The SAP standard application benchmark performed on June 18, 1999, by Compaq in Walldorf, Germany was certified on July 19, 1999 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 270 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.96 seconds

Throughput: 1,350 SAPS (81,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 27,000 processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.032 (dialog) / 0.058 (update)

CPU utilization central server: 99%

Operating System central server: Tru64 Unix 4.0 F

RDBMS: Oracle 8.0.4

R/3 Release: 4.0 B

Total disk space: 196 GB

Configuration:

1 Central Server: Compaq Alpha Server ES40, 4 processors SMP, Alpha 21264 EV6, 500 MHz, 2.4 MB Second Level Cache, 4 GB main memory