DHRYSTONE(1) General Commands Manual DHRYSTONE(1)NAMEdhrystone - integer benchmarkSYNOPSISdhrystoneEXAMPLESdhrystone # Run the dhrystone benchmarkDESCRIPTIONMany years ago, a floating-point benchmark called whetstone was popular for benchmarking FORTRAN programs. Nowadays, an integer benchmark called dhrystone is widely used for benchmarking 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 applications. DHRYSTONE(1)