Weka's SPECstorage Records: How Benchmark Transparency Should Work

Weka and HPE announced SPECstorage Solution 2020 benchmark results in January 2025, claiming the #1 ranking across all five workloads: AI_IMAGE, EDA_BLENDED, GENOMICS, SWBUILD, and VDA [1]. The results reportedly include &ldquo;significantly lower latency—in some cases up to 6.5x lower than previous records&rdquo; [2]. These are substantial claims. Unlike most vendor benchmark announcements,…