benchmarkmodeller

Benchmarkmodeller is a software toolkit for constructing, running, and analyzing benchmarks used to measure system performance. It provides a framework to describe workloads, generate test scenarios, and collect results in a reproducible manner. The goal is to separate the description of work from measurement execution to enable fair comparisons across hardware, software stacks, and configurations.

Key capabilities include a domain-specific language for workload description, templates and parameterized benchmarks, deterministic randomization for reproducibility, support for both synthetic and trace-based workloads, and hooks for instrumentation and data collection. It also includes analysis utilities for statistical summary, confidence intervals, and visualization, as well as export options for common data formats.

Architecture involves modular components such as a workload specification component, a benchmark engine, a measurement and instrumentation layer, and a reporting/visualization module. It supports integration with external profilers, tracing tools, and benchmarks frameworks, and can run on local machines or in cloud environments.

Typical workflow comprises modeling a benchmark in the workload language, configuring environment and resources, executing the benchmark, collecting measurements, analyzing results, and sharing reproducible reports. It is used in fields such as computer architecture research, database benchmarking, machine-learning workload evaluation, and energy-efficiency studies.

Development and availability: Benchmarkmodeller is an open-source project maintained by a community of contributors. It is released under an open license and provides documentation, example benchmarks, and an API for extension. Availability and feature set evolve with new releases.