The SAP standard application benchmark performed on July 23, 1998, by Bull in Echirolles, France, was certified on July 24, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 137 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.94 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): 0.203 (dialog) / 0.193 (update)

CPU utilization central server: 99%

Operating System central server: AIX Version 4.3.1

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.4

R/3 Release: 3.1 H (3.1 I kernel)

Total disk space: 228 GB

Configuration:

1 Central Server: Bull Escala Model T 420/4, 4 processors SMP, PowerPC 620 180 MHz, 4 MB Second Level Cache, 3 GB main memory