The SAP standard application benchmark performed on August 8, 1998, by IBM in Rochester, MI, USA was certified on August 31, 1998 with the following data:

Number of benchmark users: 725 SD (Sales & Distribution)

Average dialog response time: 1.81 seconds

Throughput: 3,680 SAPS (221,000 dialog steps/h)

Equivalent to (line items / hour): 74,000 fully processed order line items

Average DB request time (seconds): 0.083 (dialog) / 0.235 (update)

CPU utilization central server: 99%

Operating System central server: OS/400 V4R3

RDBMS: DB2/400 V4R3

R/3 Release: 3.0F (3.1H Kernel)

Total disk space: 403 GB

Configuration:

1 Central Server: AS/400e, Model S40-2208, 12 processors SMP, Power PC, 262 MHz, 12 GB main memory