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| author | Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org> | 2024-04-29 13:00:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org> | 2024-04-29 13:00:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6dc9ea81cb7a2ae5117f0a9cb4af7ccf7aaf97d0 (patch) | |
| tree | a504d382ef27d41c06947a68529cb6ab86f50c83 /tests/bench | |
| parent | f4ac5be2d5c2c3153d8b744b10bfef7651497dcf (diff) | |
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tests/bench/README.md: remove mean_cpb, add "cycles per byte" link, misc cleanups
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diff --git a/tests/bench/README.md b/tests/bench/README.md index 1758c04..0d792e9 100644 --- a/tests/bench/README.md +++ b/tests/bench/README.md @@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ Requires [libcpucycles][]. The columns of the [CSV][] printed to standard output are as follows: * `function`: Function name. -* `dst`: Output size, in bytes. -* `src`: Input size, in bytes. -* `median_cpb`: [Median][] of observed CPU cycles divided by the input size. -* `mean_cpb`: [Arithmetic mean][mean] of observed CPU cycles divided by the input size. +* `dst`: Output length, in bytes. +* `src`: Input length, in bytes. +* `median_cpb`: [Median][] [cycles per byte][] (e.g. `median_cycles/src`). * `median_cycles`: [Median][] of observed CPU cycles. * `mean_cycles`: [Arithmetic mean][mean] of observed CPU cycles. * `stddev_cycles`: [Standard deviation][stddev] of observed CPU cycles. @@ -109,3 +108,5 @@ TODO... "64-bit extension to the ARM instruction set." [avx-512]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512 "AVX-512: 512-bit extensions to the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instruction set." +[cycles per byte]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption_software#Performance + "Observed CPU cycles divided by the number of input bytes." |