Together with facility, one of the two major factors on which the total productivity of a system depends. Performance is largely determined by a combination of three other factors : throughput, response time, and availability.

• 决定一个系统总生产率的两大要素之一。另一个要素是设施。性能本身大体上由吞吐量、响应时间及可用性等三项因素所确定。