Digital’s DECstation Family Performance Summary

This technical reference document, version 2.1 (April 1992), presents comprehensive performance benchmark results for the DECstation family of workstations. It includes data for standard industry benchmarks, such as SPEC, Dhrystone, Whetstone, Linpack, DR Labs CPU2, Khornerstone, SoftPC, and various graphics-related performance metrics (X11perf, 3D Graphics, and Picture-Level Benchmarks). The report is intended for Digital's sales support personnel, customers, and others requiring an understanding of the performance characteristics of the DECstation family. It also details the test configurations used for the benchmarks for both Digital's own systems and the competitive workstations listed, such as those from Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Silicon Graphics.