Benchmarks and different aspects of benchmarking have been discussed with examples and illustrations in this project. Our goal is to provide the reader with conceptual understanding on:

• different types of benchmarks and their use,
• scopes of their performance,
• properties of reliable benchmarks,
• limitations and constraints on the use of commercial benchmarks, and
• future of benchmarks.

References we consulted are cited below:

1. Intel

2. Ziff-Davis Benchmarks

3. TPC Benchmarks

4. BAPCo Benchmarks

5. SPEC Benchmarks

6. AIM Benchmarks

7. Top 20 Benchmarks

8. Cyrix

9. Component vs. System Level Benchmarks

10. Benchmarks

11. Picture-Level Benchmarks