sysbench

Benchmark a System’s CPU, IO and memory. More information: https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/.

• Run a CPU benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds:

sysbench cpu run

• Run a CPU benchmark with multiple threads for a specified time:

sysbench --threads=number_of_threads --time=seconds

• Run a memory benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds:

sysbench memory run

• Prepare a filesystem-level read benchmark:

sysbench fileio prepare

• Run a filesystem-level benchmark:

sysbench --file-test-mode=rndrd|rndrw|rndwr|seqrd|seqrewr|seqwr fileio run