Benchmarking HPC systems can be tedious, time-consuming and require a lot of effort. Especially if the user is inexperienced. This thesis lowers the entry barrier to this process by designing a framework with a GUI for HPC system benchmarks. An evaluation of a variety of different benchmarks determines that they can be aggregated under one roof, since they are often quite similar in the way they are setup, configured and run. A design for the framework is created, that provides a good user experience, but also defines clear interfaces for implementing new benchmarks. The design is put to the test by developing a prototype of the framework and implementing the HPL benchmark. Interesting aspects of the implementation are presented and the prototype is thoroughly tested. It performs well and provides a more easy way of using the HPL benchmark. Future plans are discussed and a conclusion drawn that the goals of this thesis are reached.

@misc{UFFGSBIHB,
	author	 = {Kilian Johannes Bachmann},
	title	 = {{User-friendly framework for general system benchmarking in HPC}},
	advisors	 = {Anna Fuchs and Jannek Squar},
	school	 = {Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg},
	howpublished	 = {{Online \url{https://wr.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/_media/research:theses:kilian_johannes_bachmann_user_friendly_framework_for_general_system_benchmarking_in_hpc.pdf}}},
	type	 = {Bachelor's Thesis},
	abstract	 = {Benchmarking HPC systems can be tedious, time-consuming and require a lot of effort.
			Especially if the user is inexperienced. This thesis lowers the entry barrier to this process
			by designing a framework with a GUI for HPC system benchmarks. An evaluation of a variety of
			different benchmarks determines that they can be aggregated under one roof, since they are
			often quite similar in the way they are setup, configured and run. A design for the framework
			is created, that provides a good user experience, but also defines clear interfaces for
			implementing new benchmarks. The design is put to the test by developing a prototype of the
			framework and implementing the HPL benchmark. Interesting aspects of the implementation are
			presented and the prototype is thoroughly tested. It performs well and provides a more easy
			way of using the HPL benchmark. Future plans are discussed and a conclusion drawn that the
			goals of this thesis are reached.},
}