Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Dhrystone
     
         A short {synthetic benchmark} program by Reinhold
        Weicker , ,
        intended to be representative of system (integer) programming.
        It is available in {ADA}, {Pascal} and {C}.
     
        The current version is Dhrystone 2.1.  The author says,
        "Relying on MIPS V1.1 (the result of V1.1) numbers can be
        hazardous to your professional health."
     
        Due to its small size, the memory system outside the {cache}
        is not tested.  Compilers can too easily optimise for
        Dhrystone.  String operations are somewhat over-represented.
     
        {Sources (ftp://ftp.nosc.mil/pub/aburto/)}.
     
        {Results
       
     (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/dhrystone.data.col0.html)}.
     
        (2002-03-26)