Hi! it is very useful to use Empire. But www.tunl.duke.edu/nucldata/links.shtm is a simple database of nuclear database. Let you move to the same questions
I believe that you should find some information on the EMPIRE website, including test cases, and also in the Nuclear Data Sheets publication. See links below.
http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/empire
Article EMPIRE: Nuclear Reaction Model Code System for Data Evaluation