lmbench 3.0-a7-1ubuntu1 (ia64 binary) in ubuntu intrepid

 Lmbench is a set of utilities to test the performance
 of a unix system producing detailed results as well
 as providing tools to process them. It includes a series of
 micro benchmarks that measure some basic operating
 system and hardware metrics:
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  * file reading and summing
  * memory bandwith while reading, writing and copying
  * copying data through pipes
  * copying data through Unix sockets
  * reading data through TCP/IP sockets