<s>
Hierarchical	B-Device
INTegration	I-Device
,	O
or	O
HINT	O
for	O
short	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
benchmark	O
that	O
ranks	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
very	O
fast	O
processor	O
would	O
likely	O
be	O
rated	O
poorly	O
if	O
the	O
buses	B-General_Concept
were	O
very	O
poor	O
compared	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
another	O
system	O
that	O
had	O
both	O
an	O
average	O
processor	O
and	O
average	O
buses	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
with	O
relatively	O
slow	O
processor	O
speeds	O
(	O
800MHz	O
)	O
used	O
to	O
perform	O
better	O
than	O
x86	B-Operating_System
based	I-Operating_System
systems	O
with	O
processors	O
running	O
at	O
nearly	O
2GHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Energy	O
's	O
Ames	O
Laboratory	O
and	O
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
