NBench
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The facts
Each one read from NBench's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build caveat
- The maker notes that gcc 4.3.3 and later no longer work with the Makefile’s default flags and says this issue was not sufficient reason for a full new release at the time of the page update.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Comparison database
- Yeschecked 25 Sep 2026
- Comparisons
- It compares results with two reference systems: a Dell Pentium 90 running MSDOS and an AMD K6/233 running Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The maker reports successful compilation on SunOS, DEC Unix 4.0, DEC OSF1, HP-UX, DEC Ultrix, MS-DOS, and Linux.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compiler limitation
- The maker notes that starting with gcc 4.3.3, the Makefile’s default flags no longer work.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom test profiles
- Nochecked 25 Sep 2026
- Distribution
- The software map entry describes nbench-byte as freely distributable.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Download contents
- The archive contains the complete source, documentation, and a Linux ELF binary.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The software map entry describes the copying policy as freely distributable.checked 11 Oct 2026
- No listed integrations
- The product page describes a downloadable benchmark and result-submission process but names no software integrations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- No security details
- The product page provides no security or compliance information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- Linux; source compiled on SunOS,DEC Unix 4.0,DEC OSF1,HP-UX,DEC Ultrix,and MS-DOSchecked 25 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- NBench is a Linux/Unix port of release 2 of BYTE Magazine’s BYTEmark benchmark program, designed to measure CPU, FPU, and memory-system capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Result metrics
- The published results use MEM, INT, and FP indices for memory efficiency, integer performance, and floating-point performance.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Results
- The maker publishes submitted benchmark results with memory, integer-performance, and floating-point-performance indices.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Result submissions
- Users can email benchmark results to Uwe F. Mayer for posting on the site.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The benchmark takes less than 10 minutes to run on most machines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Submissions
- Users may email their results to Uwe F. Mayer for posting, following the archive’s README.submit instructions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Version
- The software map entry lists nbench-byte version 2.2.3, entered on 12 May 2008.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Workload areas
- CPU,floating-point,memory systemchecked 25 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 25 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The source has been successfully compiled on Linux, SunOS, DEC Unix 4.0, DEC OSF1, HP-UX, DEC Ultrix, and MS-DOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
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