Benchmarks in Computer Chess

[Dr Harun Taner]

Dear members,

 

just an introductory note.

 

There are tons of benchmarking software

and tools for the performance comparison

of computers in different segments like

graphics, cpu etc and overall. 3DMark,

MemTest, Prime95 just to name a few. Some

of them are listed on the following links:

 

http://www.techmixer.com/free-computer-benchmark-tools-to-benchmark-computer-hardware/

 

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-benchmark-programs/

 

 

Those above are general purpose benchs

and their use might not be appropriate

for computer chess. In computer chess,

fritz, crafty and rybka benchmarks are

widely used. Only some chess engines

have built-in benchmarks. I felt I should

add that Arena Chess GUI introduced a

new ArenaMark in its latest 2.0 series.

 

Fritz Benchmarks of high speed computers:

 

http://www.jens.tauchclub-krems.at/diverses/Schach/fritz9_benchmarks.html

 

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?s=c64dbe9ad844f9614964d9e4482098b0&t=116144&page=4

 

 

Most important figure here is nps, ie 

nodes per second. In today's writings,

this figure is being used as knps,

kilo nps or mnps, mega nps.

An interesting comparison, based on knps, 

of three computer architecture can be read at:

 

http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35891

 

 

 

iyi gunler dilegiyle; greetings,
Dr mult Harun Taner
http://www23.brinkster.com/haruntaner/