Figure 4

Runtime Benchmark for Primer Tuples not containing TaqMan probes. The runtime (realtime) is shown in milliseconds for the computation of 2, 4, 8 and 16 optimal primer tuples not including TaqMan probes. Another benchmark was done using an optional sorting of the lists of primer tuples prior to screening. In this case, screening is done using a binary search and terminating at the first set of tuples satisfying all constraints (per working thread).