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Again, one must run `make bench-clean' before changing the measurement method.
+On x86 processors, RDTSCP instruction provides more precise timing data
+than RDTSC instruction. All x86 processors since 2010 support RDTSCP
+instruction. One can force the benchmark to use RDTSCP by invoking make
+as follows:
+
+ $ make USE_RDTSCP=1 bench
+
+One must run `make bench-clean' before changing the measurement method.
+
Running benchmarks on another target:
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