| symbol | parameter | value |
| h1 | first-level cache hit rate | 0.9 |
| h2 | second-level cache hit rate | 0.8 |
| tp | first-level cache access time | 1 |
| tc | second-level cache access time | 5 |
| tm | main memory access time | 25 |
| pm | prob. that an instruction accesses memory | 0.4 |
| ps1 | prob. of one-cycle pipeline stall | 0.1 |
| ps2 | prob. of two-cycle pipeline stall | 0.05 |