Imagine That You Are Able to Perform Benchmarking "Races" to Compare

question 12

Essay

Imagine that you are able to perform benchmarking "races" to compare two computers you are thinking about buying. Come up with a list of 5 benchmark programs or usage scenarios you would use to create your own personalized benchmark suite. For each program you select, justify it. For the benchmark suite as a whole, discuss a method for calculated a weighted average of the different program run-times.

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Definitions:

Trial Balance

A bookkeeping worksheet in which the balances of all ledgers are compiled into debit and credit account columns to ensure their accuracy.

Journalized

The process of recording transactions in the accounting journals as part of the accounting cycle.

Trial Balance

A bookkeeping worksheet listing the balances of all ledgers in two columns, debits, and credits, to ensure entries are recorded correctly.

Journal Amounts

Journal amounts represent the values recorded in a financial journal, depicting transactions in monetary terms for accounting purposes.