Benchmarks

A benchmark is everything that gives you an idea about performance. For your Linux, you can use the following benchmarks:

Combined benchmarks

A quick and easy benchmark that combines the performance of all your computer's components is GeekBench.

Component benchmarks

disk

• hdparm
• IOTest - random read performance in IOPS and MB/s

file system

• bonnie
• iozone

networking

latency

• ping

httpd benchmarks

• httping

webserver stressen

httping -f -h servername
httping -g URL

HTTP benchmarking utility

• siege
• ab

Graphic card

Watching a video feels sluggish on one computer, but on the other it is okay ? Test your graphics card with glxgears like this:

$ glxgears
359 frames in 5.1 seconds = 70.397 FPS
320 frames in 5.1 seconds = 62.590 FPS
320 frames in 5.3 seconds = 60.201 FPS
320 frames in 5.1 seconds = 63.046 FPS
300 frames in 5.4 seconds = 55.305 FPS
340 frames in 5.4 seconds = 62.724 FPS
300 frames in 5.2 seconds = 57.543 FPS
340 frames in 5.4 seconds = 62.483 FPS
320 frames in 5.1 seconds = 62.149 FPS
320 frames in 5.2 seconds = 61.365 FPS
300 frames in 5.1 seconds = 59.275 FPS
320 frames in 5.5 seconds = 58.109 FPS
320 frames in 5.1 seconds = 62.149 FPS