The SAP standard application benchmark performed on June 25, 1998, by IBM in Toronto, Canada was certified on June 30, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 136 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.86 seconds

Throughput: 680 SAPS (41,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 14,000 processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.115 (dialog) / 0.389 (update)

CPU utilization central server: 98%

Operating System central server: Windows NT SP3

RDBMS: DB2 Version 5 (at WR09044)

R/3 Release: 3.1 H

Total disk space: 162 GB

Configuration:

1 Central Server: IBM Netfinity 7000, 4 processors SMP, Pentium Pro, 200 MHz, 1 MB Second Level Cache, 2 GB main memory