Xmark93 is a standardized benchmarking tool for measuring the performance of computer systems running the X Window System. It was developed by the SPEC XPC group in 1993. Xmark93 allows systems evaluators and vendors to compare the performance of X server/hardware systems for a broad set of X basic functions, covering a wide range of applications. The benchmark provides a standardized method for summarizing ''X11perf'' results, providing a single-number measure of overall X11 server/hardware performance.

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Xmark93 is derived by calculating the

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between the geometrically weighted mean of the 447 individual ''X11perf'' tests for the server/hardware being evaluated and the corresponding results from a Sun Microsystems

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. Weightings for each of the ''X11perf'' tests were obtained by a survey of X11 technical experts. The weightings reflect the experts' ratings of the relative importance of individual X11perf operations within a wide mix of applications. Benchmarks (computing) X Window System {{Graphics-software-stub