SUM_MILLION
A Simple Computer Benchmark

SUM_MILLION is a FORTRAN90 program which sums the numbers from 1 to 1,000,000, times the computation, and computes the corresponding MegaFLOPS rate.

Usage:

sum_million runs the program.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

SUM_MILLION is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version.

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Source Code:

• sum_million.f90, the source code.
• sum_million.sh, commands to compile the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• sum_million.txt, the output file.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for SUM_MILLION.
• SET_UP sets up the data for the SUM_MILLION program.
• SUM_UP carries out the sum for the SUM_MILLION program.
• TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.

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