A system with a very fast processor would likely be rated poorly if the buses were very poor compared to those of another system that had both an average processor and average buses.
HINT is known for being almost immune to artificial optimization and can be used by many computers ranging from a calculator to a supercomputer.
HINT is intended to be "scalable" to run on any size computer, from small serial systems to highly parallel supercomputers.
[2] HINT benchmark results have been published comparing a variety of parallel and uniprocessor systems.
[3] A related tool ANALYTIC HINT can be used as a design tool to estimate the benefits of using more memory, a faster processor, or improved communications (bus speed) within the system.