japtech 0 Newbie Poster

Hi All,

Ok to make it clear from the start I'm a 'noob' with anything complex in computing.
Currently I have been asked to look into using the Linpack Benchmark Software to run on computer workstations for Energy Star performance testing.
I have spent the last few weeks combing the internet to get information about how this code works. All the help I have found is obviously only targeted toward people who already know about running subroutines and liner equations to judge performance of computers (formally only super computers), I don't have a clue what they are talking about.

My problem is I don't understand how to run this code, I have found complete software that has been made (with a GUI) but it doesn't explain what it is really doing.
What do I do?
Do I use DOS,if so how?
While I'm running the software I need to know the following information:
i) Value of the n (the array size) used for Linpack,
ii) Number of simultaneous copies of Linpack run during the test,
iii) All compiler optimizations used in compiling Linpack and
iv) A precompiled binary for end users to download and run Linpack.

Please help:confused:
Thanks