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Consistency and fairness
are guiding
principles for SPEC. To assure
these principles are sustained, the following
guidelines have been created
with the intent
that they serve as specific
guidance
for any organization (or individual) who chooses
to make public
comparisons using SPEC benchmark
results.
When any organization or individual makes public
claims
using SPEC benchmark
results,
SPEC requires
that the following
guidelines be observed:
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[1] Reference is
made to
the
SPEC trademark. Such reference may
be
included in
a
notes section with other trademark references (see http://www.spec.org/spec/trademarks.html for
all
SPEC trademarks and
service marks).
[2] The
SPEC web
site (http://www.spec.org) or
a
suitable sub
page is
noted as
the
source for
more information.
[3] If
competitive comparisons are
made the
following rules apply:
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a. the results compared must utilize SPEC metrics and be compliant with that SPEC benchmark's run and reporting rules,
b. the basis for comparison must be stated,
c. the source of the competitive data must be stated, and the tester must be identified or be clearly identifiable from the source,
d. the date competitive data was retrieved must be stated,
e. All data used in comparisons must be publicly available (from SPEC or elsewhere)
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[4] Comparisons with or
between non-compliant test results can
only be
made within academic or research documents where the
deviations from the
rules for
any
non-compliant results have been disclosed.
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The
following
paragraph(s) is an example
of acceptable language
when publicly
using SPEC benchmarks for competitive comparisons:
Example:
SPEC® and the benchmark
name SPECviewperf® are registered trademarks of the Standard
Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark
results
stated
above reflect
results
published
on www.spec.org as of Jan 12, 2001. The comparison presented
above is based on the best performing workstation currently
shipping
by Vendor
1, Vendor
2 and Vendor
3. For the latest
SPECviewperf® benchmark results,
visit www.spec.org/gpc.
Adopted
by SPEC/GPC September
12, 2001.
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