Measuring Performance

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Measuring Performance

Outline

Why Measure Performance?

Characterising Performance

Performance and Speed

Measuring Time

Execution Time

Measuring Amounts

Measuring Times

Computer Clock Times

Purchasing Decision

Measuring Performance

Cycles Per Instruction

Example

Basic Performance Equation

Other “tricks of the trade”

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Summary

Author: Information Systems Division

Email: clack@cs.ucl.ac.uk

Home Page: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/C.Clack/