The CaffeineMark is a series of tests that measure the speed of Java programs running in various hardware and software configurations. CaffeineMark scores roughly correlate with the number of Java instructions executed per second, and do not depend significantly on the the amount of memory in the system or on the speed of a computers disk drives or internet connection.
CaffeineMark scores have been climbing steadily over the last year, as Java system vendors have improved the capability their virtual machine technology. These improvements transform Java bytecode into highly optimized native code.