List of benchmarking methods and software tools


requires the use of specific valuation methods. With evaluation is meant the level of achieving the target for a particular evaluation item. There are general "methods" respectively approaches as well as IT-supported "software tools" that enable an effective and efficient work.
The following is a list of notable methods and benchmarking software tools.

Benchmarking methods

There are many benchmarking methods each having different analytical focus. The methods are mostly known and will be shown in the following summary.
MethodsNotes
Matrix technology
Comparison tables
Graphs: Pie chart, Bar chart / Histogram
SWOT analysis
Potential/resources-analysis
Price/performance ratio
Potential analysis
Life cycle analysis
market growth/market share portfolio
market attractiveness/competitive strength portfolio
Portfolio attractiveness customer/supplier position
Technology/resource strength
Market position/technology position portfolio
Contribution margin/cost development portfolio
Price/customer satisfaction portfolio
Revenue share/revenue portfolio
Spider web diagram

Benchmarking software tools

There are a number software tools that allow the support of different kinds of benchmarking types.
SoftwarePublisherPlatformsNotes
Subscribe Labs Incweb-basedThis web-based software platform allows any peer group benchmark any performance area of interest. Data is kept secure, identities are kept anonymous and results are shared in a log-in only environment with time-series visualizations and detailed views.
BenchmarkIndexWinning Moves Ltdweb-based
Combo BenchmarkCompare to Compete Online Benchmarkingweb-based databaseThis web-based database is suitable for groups of competitors to benchmark individual performance against group performance. All process and performance benchmarks can be processed in this software, providing interesting analysis tools and complete benchmarking report.
GOBENCHINDEC GmbH & Co. KGweb-based databaseThe web-based database supports different kinds of benchmarking categories and allows reams of analysing possibilities
PowerStats Limited, Auckland, NZweb-based, automated, self-servicePowerStats is a highly-automated platform intended to allow groups of competitors to contribute, manage and visualize data for purposes of benchmarking. Participants load raw data on a regular basis, and PowerStats creates relevant KPIs in real-time, making them available via self-service charts and tables via its online interface.
Workload Simulator IBMmainframe serverWSim simulates one or many network terminal to load a mainframe computer system by executing programmed scripts, for functional testing, system testing, regression testing, capacity management, benchmarking and stress testing. It is a re-packaged, subset version of IBM's Teleprocessing Network Simulator.
SAPweb-based, automated, self-serviceSAP Value Lifecycle Manager version = Based on an internal system that has been in use for more than 10 years. After registering, it is self-service for survey capture and provides personalized dashboards. The idea being that you can estimate the value of a business initiative.

Benchmarking HPC Clusters

There are numerous suites for examining the performance of a High Performance Computing cluster, including