550
IBM6000/950	34.6	310	       114,305
IBM6000/970	49.9	454	       115,380
IBM6000/220	16.3	147		17,505

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