Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit organization that aims to "produce, establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set" of performance benchmarks for computers.
SPEC was founded in 1988. SPEC benchmarks are widely used to evaluate the performance of computer systems; the test results are published on the SPEC website. Results are sometimes informally referred to as "SPECmarks" or just "SPEC".
SPEC evolved into an umbrella organization encompassing four diverse groups; Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (GWPG), the High Performance Group (HPG), the Open Systems Group (OSG) and the newest, the Research Group (RG). More details are on their website; .
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