Manifold: A Benchmark for Multi Core Processors based Systems

This paper presents Manifold benchmarking suite, which is useful to measure and compare the performance of state-of-the-art multi core processors based systems. Manifold targets traditional single core as well as more recent multi core processors. In addition, it is equally useful for uniprocessor as well as symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) systems. Manifold measures hardware, operating system, and application level performance of a system. Manifold is tested on single as well as multi core systems, and it is found that it provides precise and repeatable measurements with microseconds accuracy. Some of the existing benchmarks are described here, their limitations are discussed and the need of Manifold is pressed upon.