The best benchmark is a calculation you really want to do. For most
people matrix algebra is an insignificant proportion of what they do in R.
A few need complex matrix arithmetic (where compilers and BLAS differ a
lot in speed). So there is no universal benchmark.
Also, the reference BLAS supplied with R is usually more accurate than the
optimized BLAS, and many users will prefer accuracy to speed. There are
packages that will not complete their tests with an optimized BLAS.
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Baker D.J. wrote:
Hi All,
I've just rebuild the latest R with the Goto BLAS on our new Intel quad
core machines.
I do wonder why -- as the manual says, the easiest and most efficient way
to do this is to link the Goto BLAS to R_HOME/lib/libRblas.so (assuming
this is Linux). No rebuilding is needed.
I did a few basic matrix calculations, and I was very
impressed by the performance I saw. I wonder if anyone has a more
rigorous benchmarking program for R. I downloaded a old R
test/benchmarking program (see below), and this didn't work with the
current R, and so I wondered if anyone could please direct me to a more
recent program that does a good all round test of R.
Regards -- David.
# R Benchmark 2.3 (21 April 2004)
# Warning: changes are not carefully checked yet!
# version 2.3 adapted to R 1.9.0
# Many thanks to Douglas Bates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for improvements!
# version 2.2 adapted to R 1.8.0
# version 2.1 adapted to R 1.7.0
# version 2, scaled to get 1 +/- 0.1 sec with R 1.6.2
# using the standard ATLAS library (Rblas.dll)
# on a Pentium IV 1.6 Ghz with 1 Gb Ram on Win XP pro
# revised and optimized for R v. 1.5.x, 8 June 2002
# Requires additionnal libraries: Matrix, SuppDists
# Author : Philippe Grosjean
# eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Web : http://www.sciviews.org
# License: GPL 2 or above at your convenience (see: http://www.gnu.org)
#
# Several tests are adapted from the Splus Benchmark Test V. 2
# by Stephan Steinhaus ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
# Reference for Escoufier's equivalents vectors (test III.5):
# Escoufier Y., 1970. Echantillonnage dans une population de variables
# aleatoires réles. Publ. Inst. Statis. Univ. Paris 19 Fasc 4, 1-47.
...
Error in getClass(Class, where = topenv(parent.frame())) :
"geMatrix" is not a defined class
Calls: new -> getClass
Execution halted
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