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For questions regarding the measurement and comparison of performance of retrocomputers.

Benchmarking is the process of evaluating the performance of a retrocomputer or one of its systems (e.g. Disk) for the purposes of comparison with other similar systems.

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First appearance of the Sieve in Byte *as a benchmark*?

I've documented the Ahl benchmark's history, and now I would like to do the same for Byte's version of the sieve. Does anyone have a pointer to the first appearance of this code as a benchmarking tool in that magazine?
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(Modern?) Examples of Creative Computing/Ahl benchmark being used?

I've recently written a Wiki article on the Creative Computing benchmark. I was wondering if anyone has examples of it being used outside Creative Computing? I've found one example in Compute!, but I'd like to add more for balance. Ideally these…
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What's the best sw/hw setup to benchmark old GPUs?

For a brief intro - I've been collecting old GPUs for the past 15+ years (I have around 100 of them, starting from year 1996 (1MB SiS) till around 2008 (GTX280), representing each generation of released gaming cards and architectures. The problem is…
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