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Docs: reducing_variance.md: proofreading, fix typos (#1736)
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benchmark, as well as consider other ways to stabilize the performance of
your system while benchmarking.

See [Reducing Variance](reducing_variance.md) for more information.

Exactly how to do this depends on the Linux distribution,
desktop environment, and installed programs. Specific details are a moving
target, so we will not attempt to exhaustively document them here.
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Reducing sources of variance is OS and architecture dependent, which is one
reason some companies maintain machines dedicated to performance testing.

Some of the easier and and effective ways of reducing variance on a typical
Some of the easier and effective ways of reducing variance on a typical
Linux workstation are:

1. Use the performance governor as [discussed
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4. Close other programs that do non-trivial things based on timers, such as
your web browser, desktop environment, etc.
5. Reduce the working set of your benchmark to fit within the L1 cache, but
do be aware that this may lead you to optimize for an unrelistic
do be aware that this may lead you to optimize for an unrealistic
situation.

Further resources on this topic:
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