I haven't done a great deal of studies in statistics (although I would like to, and probably will pursue it at some point), but even I could tell you that a better average performance is preferable to a stronger peak performance.
"Peak" by its very nature implies "out of the ordinary" or "something we're not going to be doing all the time".
"Average" implies just that - "this is the standard workload that this device is designed to maintain".
Whilst it is useful to know what a device can do when pushed to its limits, surely you are better off basing your decisions off what it is designed to do on a normal, day to day basis - its average performance.
Of course, having not done any formal studies into statistics, I could be completely off base, but that's just how I see it from an uneducated perspective. :)
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Date: 2006-09-21 01:47 am (UTC)"Peak" by its very nature implies "out of the ordinary" or "something we're not going to be doing all the time".
"Average" implies just that - "this is the standard workload that this device is designed to maintain".
Whilst it is useful to know what a device can do when pushed to its limits, surely you are better off basing your decisions off what it is designed to do on a normal, day to day basis - its average performance.
Of course, having not done any formal studies into statistics, I could be completely off base, but that's just how I see it from an uneducated perspective. :)