Energy benchmarks: a detailed analysis

  • Authors:
  • Meikel Poess;Raghunath Othayoth Nambiar;Kushagra Vaid;John M. Stephens, Jr.;Karl Huppler;Evan Haines

  • Affiliations:
  • Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA;Hewlett Packard Company, Houston, TX;Microsoft, Redmond, WA;Gradient Systems, Redwood City, CA;IBM Corporation, Rochester, MN;ICF International, Washington, DC

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy-Efficient Computing and Networking
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In light of an increase in energy cost and energy consciousness industry standard organizations such as Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) and Storage Performance Council (SPC) as well as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have developed tests to measure energy consumption of computer systems. Although all of these consortia aim at standardizing power consumption measurement using benchmarks, ultimately aiming to reduce overall power consumption, and to aid in making purchase decisions, their methodologies differ slightly. For instance, some organizations developed specialized benchmarks while others added energy metrics to existing benchmarks. In this paper we give a comprehensive overview of the currently available energy benchmarks followed by an in depth analysis of their commonalities and differences.