BAPCo has a detailed development process which is followed for all products. An outline of the development process is available in the SYSmark 2014 whitepaper. Many committee members volunteer resources to help in various aspects of the development process.
Yes, BAPCo products are used in government tenders in over 50 countries including: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States of America. Refer to http://bapco.com/bgn for additional information.
No. The default compiler options are used. SYSmark, MobileMark and TabletMark are compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio with default options.
No, BAPCo does not optimize any applications. All the applications used in BAPCo benchmarks come directly from the application vendors. The performance of those applications will represent the performance users will see in the real world.
BAPCo committee members look at current usage models and usage trends to determine relevant scenarios.
BAPCo committee members use many criteria to determine relevant applications to use, including market data. Ultimately the BAPCo membership decides which applications will be used.
SYSmark and MobileMark use real world applications. This gives a more realistic view of performance unlike many synthetic benchmarks which only focus on limited aspects of a system.
BAPCo was founded to foster the creation of meaningful benchmarks in an applications environment. BAPCo members receive released products at a cost rate. Also, BAPCo members have access to beta pre-releases before outside companies can purchase the released product. The BAPCo organization always promotes member companies in its literature, WWW site, and convention (exposure) show booths.
Companies interested in joining the consortium are required to fill out an Application + BAPCo Membership Agreement which will be reviewed by BAPCo’s Board of Directors. Membership dues are payable upon application approval.
Starting on 1 January 2022 BAPCo membership dues will be:
Full membership: $17,325 initiation fee and $17,325 yearly ($34,650).
Associate membership: $11,550 initiation fee and $11,550 yearly ($23,100).
Companies interested in becoming part of the consortium should send a request via our contact form.
Any organization interested in contributing to the consortium’s goals and purposes while adhering to the consortium’s code of conduct may join. Companies interested in becoming part of the consortium should call (408) 988-7654 or send a request via our contact form.
BAPCo benchmarks are based on software packages commonly found in retail computer software stores. Using benchmarks based on business applications enables users to conduct evaluations of systems handling realistic workloads in environments users might often encounter. This approach provides users with meaningful data for evaluating systems because the results are relevant to demands they would typically place on systems through day-to-day workloads.
BAPCo stands for Business Applications Performance Corporation and its current members include: Acer, ARCIntuition, ASUS, Compal, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, Inventec, LC Future Center, Lenovo, Pegatron, Quanta Computer, Samsung, Toshiba, Western Digital, Wistron, and others. BAPCo is a non-profit consortium with a charter to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks for personal computers based on popular software applications and operating systems.
BAPCo was founded to foster the creation of meaningful benchmarks in an applications environment.
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