What specific aspects of performance does SPECjvm98 measure?
SPECjvm98 measures the time it takes to load the program, verify the class files, compile on the fly if a just-in-time (JIT) compiler is used, and execute the test. From the software perspective, these tests measure the efficiency of JVM, JIT compiler and operating system implementations on a given hardware platform. From the hardware perspective, the benchmark measures CPU (integer and floating-point), cache, memory, and other platform-specific hardware performance.