- 1). Normalize the number of computer cycles assumed to execute per computer instruction. To demonstrate in a general formula, this value is represented by Y cycles / instruction.
- 2). Obtain the microprocessor cycles per second execution speed from the documentation provided with your processor, or from benchmarking programs available in Resources. For the Macintosh IIx processor, the processor speed is 15.6672 m cycles/sec.
- 3). Obtain the speed of processor in MFLOPS by inverting the cycles per computer instruction value and multiplying by the number of cycles per second of the processor:
1 instruction / Y cycles * 15.6772m cycles / second. - 4). Compare the result to other computers conducting simular benchmark testing. In this example, the processor speed is 15.6772 MFLOPS.
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