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1<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
2<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
3<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="ts_host-freq-boost">
4 <title>Performance Variation with Frequency Boosting</title>
5
6 <body>
7 <p>
8 Many multicore processors support some form of frequency
9 boosting, which means that if only one core is utilized, it can
10 run possibly 50% faster or even more than the rated CPU
11 frequency. This causes measured performance to vary somewhat as
12 a function of the momentary overall system load. The exact
13 behavior depends strongly on the specific processor model.
14 </p>
15 <p>
16 As a consequence, benchmarking on systems which utilize
17 frequency boosting may produce unstable and non-repeatable
18 results. This is especially true if benchmark runs are short, of
19 the order of seconds. To obtain stable results, benchmarks must
20 be run over longer periods of time and with a constant system
21 load apart from the VM being tested.
22 </p>
23 </body>
24
25</topic>
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