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SPEC® Fair Use

SPEC® Fair Use Rules

Updated 9 February 2023

Change history

Introduction

Consistency and fairness are guiding principles for SPEC. To help assure that these principles are met, the following requirements must be met by any organization or individual who makes public use of SPEC benchmark results.

Section I lists general requirements that apply to public use of all SPEC benchmarks. Section II lists additional specific requirements for individual benchmarks.

It is intended that this document, and not individual benchmark run rules, provides the information needed for compliance with Fair Use, and in the event of any inconsistencies, this document takes precedence over individual benchmark run rules fair use requirements.

Contents

I. General Requirements For Public Use
   of All SPEC Benchmark Results

A. Requirements List

1. Compliance

2. Data Sources

3. Clear and correct, as of a specific date

4. Trademarks

5. Required Metrics

6. Comparisons

B. Generic Example

C. Compliance Exceptions

1. Academic/Research Usage

2. Estimates

D. Derived Values

E. Non-SPEC Information

F. Retired Benchmarks

1. Disclosure

2. Benchmarks that require review

3. Normalized historical comparisons

II. Requirements For Public Use of Individual Benchmark Results

SPEC ACCEL®     SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 9     SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 2015     SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 2020     SPECapc® for LightWave 3D® v9.6     SPECapc® for Maya® 2009     SPECapc® for Maya® 2012     SPECapc® for Maya® 2017     SPECapc® for Maya® 2023     SPECapc® for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0     SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 2.0     SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 3.0     SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 9     SPECapc® for Siemens NX™ 9     SPECapc® for Siemens NX™ 10     SPECapc® for Solid Edge® V19     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2007     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2013     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2015     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2017     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2019     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2020    SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2021     SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2022     SPECapc® for UGS NX™ 6     SPECapc® for UGS NX™ 8.5     SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2016    SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2018     SPEC CPU® 2000     SPEC CPU® 2006     SPEC CPU® 2017     SPEC HPC™ 2021     SPECjAppserver® 2004     SPECjbb® 2005     SPECjbb® 2013     SPECjbb® 2015     SPECjEnterprise® 2010     SPECjEnterprise® 2018 Web Profile     SPEC JMS® 2007     SPECjvm® 2008     SPECmail® 2001     SPECmail® 2009     SPEC MPI® 2007     SPEC OMP® 2001     SPEC OMP® 2012     SPECpower_ssj® 2008     SPEC SFS® 2008     SPEC SFS® 2014     SPECstorage® Solution 2020     SPEC SIP_Infrastructure® 2011     SPECviewperf® 11     SPECviewperf® 12     SPECviewperf® 12.1     SPECviewperf® 13     SPECviewperf 13 Linux Edition     SPECviewperf® 2020     SPEC VIRT_SC® 2010     SPEC VIRT_SC® 2013     SPECvirt® Datacenter 2021     SPECweb® 2005     SPECweb® 2009     SPECwpc® 1.0     SPECwpc® 2.0     SPECworkstation® 3     SPECworkstation® 3.1     SPECworkstation® 4.0     SERT® 1.0     SERT® 2.0     Chauffeur® WDK    

III. Definitions

Basis for Comparison     By Location     Close Proximity     Compliant Result     Derived Values     Disallowed Comparisons     Estimate     Major Release     Non-Compliant Number    Required Metric     SPEC Metric    

IV. Violations Determination, Penalties, and Remedies

I. General Requirements For Public Use of All SPEC Benchmark Results

I.A. Requirements List

  1. Compliance. Claimed results must be compliant with that benchmark's rules. See definition: compliant result. (Certain Exceptions may apply.)

  2. Data Sources

    1. Source(s) must be stated for quoted SPEC results.

    2. Such sources must be publicly available, from SPEC or elsewhere.

    3. The licensee (the entity responsible for the result) must be clearly identifiable from the source.

    4. The date that the data was retrieved must be stated.

    5. The SPEC web site (http://www.spec.org) or a suitable sub page must be noted as a resource for additional information about the benchmark.

  3. Clear and correct, as of a specific date

    1. Statements regarding SPEC, its benchmarks, and results published by SPEC, must be clear and correct.

    2. A claim must state a date as of which data was retrieved.

    3. A claim may compare newly announced compliant results vs. data retrieved earlier.

    4. There is no requirement to update a claim when later results are published.

    For example, an Acme web page dated 28 January 2011 announces performance results for the Model A and claims "the best SPECweb® 2009 benchmark performance when compared vs. results published at www.spec.org as of 26 January 2011". If SPEC publishes better results on 1 February, there is no requirement to update the page.

  4. Trademarks.

    1. Reference must be made to the SPEC trademark. Such reference may be included in a notes section with other trademark references (SPEC trademarks are listed at http://www.spec.org/spec/trademarks.html).

    2. SPEC's trademarks may not be used to mislabel something that is not a SPEC metric.

      For example, suppose that a Gaming Society compares performance using a composite of a weighted subset of the SPEC CPU 2006 benchmark plus a weighted subset of the SPECviewperf 11 benchmark, and calls its composite "GamePerfMark". The composite, weighting, and subsetting are done by the Society, not by SPEC. The composite may be useful and interesting, but it may not be represented as a SPEC metric. It would be a Fair Use violation to reference it as "SPECgame".

  5. Required Metrics. In the tables below, some benchmarks have Required Metrics. Public statements must include these.

  6. Comparisons. It is fair to compare compliant results to other compliant results. Enabling such comparisons is a core reason why the SPEC benchmarks exist. Each benchmark product has workloads, software tools, run rules, and review processes that are intended to improve the technical credibility and relevance of such comparisons.

    When comparisons are made,

    1. SPEC metrics may be compared only to SPEC metrics.

    2. The basis for comparison must be stated.

    3. Results of one benchmark are not allowed to be compared to a different benchmark
      (e.g. SPECjAppServer 2004 to TPC-C; or SPEC VIRT_SC 2010 to SPECweb 2005).

    4. Results of a benchmark may not be compared to a different major release of the same benchmark
      (e.g. SPECweb 2005 to SPECweb 2009). Exception: normalized historical comparisons may be made as described under Retired Benchmarks.

    5. Comparisons of non-compliant numbers. The comparison of non-compliant numbers to compliant results is restricted to certain exceptional cases described later in this Fair Use Rule (Academic/Research usage; Estimates, for those benchmarks that allow estimates; Normalized Historical Comparisons). Where allowed, comparisons that include non-compliant numbers must not be misleading or deceptive as to compliance. It must be clear from the context of the comparison which numbers are compliant and which are not.

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I.B. Generic Example

This example for a generic SPEC benchmark illustrates the points above. See also the examples for specific benchmarks below, for additional requirements that may apply.

Example: New York, NY, January 28, 2011: Acme Corporation announces that the Model A achieves 100 for the SPECgeneric 2011 benchmark, a new record among systems running Linux [1].
[1] Comparison based on best performing systems using the Linux operating system published at www.spec.org as of 26 January 2011. SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECgeneric® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. For more information about the SPECgeneric 2011 benchmark, see www.spec.org/generic2011/.

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I.C. Compliance Exceptions

Exceptions regarding the compliance requirement are described in this section.

  1. Academic/research usage. SPEC encourages use of its benchmarks in research and academic contexts, on the grounds that SPEC benchmarks represent important characteristics of real world applications and therefore research innovations measured with SPEC benchmarks may benefit real users. SPEC understands that academic use of the SPEC benchmarks may be seen as enhancing the credibility of both the researcher and SPEC.

    Research use of SPEC benchmarks may not be able to meet the compliance requirement.

    Examples: (1) Testing is done with a simulator rather than real hardware. (2) The software innovation is not generally available or is not of product quality. (3) The SPEC test harness is modified without approval of SPEC.

    SPEC has an interest in protecting the integrity of the SPEC metrics, including consistency of methods of measurement and the meaning of the units of measure that are defined by SPEC benchmarks. It would be unfair to those who do meet the compliance requirements if non-compliant numbers were misrepresented as compliant results. Therefore, SPEC recommends that researchers consider using the SPEC workload, but do not call the measurements by the SPEC metric name.

    The requirements for Fair Use in academic/research contexts are:

    1. It is a Fair Use violation to imply, to the reasonable reader, that a non-compliant number is a compliant result.
    2. Non-compliance must be clearly disclosed. If the SPEC metric name is used, it is recommended that (nc), for non-compliant, be added after each mention of the metric name. It is understood that there may be other ways to accomplish this in context, for example adding words such as "experimental" or "simulated" or "estimated" or "non-compliant".
    3. Diagrams, Tables, and Abstracts (which, often, are excerpted and used separately) must have sufficient context on their own so that they are not misleading as to compliance.
    4. If non-compliant numbers are compared to compliant results it must be clear from the context which is which.
    Example: The Acme Corporation Model A achieves SPECint®2006 100 in testing published at www.spec.org. Our Research Compiler improves the same hardware to SPECint®2006 125(nc). The notation (nc), for non-compliant, is used because our compiler does not meet SPEC's requirements for general availability.

    Other Fair Use Requirements Still Apply. This section discusses an exception to only the compliance requirement from the Requirements List. Fair Use in academic/research context must still meet the other requirements, including but not limited to making correct use of SPEC results with dated citations of sources.

  2. Estimates. Some SPEC benchmarks allow estimates, as shown in the tables below. Only for those benchmarks, it is acceptable to compare estimates to compliant results provided that:

    1. Estimates must be clearly identified as such.

    2. Each use of a SPEC metric as an estimate must be clearly marked as an estimate.

    3. If estimates are used in graphs, the word "estimated" or "est." must be plainly visible within the graph, for example in the title, the scale, the legend, or next to each individual number that is estimated.

    4. Licensees are encouraged to give a rationale or methodology for any estimates, together with other information that may help the reader assess the accuracy of the estimate.

      Example 1: The Acme Corporation Model A achieves SPECint®2006 100 in testing published at www.spec.org. The Bugle Corporation Model B will nearly double that performance to SPECint®2006 198(est). The notation (est), for estimated, is used because SPECint®2006 was run on pre-production hardware. Customer systems, planned for Q4, are expected to be similar.

      Example 2: Performance estimates are modeled using the cycle simulator GrokSim Mark IV. It is likely that actual hardware, if built, would include significant differences.

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I.D. Derived Values

It is sometimes useful to define a numeric unit that includes a SPEC metric plus other information, and then use the new number to compare systems. This is called a Derived Value.

Examples: SPECint®_rate2006 per chip
SPECvirt_sc®2010 per gigabyte

Note: the examples above are not intended to imply that all derived values use ratios of the form above. The definition is intentionally broad, and includes additional examples

  1. Derived values are acceptable, provided that they follow this Fair Use rule, including but not limited to using compliant results, listing sources for SPEC result data, and including any required metrics.

  2. A derived value must not be represented as a SPEC metric. The context must not give the appearance that SPEC has created or endorsed the derived value. In particular, it is a Fair Use violation, and may be a Trademark violation, to form a new word that looks like a SPEC metric name when there is no such metric.

    Not Acceptable: SPECint®_chiprate2006
    SPECvirt_sc®2010gigs

  3. If a derived value is used as the basis of an estimate, the estimate must be correctly labeled. A derived value may introduce seeming opportunities to extrapolate beyond measured data. For example, if 4 different systems all have the same ratio of SPECwhatever per chip, it can be tempting to estimate that another, unmeasured, system will have the same ratio. This may be a very good estimate; but it is still an estimate, and must be correctly labeled. If used in public, it must be for a benchmark that allows estimates.

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I.E. Non-SPEC Information

  1. A basis of comparison or a derived value may use information from both SPEC and non-SPEC sources.

  2. SPEC values truthfulness and clarity at all times:

  3. Disclaimer.    SPEC is not responsible for non-SPEC information. The SPEC Fair Use rule is limited to the information derived from SPEC sources. (Other rules may apply to the non-SPEC information, such as industry business standards, ethics, or Truth in Advertising law.)

  4. SPEC may point out non-SPEC content.    SPEC reserves the right to publicly comment to distinguish SPEC information from non-SPEC information.

  5. Integrity of results and trademarks.    The non-SPEC information must not be presented in a manner that may reasonably lead the reader to untrue conclusions about SPEC, its results, or its trademarks.

Examples

Example 1 (basis): ACME Corporation claims the best SPECjEnterprise 2010 benchmark performance for systems available as (example 1a) rack mount, or (1b) with more than 8 disk device slots, or (1c) with Art Deco paint. Bugle Corporation asserts that the basis of comparison is irrelevant or confusing or silly. Bugle may be correct. Nevertheless, such irrelevance, confusion, or silliness would not alone be enough to constitute a SPEC Fair Use violation.

Example 2 (derived value): ACME claims that its model A has better SPECint®_rate2006 per unit of cooling requirement than does the Bugle Model B. SPEC is not responsible for judging thermal characteristics.

Example 3: ACME claims the "best SPECmpi®M_2007 performance among industry-leading servers". This claim violates the requirement that the basis must be clear.

Example 4: ACME computes SPECint®_rate2006 per unit of cooling, but inexplicably selects SPECint®_rate_base2006 for some systems and SPECint®_rate2006 for others. The computation violates the requirement that the SPEC information must be accurate, and may also violate the requirement that a claim should not lead the reasonable reader to untrue conclusions about SPEC's results.

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I.F. Retired Benchmarks

  1. Disclosure. If public claims are made using a retired benchmark, with compliant results that have not been previously reviewed and accepted by SPEC, then the fact that the benchmark has been retired and new results are no longer being accepted for review and publication by SPEC must be plainly disclosed.

    Example: The Acme Corporation Model A achieves a score of 527 SPECjvm 98. Note: SPECjvm 98 has been retired and SPEC is no longer reviewing or publishing results with that benchmark. We are providing this result as a comparison to older hardware that may still be in use at some customer sites.

  2. Benchmarks that require review. Some benchmarks require that SPEC review and accept results prior to public use. For such benchmarks, the review process is not available after benchmark retirement, and therefore no new results may be published.

  3. Normalized historical comparisons. When SPEC releases a new major version of a benchmark, the SPEC metrics are generally not comparable to the previous version, and there is no formula for converting from one to the other. Nevertheless, SPEC recognizes that there is value in historical comparisons, which are typically done by normalizing performance across current and one or more generations of retired benchmarks, using systems that have been measured with both the older and newer benchmarks as the bridges for the normalization. Historical comparisons are inherently approximate because picking differing 'bridge' systems may yield differing ratios and because an older workload exercises different system capabilities than a more modern workload.

    Normalized historical comparisons are acceptable only if their inherently approximate nature is not misrepresented. At minimum:

    1. It must not be claimed that SPEC metrics for one benchmark generation are precisely comparable to metrics from another generation.
    2. The approximate nature must be apparent from the context.
      For example, a graph shown briefly in a presentation is labelled "Normalized Historic Trends for SPEC<benchmark>". As another example, in a white paper (where the expectation is for greater detail than presentations), the author explicitly calls out that workloads have differed over time, and explains how numbers are calculated.

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II. Requirements for Public Use of Individual Benchmark Results

For further detail about the meaning of SPEC metrics, the individual benchmark run rules may be consulted. The benchmark names at the top of each table are links to that benchmark's run rules.

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SPEC ACCEL® benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics: SPECaccel®_ocl_base, SPECaccel®_acc_base,SPECaccel®_omp_base, SPECaccel®_ocl_peak, SPECaccel®_acc_peak,SPECaccel®_omp_peak, SPECaccel®_ocl_energy_base, SPECaccel®_acc_energy_base, SPECaccel®_omp_energy_base, SPECaccel®_ocl_energy_peak, SPECaccel®_acc_energy_peak, SPECaccel®_omp_energy_peak
  • Median individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 For an individual benchmark, if a result other than the median is mentioned, then the median from the same set must also be mentioned.
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified. Power measurement metrics are not allowed to be estimated
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 9 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for 3ds Max 9 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Rendering Composite, Graphics Composite, Shaders Composite
Required Metrics Rendering Composite, Graphics Composite
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 Shaders composite if using DirectX mode
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 2015 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, Graphics Composite, Large Model Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for 3ds Max® 2020 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite Score, GPU Composite Score, Large Model Composite Score, Interactive Graphics SubTest, Advanced Visual Styles SubTest, Large Model CPU SubTest, Modeling SubTest, CPU Computing SubTest, GPU Rendering SubTest, CPU Rendering SubTest
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for LightWave 3D® v9.6 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for LightWave 3D v9.6 benchmark was retired in July 2013.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Interactive Composite, Render Composite, Multitask Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for Maya® 2009 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for Maya 2009 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics, CPU, I/O, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for Maya® 2012 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for Maya 2012 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for Maya® 2017 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Interactive Composite, Graphics Animation Composite, Graphics GPGPU Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for Maya® 2023 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite Score, GPU Composite Score, GPU Shaded SubTest, GPU Shaded SSAO SubTest, GPU Wireframe On Shaded SubTest, GPU Wireframe On Shaded SSAO SubTest, GPU Textured SubTest, GPU Textured SSAO SubTest, CPU Arnold Raytrace SubTest
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire® 2.0 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Wireframe, Graphics Shaded, CPU, I/O, File Time, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 2.0 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for PTC Creo 2.0 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite, I/O Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 3.0 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for PTC Creo 3.0 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite, I/O Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for PTC Creo® 9 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, GPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for Siemens NX™ 9 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for Siemens NX™ 10 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for Solid Edge® V19 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for Solid Edge V19 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, Graphics Composite, File I/O Composite, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2007 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for SolidWorks 2007 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Intensive, File I/O Intensive, Graphics Composite, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2013 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for SolidWorks 2013 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2015 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for SolidWorks 2015 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite, CPU Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2017 (Retired) benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for SolidWorks 2017 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite – FSAA Disabled, Graphics Composite – FSAA Enabled, CPU Composite, Shaded Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Wireframe Graphics Sub-Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2019 (Retired) benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for SolidWorks 2019 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite – FSAA Disabled, Graphics Composite – FSAA Enabled, CPU Composite, CPU Raytrace Composite, CPU Rebuild Composite, Shaded Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2020 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite – FSAA Disabled, Graphics Composite – FSAA Enabled, CPU Composite, CPU Raytrace Composite, CPU Rebuild Composite, CPU Convert Composite, CPU Simulate Composite, Shaded Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Drawing Sub-Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2021 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics Graphics Composite — FSAA Disabled, Graphics Composite — FSAA Enabled, CPU Composite, CPU Raytrace Composite, CPU Rebuild Composite, CPU Convert Composite, CPU Simulate Composite, Shaded Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Shaded with Edges using RealView and Shadows and Ambient Occlusion Graphics Sub-Composite, Drawing Sub-Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECapc® for SolidWorks® 2022 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite Score, GPU Composite Score, GPU Shaded SubTest, GPU Shaded with Edges SubTest, GPU Shaded RealView SubTest, GPU Shaded RealView With Edges SubTest, GPU Drawing SubTest, CPU Raytrace SubTest, CPU Rebuild SubTest, CPU Convert SubTest, CPU Simulate SubTest, CPU Mass Properties SubTest, CPU Boolean SubTest
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for UGS NX™ 4 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for UGS NX4 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, File I/O Composite, Graphics Composite, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for UGS NX™ 6 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for UGS NX6 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, File I/O Composite, Graphics Composite, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECapc® for UGS NX™ 8.5 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECapc for UGS NX8.5 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required.
SPEC Metrics CPU Composite, File I/O Composite, Graphics Composite, Overall Composite
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2016 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics
  • Scalability: <#measured> @ <#compliant> Application Instance
  • Elasticity: <percentage> %
  • Mean Instance Provisioning Time (s)
  • AI Provisioning Success: <percentage> %
  • AI Run Success: <percentage> %
  • Total Instances: <#instances>
  • Elasticity Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss_UTC)
  • Elasticity End Time (yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss_UTC)
Required Metrics
  • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 Scalability: <#measured> @ <#compliant> Application Instance
  • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 Elasticity: <percentage> %
  • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 Mean Instance Provisioning Time (s)

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 The Elasticity Start and End Times must be reported when any of the cloud's resources are not under complete control of the tester. The Test Region(s) must be listed in close proximity to the Elasticity Start and End times for the test.
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:
  1. The SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 benchmark uses specific versions of the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark (YCSB) and K-Means clustering workload from the HiBench Suite as its component workloads as these are established industry-standard workloads. These workloads are run with very specific parameterized constraints specific to this SPEC benchmark to focus on stressing particular aspects of the SUT's resources typical of Cloud IaaS environments. As such, the differences are significant enough that comparisons between the results generated by SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 benchmark and the original component workloads are not allowed.

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SPEC Cloud® IaaS 2018 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics
  • Replicated Application Instances: <#Valid AIs> copies
    • Performance Score: <#Sum WkldPerfScores >
    • Relative Scalability: <percentage> %
    • Mean Instance Provisioning Time (s)
  • AI Provisioning Success: <percentage> %
  • AI Run Success: <percentage> %
  • Total Instances: <#instances>
  • Scale-out Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss_UTC)
  • Scale-out End Time (yyyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss_UTC)
Required Metrics
  • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 Replicated Application Instances <#Valid AIs> copies
    • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 Performance Score: <#Sum WkldPerfScores>
    • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 Relative Scalability: <percentage> %
    • SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 Mean Instance Provisioning Time (s)

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 The Scale-out Start and End Times must be reported when any of the cloud's resources are not under complete control of the tester The Test Region(s) must be listed in close proximity to the Scale-out Start and End times for the test.
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:
  1. The SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 benchmark uses specific versions of the Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark (YCSB) and K-Means clustering workload from the HiBench Suite as its component workloads as these are established industry-standard workloads. These workloads are run with very specific parameterized constraints specific to this SPEC benchmark to focus on stressing particular aspects of the SUT's resources typical of Cloud IaaS environments. As such, the differences are significant enough that comparisons between the results generated by SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 benchmark and the original component workloads are not allowed.
  2. SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018 metrics are not comparable to SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016 due to changes to workload parameters and metric methodology.

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(Retired) SPEC CPU® 2000 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC CPU 2000 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics: SPECint®_base2000, SPECint®2000, SPECfp®_base2000, SPECfp®2000, SPECint®_rate_base2000, SPECint®_rate2000, SPECfp®_rate_base2000, SPECfp®_rate2000
  • Individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 If a run time other than the median is quoted, then the median must also be quoted.
Use of Estimates
  1. Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
  2. It is permitted to estimate any of the SPEC Metrics listed above.
  3. It is permitted to estimate a peak metric without providing a corresponding base estimate
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPEC CPU® 2006 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC CPU 2006 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics: SPECint®_base2006, SPECint®2006, SPECfp®_base2006, SPECfp®2006, SPECint®_rate_base2006, SPECint®_rate2006, SPECfp®_rate_base2006, SPECfp®_rate2006
  • Individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 If a run time other than the median is quoted, then the median must also be quoted.
Use of Estimates
  1. Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
  2. It is permitted to estimate any of the SPEC Metrics listed above.
  3. It is permitted to estimate a peak metric without providing a corresponding base estimate
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPEC CPU® 2017 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics

  • The geometric means for overall performance

    Performance Geometric Means Energy Geometric Means
    SPECspeed® SPECrate® SPECspeed® SPECrate®
    SPECspeed®2017_int_base
    SPECspeed®2017_int_peak
    SPECspeed®2017_fp_base
    SPECspeed®2017_fp_peak     		SPECrate®2017_int_base
    SPECrate®2017_int_peak
    SPECrate®2017_fp_base
    SPECrate®2017_fp_peak     		SPECspeed®2017_int_energy_base
    SPECspeed®2017_int_energy_peak
    SPECspeed®2017_fp_energy_base
    SPECspeed®2017_fp_energy_peak     		SPECrate®2017_int_energy_base
    SPECrate®2017_int_energy_peak
    SPECrate®2017_fp_energy_base
    SPECrate®2017_fp_energy_peak
  • Individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Individual benchmark Energy Ratios
  • Individual benchmark run times in seconds
  • Individual benchmark energy consumption in kilojoules
  • Overall system maximum power consumption in watts
  • Overall system idle power consumption in watts
Required Metrics The baseline performance metric for whatever suite is reported.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Condition Requirements
Comparison of idle power The overall maximum power, baseline Performance Geometric Mean, and baseline Energy Geometric Mean shall be disclosed in close proximity to the idle power.
Use of Estimates
  1. Estimates are not allowed for any of the SPEC CPU 2017 energy metrics (neither the Energy Geometric Means nor the individual benchmark energy ratios). All public use of SPEC CPU 2017 energy metrics must be from rule-compliant results.
  2. SPEC CPU 2017 performance metrics (Performance Geometric Means, Individual benchmark SPECratios, Individual benchmark run times in seconds) may be estimated, provided that they are clearly identified as estimates.
  3. It is permitted to estimate a peak performance metric without providing a corresponding base performance estimate.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 Energy metrics generated with releases prior to SPEC CPU 2017 v1.1 are not comparable.

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SPEC HPC™ 2021 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics

  • Performance Geometric Means:

    Tiny: SPEChpc™ 2021-Tny_base, SPEChpc™ 2021-Tny_peak, SPEChpc™ 2021-Tny
    Small: SPEChpc™ 2021-Sml_base, SPEChpc™ 2021-Sml_peak, SPEChpc™ 2021-Sml
    Medium: SPEChpc™ 2021-Med_base, SPEChpc™ 2021-Med_peak, SPEChpc™ 2021-Med
    Large: SPEChpc™ 2021-Lrg_base, SPEChpc™ 2021-Lrg_peak, SPEChpc™ 2021-Lrg
  • Median individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 For an individual benchmark, if a result other than the median is mentioned, then the median from the same set must also be mentioned.
Other Required Information CPU description (number of chips and cores), Accelerator description (if used), Parallel Model(s) used, and degree of parallelism (MPI ranks, host threads).
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks

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(Retired) SPECjAppserver® 2004 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECjAppServer 2004 benchmark was retired on November 30, 2010.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Independent publication of new results is not allowed (because the benchmark results required review by SPEC before publication)
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics SPECjAppServer®2004 JOPS@Category
Required Metrics SPECjAppServer®2004 JOPS@Category
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

Results between different categories (see the run rules section on Standard Vs. Distributed) within SPECjAppServer 2004 may not be compared.

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(RETIRED) SPECjbb® 2005 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECjbb 2005 benchmark was retired on October 1, 2013 in favor of its successor, the SPECjbb® 2013 benchmark.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Vendors may publish compliant results independently, provided that the first use of input.expected_peak_warehouse property by the vendor be reviewed by the subcommittee to determine compliance with run rules section 2.3. Future publications by the vendor using input.expected_peak_warehouse do not require review unless the technical reason for setting the flag differs from what was previously accepted by the subcommittee.
SPEC Metrics SPECjbb®2005 bops, SPECjbb®2005 bops/JVM
Required Metrics
  1. The number of jvms used in the benchmark must be stated
  2. Both throughput metrics (SPECjbb®2005 bops and SPECjbb®2005 bops/JVM) must be stated.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(RETIRED) SPECjbb® 2013 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECjbb 2013 benchmark was retired on December 9, 2014.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Independent publication of new results is not allowed (because a defect impacts the comparability of results).
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Vendors may publish compliant results independently, provided that run does not produce any warning or invalid messages and all run and reporting rules are followed. Any result which has warnings can only be used once accepted by the OSGjava subcommittee.
SPEC Metrics SPECjbb®2013-<category> max-jOPS and SPECjbb®2013-<category> critical-jOPS where <category>: [Composite / MultiJVM / Distributed]
Required Metrics Both metrics SPECjbb®2013-<category> max-jOPS and SPECjbb®2013-<category> critical-jOPS must be stated in proximity.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

  1. Any comparison across categories SPECjbb®2013-Composite, SPECjbb®2013-MultiJVM and SPECjbb®2013-Distributed is prohibited

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SPECjbb® 2015 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Vendors may publish compliant results independently, provided that run does not produce any warning or invalid messages and all run and reporting rules are followed. Any result which has warnings can only be used once accepted by the OSGjava subcommittee.
SPEC Metrics SPECjbb®2015-<category> max-jOPS and SPECjbb®2015-<category> critical-jOPS where <category>: [Composite / MultiJVM / Distributed]
Required Metrics Both metrics SPECjbb®2015-<category> max-jOPS and SPECjbb®2015-<category> critical-jOPS must be stated in proximity.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

  1. Any comparison across categories SPECjbb®2015-Composite, SPECjbb®2015-MultiJVM and SPECjbb®2015-Distributed is prohibited

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SPECjEnterprise® 2010 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics SPECjEnterprise®2010 EjOPS
Required Metrics SPECjEnterprise®2010 EjOPS
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECjEnterprise® 2018 Web Profile benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics SPECjEnterprise®2018 WebjOps
Required Metrics SPECjEnterprise®2018 WebjOps
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPEC JMS® 2007 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics SPECjms®2007@Category
Required Metrics
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECjvm® 2008 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics SPECjvm®2008 Base ops/m and SPECjvm®2008 Peak ops/m
Required Metrics
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECmail® 2001 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECmail 2001 benchmark was retired on October 31, 2011.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics SPECmail®2001 and SPECmail®2001_users
Required Metrics
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECmail® 2009 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECmail 2009 benchmark was retired on October 31, 2011.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results generated in a test location which has previously produced an accepted compliant result may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed. Independent publication of new results generated in test locations which have not met this requirement is not allowed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 By location, as defined below.
SPEC Metrics SPECmail®_Ent2009, SPECmail®_Ent2009Secure
Required Metrics
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPEC MPI® 2007 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics:
      SPECmpi®M_base2007, SPECmpi®M_peak2007, SPECmpi®M_2007,
      SPECmpi®L_base2007, SPECmpi®L_peak2007, SPECmpi®L_2007
  • Median individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 For an individual benchmark, if a result other than the median is mentioned, then the median from the same set must also be mentioned.
Other Required Information CPU description (number of chips and cores), and degree of parallelism (MPI ranks).
Use of Estimates
  1. Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
  2. It is permitted to estimate any of the SPEC Metrics listed above.
  3. It is permitted to estimate a peak metric without providing a corresponding base estimate
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPEC OMP® 2001 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC OMP 2001 benchmark was retired on January 16, 2013.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics: SPEComp®Mbase2001, SPEComp®Mpeak2001, SPEComp®M2001,
    SPEComp®Lbase2001, SPEComp®Lpeak2001, SPEComp®L2001
  • Median individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 For an individual benchmark, if a result other than the median is mentioned, then the median from the same set must also be mentioned.
Other Required Information CPU description (number of chips and cores), and degree of parallelism (OpenMP threads).
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPEC OMP® 2012 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • The bottom line metrics: SPEComp®G_base2012, SPEComp®G_peak2012, SPEComp®G_2012,
    SPEComp®G_energy_base2012, SPEComp®G_energy_peak2012
  • Median individual benchmark SPECratios
  • Median run times of the individual benchmarks
Required Metrics None.
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 For an individual benchmark, if a result other than the median is mentioned, then the median from the same set must also be mentioned.
Other Required Information CPU description (number of chips and cores), and degree of parallelism (OpenMP threads).
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECpower_ssj® 2008 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 By location, as defined below.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt
  • for a specific target load level, its SPECpower_ssj®2008 ssj_ops and SPECpower_ssj®2008 Average Active Power(W).
Required Metrics

SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Condition Requirement
1. Comparison of performance or power data from the same target load level Both the performance and the power results for that target load must be disclosed in close proximity.
2. Comparison of SUTs with different numbers of nodes The number of nodes for each SUT must be disclosed in close proximity.
3. Comparison of one target load level on one system and a different target load level on another system The performance and power at the 100% target load level must be disclosed in close proximity.
4. Comparison of Active Idle points The performance and power at the 100% target load level must be disclosed in close proximity.
5. Derived value based on a subset of performance and/or power information from a multi-node result The number of nodes and the calculation method must be disclosed in close proximity.
Examples
  1. When fully loaded, Server X provides more performance and consumes less power than Server Y. Server X scores: (95,853 SPECpower_ssj®2008 ssj_ops and 276W SPECpower_ssj®2008 Average Active Power) @ 100% target load vs. Server Y: (40,852 ssj_ops and 336W) @ 100%. The SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt are Server X: 203 and Server Y: 87.4 [1].
  2. Server X provides greater efficiency than Server Y. The SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt for 4-node Server X is 203 and for 2-node Server Y is 87.4 [1].
  3. Server X does not pass 250W until near full load, whereas Server Y reaches it much earlier. Server X scores (79,346 ssj_ops and 252W) @ 90% target load while Server Y scores (8,237 ssj_ops and 254W) @ 30%. When fully loaded, Server X scores (95,853 ssj_ops and 276W) @ 100% and Server Y scores (40,852 ssj_ops and 336W) @ 100%. The SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt are Server X: 203 and Server Y: 87.4 [1]
  4. Server X uses only 50W at the Active Idle point, compared to 255W at Active Idle for Server Y. Server X scores (185,000 ssj_ops and 200W) @ 100% target load and Server Y scores (240,000 ssj_ops and 200W) @ 100%. The SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt are Server X: 512 and Server Y: 450 [1]
  5. Server X provides better performance and uses less power than the individual nodes of Server Y. The single node server X scores (766 ssj_ops and 1,050W) @ 100% target load level. Server Y is a 10-node server which scores (2,550 ssj_ops and 10KW) @ 100% -- which means that on average each of the nodes uses (255 ssj_ops and 1000W) @ 100%. The SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt results are Server X: 415 and Server Y: 325 [1]
[1] Comparison based on results for the named systems as published at www.spec.org as of 26 January 2011. SPEC® and the benchmark name SPECpower_ssj® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. For more information about SPECpower, see www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/.
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

  • Comparisons may not be drawn between a Server and a Personal System. See the "System Designation" definitions in the benchmark run rules
  • The calibration throughputs must not be used (use the 100% target load level instead).

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(Retired) SPEC SFS® 2014 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC SFS 2014 benchmark was retired on December 31, 2021.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECsfs®2014_database and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECsfs®2014_eda and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECsfs®2014_vdi and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECsfs®2014_vda and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECsfs®2014_swbuild and corresponding Overall Response Time
Required Metrics

Peak SPECsfs®2014_database #Databases or SPECsfs®2014_vdi #Desktops or SPECsfs®2014_vda #Streams or SPECsfs®2014_swbuild #Builds and the ORT (overall response time) or SPECsfs®2014_eda #JobSets
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks. SPEC SFS2014 results for different workloads may not be compared.

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SPECstorage® Solution 2020 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_ai_image and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_genomics and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_vda and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_swbuild and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_eda_blended and corresponding Overall Response Time
Required Metrics

Peak and ORT for:

  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_ai_image JOBS & ORT
    or
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_genomics JOBS & ORT
    or
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_vda STREAMS & ORT
    or
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_swbuild BUILDS & ORT
    or
  • SPECstorage® Solution 2020_eda_blended JOBS & ORT
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks. SPECstorage Solution 2020 results for different workloads may not be compared.

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(Retired) SPEC SFS® 2008 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC SFS 2008 benchmark was retired on May 12, 2015.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECsfs®2008_nfs.v3 and corresponding Overall Response Time
  • SPECsfs®2008_cifs and corresponding Overall Response Time
Required Metrics Peak SPEC SFS®2008_nfs or SPEC SFS®2008_cifs Ops/sec and the ORT (overall response time)
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPEC Sip_Infrastructure® 2011 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC Sip_Infrastructure 2011 benchmark was retired May 31, 2015.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results generated in a test location which has previously produced an accepted compliant result may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed. Independent publication of new results generated in test locations which have not met this requirement is not allowed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 By location, as defined below.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECsip_Infrastructure® 2011 Supported Subscribers
Required Metrics SPECsip_Infrastructure® 2011 Supported Subscribers
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECviewperf® 11 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECviewperf 11 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • catia-03 geometric mean, ensight-04 geometric mean, lightwave-01 geometric mean, maya-03 geometric mean, proe-05 geometric mean, sw-03 geometric mean, tcvis-02 geometric mean, snx-01 geometric mean
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 11 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECviewperf® 12 (12.0, 12.01, 12.02) benchmark

RETIRED The SPECviewperf 12 benchmark (versions 12.0, 12.01, 12.02) has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • catia-04, creo-01, energy-01, maya-04, medical-01, showcase-01, snx-02, sw-03
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 12 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECviewperf® 12.1 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECviewperf 12.1 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • 3dsmax-05, catia-04, creo-01, energy-01, maya-04, medical-01, showcase-01, snx-02, sw-03
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 12.1 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECviewperf® 13 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • 3dsmax-06, catia-05, creo-02, energy-02, maya-05, medical-02, showcase-02, snx-03, sw-04
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 13 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECviewperf® 13 Linux Edition benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • catia-05, creo-02, energy-02, maya-05, medical-02, snx-03, sw-04
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 13 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECviewperf® 2020 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • 3dsmax-07, catia-06, creo-03, energy-03, maya-06, medical-03, snx-04, solidworks-05
  • Any subtest of the SPECviewperf 2020 viewsets
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks. Only supported resolutions (1920x1080 and 3840x2160) may be used in comparisons, and only results with the same resolution may be compared.

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(Retired) SPEC VIRT_SC® 2010 benchmark

RETIRED The SPEC VIRT_SC 2010 benchmark was retired on February 26, 2014 in favor of its successor, the SPEC VIRT_SC® 2013 benchmark.
  • All public use of results for this benchmarkmust plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Independent publication of new results is not allowed (because the benchmark results required review by SPEC before publication)
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010_PPW, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010_ServerPPW
Required Metrics
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010_PPW, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2010_ServerPPW

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

  1. SPEC VIRT_SC 2010 supports three categories of results listed below. Cross category comparisons are disallowed, however a licensee has the option of submitting results from the same test run to multiple categories.

    • Performance-only, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2010 metric,
    • Performance/Power of the Total System Under Test, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2010_PPW metric, and
    • Performance/Power of the Server only, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2010_ServerPPW metric
  2. SPEC VIRT_SC 2010 uses modified versions of the SPECweb 2005, SPECjAppServer 2004, and SPECmail 2008 benchmarks for its virtualized workloads, as these are established industry-standard workloads. These workloads have been modified to focus on stressing particular aspects of the SUT's resources (CPU, memory, network, disk) typical of server consolidation environments. As such, the modifications are significant enough that comparisons between the original benchmarks and the versions used in SPECvirt_sc2010 are not allowed.

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SPEC VIRT_SC® 2013 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013_PPW, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013_ServerPPW
Required Metrics
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013_PPW, or
  • SPECvirt_sc®2013_ServerPPW

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

  1. SPEC VIRT_SC 2013 supports three categories of results listed below. Cross category comparisons are disallowed, however a licensee has the option of submitting results from the same test run to multiple categories.

    • Performance-only, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2013 metric,
    • Performance/Power of the Total System Under Test, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2013_PPW metric, and
    • Performance/Power of the Server only, which produces the SPECvirt_sc®2013_ServerPPW metric
  2. SPEC VIRT_SC 2013 uses modified versions of the SPECweb 2005, SPECjAppServer 2004, SPECmail 2008, and SPEC CINT2006 benchmarks for its virtualized workloads, as these are established industry-standard workloads. These workloads have been modified to focus on stressing particular aspects of the SUT's resources (CPU, memory, network, disk) typical of server consolidation environments. As such, the modifications are significant enough that comparisons between the original benchmarks and the versions used in SPECvirt_sc2013 are not allowed.

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SPEC VIRT® Datacenter 2021 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Results must be reviewed and accepted by SPEC prior to public disclosure.
SPEC Metrics
  • SPECvirt®_Datacenter-2021
Required Metrics
  • SPECvirt®_Datacenter-2021

The required metric must be listed in close proximity to any other measured data from the disclosure or any derived value.
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

SPECvirt Datacenter 2021 uses modified versions of HammerDB and BigBench for its virtualized workloads, as these are established industry-standard workloads. These workloads have been modified to focus on stressing particular aspects of the SUT's resources (CPU, memory, network, disk) typical of virtual datacenter environments. As such, the modifications are significant enough that comparisons between the original benchmarks and the versions used in SPECvirt Datacenter 2021 are not allowed.

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(Retired) SPECweb® 2005 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECweb 2005 benchmark was retired on January 12, 2012.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics
  • Overall metric: SPECweb®2005
  • Individual workload metrics: SPECweb®2005_Banking, SPECweb®2005_Ecommerce, SPECweb®2005_Support
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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(Retired) SPECweb® 2009 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECweb 2009 benchmark was retired on January 12, 2012.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results generated in a test location which has previously produced an accepted compliant result may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed. Independent publication of new results generated in test locations which have not met this requirement is not allowed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 By location, as defined below.
SPEC Metrics
  • Overall Metrics: SPECweb®2009_JSP_Peak; SPECweb®2009_PHP_Peak; SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Peak; SPECweb®2009_JSP_Power; SPECweb®2009_PHP_Power; SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Power
  • Individual workload metrics: SPECweb®2009_JSP_Banking, SPECweb®2009_PHP_Banking, SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Banking, SPECweb®2009_JSP_Ecommerce, SPECweb®2009_PHP_Ecommerce, SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Ecommerce, SPECweb®2009_JSP_Support, SPECweb®2009_PHP_Support, SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Support
Required Metrics If any data from a full disclosure is used, then one of the following must also be included:
  • SPECweb®2009_JSP_peak and SPECweb®2009_JSP_Power; or
  • SPECweb®2009_PHP_peak and SPECweb®2009_PHP_Power; or
  • SPECweb®2009_ASPX_peak and SPECweb®2009_ASPX_Power
Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks:

Different scripting languages tend to have different workload characteristics and are based on technologies that are not directly comparable. Therefore, only comparisons between results using the same scripting language are allowed. For instance, comparison between results using JSP and the ones that use PHP or ASPX will not be allowed.

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(Retired) SPECwpc® V1.0 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECwpc V1.0 benchmark has been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics Media & Entertainment, Product Development, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy, General Operations
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECwpc® V2.0 benchmark

RETIRED The SPECwpc V2.0 and 2.1 benchmarks have been retired.
  • All public use of results for this benchmark must plainly disclose that the benchmark has been retired, as described above.
  • No further submissions will be accepted for publication at www.spec.org.
  • SPEC is no longer reviewing results for this benchmark.
  • Rule-compliant results may be published independently, provided that the fact of retirement is plainly disclosed
SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics Media & Entertainment, Product Development, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy, General Operations
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECworkstation® 3 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics Media & Entertainment, Product Development, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy, General Operations. Subsystem CPU, Storage, Graphics, and GPU Compute. Any subtest of SPECworkstation.
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECworkstation® 3.1 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics Media & Entertainment, Product Development, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Energy, General Operations. Subsystem CPU, Storage, Graphics, and GPU Compute. Any subtest of SPECworkstation.
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SPECworkstation® 4.0 benchmark

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 None. Submission to SPEC is encouraged, but is not required. Compliant results may be published independently.
SPEC Metrics Industry Verticals: AI & Machine Learning, Energy, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, Product Design, Productivity & Development. Hardware Subsystems: Accelerator, CPU, Graphics, Storage. Any workload or subtest of SPECworkstation.
Required Metrics None
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 None
Use of Estimates Estimates are allowed if clearly identified.
Disallowed
Comparisons		 No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to other benchmarks.

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SERT® 1.0 suite

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 These requirements are defined by the energy efficiency agencies that specify the use of the SERT for their programs (e.g. the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program). SPEC does not dictate these requirements.
SPEC Metrics

There is no single metric for the SERT 1.x suite.
Required Metrics

SPEC does not require a metric to be published for the SERT 1.x suite information.

Agencies using the SERT 1.x suite for their energy efficiency programs may require specific information to be published.

Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to results from other benchmarks or tools:

  • Competitive comparisons that promote the use of one product over another and use numeric data generated by the SERT are expressly disallowed.
  • The only information provided by the SERT 1.x suite that can be used for marketing collateral is the qualification of a server configuration or server family for an energy efficiency program such as EPA ENERGY STAR.
  • The only information provided by the SERT 1.x suite that can be used for public comparison when removed from the context of the full Power and Performance Datasheet is the ENERGY STAR qualification of a server configuration or server family, or a similar qualification defined by another Agency. All other publicly available information is provided in the datasheet and references must be made to this document in its entirety.
  • If the tool is used for research to generate information outside of the ENERGY STAR program or similar programs, the information may not be compared to the results that are associated with an official energy efficiency program, such as ENERGY STAR, and competitive comparisons may not be made using the data generated.

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SERT® 2.0 suite

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 These requirements are defined by the energy efficiency agencies that specify the use of the SERT for their programs. SPEC does not dictate these requirements.
SPEC Metrics

SERT Efficiency Metric
Required Metrics

SERT Efficiency Metric

Agencies using the SERT 2.x suite for their energy efficiency regulatory programs may require specific information to be published.

Conditionally
Required Metrics
Use of Estimates Not allowed
Disallowed
Comparisons

In addition to the requirements that results not be compared to results from other benchmarks or tools:

  • Competitive comparisons that promote the use of one product over another and use numeric data generated by the SERT 2.x suite are expressly disallowed.
  • The only information provided by the SERT 2.x suite that can be used for marketing collateral is the qualification of a server configuration or server family for an energy efficiency regulatory program.
  • The only information provided by the SERT 2.x suite that can be used for public comparison when removed from the context of the full Power and Performance Datasheet is the ENERGY STAR qualification of a server configuration or server family, or a similar qualification defined by another regulatory agency. All other publicly available information is provided in the datasheet and references must be made to this document in its entirety.
  • If the tool is used for research to generate information outside of energy efficiency regulatory programs, the information may not be compared to the results that are associated with an official energy efficiency regulatory program, and competitive comparisons may not be made using the data generated.

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Chauffeur® WDK tool

SPEC.org Submission
Requirements		 Not applicable
SPEC Metrics

Information generated with worklets running under this harness may not be treated as a SPEC metric and are not endorsed by SPEC.
Required Metrics

Not applicable
Conditionally
Required Metrics		 Not applicable
Use of Estimates Not applicable
Disallowed
Comparisons

No additional requirements beyond the requirements that results not be compared to results from other benchmarks.

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III. Definitions

Basis for Comparison Information from a compliant result may be used to define a basis for comparing a subset of systems, including but not limited to memory size, number of CPU chips, operating system version, other software versions, or optimizations used. Other information, not derived from SPEC, may also be used to define a basis, for example, cost, size, cooling requirements, or other system characteristics. The basis must be clearly disclosed.
By Location

For benchmarks designated as having a submission requirement "By location", these requirements apply:

Each licensee test location (city, state/province and country) must measure and submit a single compliant result for review, and have that result accepted by the technically relevant subcommittee, before publicly disclosing or representing as compliant any result for the benchmark.

After acceptance of a compliant result from a test location, the licensee may publicly disclose future compliant results produced at that location without prior acceptance by the subcommittee.

The intent of this requirement is that the licensee test location demonstrates the ability to produce a compliant result.

Note that acceptance of a result for one SPEC benchmark does not relieve a licensee of the requirement to complete the procedure for any other SPEC benchmark(s) that also require initial acceptance by location.
Close Proximity In the same paragraph or an adjacent paragraph for written materials; or visible simultaneously for visual materials. The font must be legible to the intended audience.
Compliant Result

(i) The set of measurements, logs, full disclosure report pages, and other artifacts that are the output of a process that follows the run and reporting rules of a SPEC benchmark. Depending on the benchmark and its rules, the process may have many steps and many ingredients, such as specific software, hardware, tuning, documentation, availability of support, and timeliness of shipment. To find the rules for a specific benchmark, click its name in the tables above.

(ii) A number within such set that is labelled as a SPEC metric.

Note that benchmark reporting pages include other types of information, such as the amount of memory on the system. It is not allowed to represent such other information as a SPEC metric, although it may be used to define a Basis for Comparison.

SPEC reviews results prior to publication on its web site, but the accuracy and compliance of the submission remains the responsibility of the benchmark licensee. See the disclaimer.
Derived Value

A unit that is a numerical function of one or more SPEC Metrics, rather than the original metric. The function may be a constant divisor, to normalize performance to a comparison system of interest. The function may bring in quantities that are some other characteristic(s) of the system. Such other characteristics may include information from both SPEC result pages and from non-SPEC sources.

Examples: "SPECint®_rate2006 per chip" (metric is divided by number of chips reported on SPEC disclosure)
"Cubic feet per SPECint®_rate2006" (a non-SPEC quantity is divided by the metric)
"Normalized SPECsfs®2008_cifs" (metric is divided by result for a comparison system)
"GamePerfMark", from the trademark section above.

This definition is intentionally broad, encompassing any function that includes a SPEC metric as one of the inputs.

Disallowed Comparisons As mentioned above, results of one benchmark may not be compared to a different benchmark, nor to a different major release of the same benchmark. Individual benchmarks may forbid other comparisons, typically where such comparisons are considered inherently misleading.
Estimate

An estimate is an alleged value for a SPEC metric that was not produced by a run rule compliant test measurement.

For purposes of this definition, it does not matter whether the alleged value for the metric was produced by extrapolating from known systems, or by cycle accurate simulation, or by whiteboard or dartboard, or by normal testing with the exception of a single missing mandatory requirement (e.g. the 3 month availability window). If the alleged value is not from a rule-compliant run, then it is an estimate.

The usage of estimates is limited.
Major Release

For purposes of this fair use rule, the term "major release" references a change in the year component of a benchmark product name, for example SPECjvm 98 vs. SPECjvm 2008.
Non-Compliant Number

A value for a SPEC metric that fails to meet all the conditions for a compliant result.

Usage Note: By the definition of Estimate, above, a non-compliant number is also an estimate; and, of course, an estimate does not comply with the run rules. Therefore, the terms are sometimes interchangeable. In practical usage, an estimate may bear no relationship to any measurement activity; whereas a non-compliant number is typically the product of running the SPEC-supplied tools in a manner that does not comply with the run rules. In such cases, the tools may print out numbers that are labelled with SPEC metric units, but the values that are printed are not compliant results. Such values are sometimes informally called "non-compliant results", but for the sake of clarity, this document prefers the term "non-compliant number".

Required Metric A SPEC metric whose value must be supplied. Individual benchmark sections above list whether they have required metrics. If so, then when any data is used from a full disclosure report, then the values for this/these metric(s) must also be used.
SPEC Metric

(i) A unit of measurement defined by a benchmark, such as response time or throughput for a defined set of operations. The available units for each benchmark are named in the tables above, and are defined within the benchmark run rules (which can be found by clicking the benchmark name in the tables above).

Example: SPECjvm®2008 Peak ops/m.

(ii) A specific value measured by such a unit.

Example: 320.52 SPECjvm®2008 Peak ops/m.

Usage Note: Both senses are used in this document, and it is expected that the sense is clear from context. For example, the prohibition against calling a derived value by a SPEC metric name is sense (i): do not define your own unit of measurement and then apply SPEC's trademarks to that unit. As another example, the rules for SPECpower_ssj® 2008 require disclosure of SPECpower_ssj®2008 overall ssj_ops/watt, which is sense (ii): one is required to supply the value measured for a particular system.

A printed SPEC metric value is not necessarily a Compliant Result: SPEC provides tools that display values for SPEC metrics, such as the above example of "320.52 SPECjvm®2008 Peak ops/m". Although SPEC's tools help to enforce benchmark run rules, they do not and cannot automatically enforce all rules. Prior to public use, the licensee remains responsible to ensure that all requirements for a compliant result are met. If the requirements are not met, then any printed values for the metrics are non-compliant numbers.




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IV. Violations Determination, Penalties, and Remedies

SPEC has a process for determining fair use violations and appropriate penalties and remedies that may be assessed.




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Change history:

11 April 2011 - The SPEC Fair Use rule has been re-written to:

  1. Promote greater Fair Use consistency across SPEC benchmarks; and
  2. Where Fair Use rules differ among SPEC benchmarks, make it easier to find differences.

22 June 2011 - Editorial clarifications

  1. Emphasize that comparisons of non-compliant numbers must not be deceptive.
  2. Explain the term "major release" as used in the rule about comparisons.
  3. Clarify example for normalized historical comparisons.
  4. Clarify definition of Close Proximity.
  5. Prefer term "licensee" rather than synonyms.
  6. Minor editorial clarifications.

18 August 2011 - Add SPECsip_Infrastructure 2010. Correct the metrics list for SPECweb 2009.

7 February 2013 - Add SPECjbb 2013, SPEC OMP 2012.

25 February 2013 - Add SERT.

13 March 2014 - Add SPEC Accel, Chauffeur-WDK. Note retirement of SPECjAppServer 2004, SPECjbb 2005, SPECmail 2001 and SPECmail 2009, SPEC OMP 2001, SPEC VIRT_SC 2010, SPECweb 2005 and SPECweb 2009.

3 November 2014 - Add SPEC SFS 2014.

9 December 2014 - Note retirement of SPECjbb 2013

2 September 2015 - Note retirement of SPEC SFS 2008, correct SPEC SFS 2014 required metrics listing

23 September 2015 - Add SPECjbb 2015

05 May 2016 - Add SPEC Cloud IaaS 2016

27 September 2016 - Added recent versions and marked as retired older versions of SPECapc, SPECviewperf, and SPECwpc benchmarks.

27 March 2017 - Added SERT 2.0, structural rearrangement of document.

20 June 2017 - Added SPEC CPU 2017

27 June 2017 - Updated SPEC ACCEL with new metrics

07 November 2017 - Added SPECapc for Maya 2017, noted retirement of SPECsip_Infrastructure

19 December 2017 - Added new EDA workload and metric for SPEC SFS 2014 SP2

23 May 2017 - Added SPECviewperf 13, noted retirement of SPECviewperf 12.0 and SPECviewperf 12.1

15 August 2018 - Added SPECapc for Solidworks 2017

12 September 2018 - Added SPECjEnterprise 2018

19 October 2018 - Added SPECworkstation 3, noted retirement of SPECwpc V2.0/2.1

18 December 2018 - Added SPEC Cloud IaaS 2018

8 March 2019 - Added SPECviewperf 13 Linux Edition, added (retired) SPEC CPU 2000, updated SPEC CPU 2006 to note retirement

9 September 2019 - Updated for SPEC CPU 2017 V1.1

8 December 2020 - Updated for SPEC Storage Solution 2020, SPECapc for Solidworks 2020, SPECviewperf 2020

16 March 2021 - Updated for SPECworkstation 3.1

02 September 2021 - Updated for SPECvirt Datacenter 2021

19 October 2021 - Updated for SPEChpc 2021

9 February 2023 - Retired SPECapc for Solidworks 2019, updated for SPECapc for 3dsmax 2020, SPECapc for Maya 2023, SPECapc for Solidworks 2021, SPECapc for Solidworks 2022