Ubuntu Installation :: Which Benchmark To Use For Evaluating/quantifying System Performance
Jul 16, 2011
I am running the newest linux (ubunbtu 11.04) on an old laptop (2.3 Ghz celeron, 760 mb ram, bios is the latest version). I don't expect it to perform well, it's not a fast processor.But.....it performs so poorly with linux...and I am beginning to wonder whether the machine is broken or malfunctioning. The processor utilization seems high at all times, but I am not sure what is normal/typical.Which of the many benchmark software packages should I use in order to quantify it's performance (or lack there of)? Are there web resources that will list benchmark values of various machines, so I can determine if my punch box is broken or whether it's just slightly slower than other similar machines?
I love my Ubuntu installation, I'm definitely a convert. This issue is Im sure my graphics arent working at full spec, seems very slow compared to my old windoze install. Is there a standard benchmark and test software to compare my system to to ascertain whether its graphics or net connection? (Im mostly streaming over the net.. I have removed ipv6 already, no better.)
when i want copy something from dvd my debian squeeze is total slow cpu ussage is 100% and write 2.2 mb/s and musick is stop and play. This same is on burning cd /dvd the device buffer is an about 10-15% this dvd is Pionier 116D on windows xp work perfect. I try benchmark dvd form gnome-disk-utility but i got Error benchmarking: helper exited with exit code 1: Device /dev/sr0 is too slow to benchmark
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( everything works on debian lenny on the old kernel 2.6.26 ) I instaling a few kernel and compiling 2.6.35.7 with .config file form ubuntu on finaly didn't help
I am trying to evaluate the variable HEADER to see if it contains "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" and if so, to do something. If not, do something else. (writing to files - see below).The variable is being set, as ALL of the URLs that I am evaluating are being put into bad_urls.txt with their response headers. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've tried modifying the line in question quite a bit, trying different things, including:
if [[ ${HEADER} =~ "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" ]]; then if [[ ${HEADER} == "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" ]]; then if [[ HEADER = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK" ]]; then
This line if [[ $hamachi_reachable = true && $lan_reachable = true ]]; then is always evaluating to true. I gave two ips that are not valid, so that both variables would become false yet the whole expression is evaluating as true. With that set -x in there, I get this output.
I blame myself but I am lazy person. Now I am trying to learn a bit a bash scripting. But saving any script to see how it works is so boring. You know these exercises:
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Now save this in a file - say helloworld.sh (haha), chmod and execute to see
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Is there a way to execute text as a script? I mean
Basically I'm wondering if there is any way to lighten Gnome and Ubuntu I would like to keep Gnome if possible. I am a pretty experienced linux (or for you hardcore GNU fans GNU/Linux) user having used it for almost 4 years and I just built my Arch system but have found that alot of the functionality that I've come to love about ubuntu isn't in the default Gnome package but that Ubuntu's Gnome is heavily modified so I want to switch back but do to my lack of modern hardware I can't run Ubuntu as smoothly as I want.
Below is my current hardware. Code: Intel Pentium III 733mhz 512mb of ram 8gb Hard Drive and a Dvd Drive Nvidia Geforce 6600 265mb pci gpu 100 watt power supply
I am also a Developer so I know I can compile the Kernel my self and remove some not needed junk and optimize it. But I was wondering are there some Highly intensive processes that don't really need to be running? The only thing I would be using Ubuntu for is Web Browsing, Coding, Gimp, Text Processing and probably Music; thats really all I need I don't do much else besides that. tl;dr: Basically all I'm trying to do is lighten Ubuntu and Gnome without putting 3 days worth of work into it.
I have an older PC running Ubuntu 10.04, and the system is slow, especially with Firefox running. I recently upgraded to 2 gig memory, but it didn't help. I have plenty of space on my hard-drive, using only 30 gig of 80 gig. My CPU is Intel Celeron 2.40GHz. I have broadband, and the speed seems good. What are the system requirements for Ubuntu 10.04? Any tips for speeding performance, esp on Firefox? I used to do a defrag when I had Windows; is there any need to do that on Ubuntu also?
I install KDM cause I couldn't run fglrx on GDM since i install the drivers of my GPU and the KDM ... I am suffering from poor system performance youtube videos mostly HD run very laggy and overall performance decreased ...
I just wanted to know if having my laptop set to ondemand, will this affect performance in any way? I realize it increases the clock speed to performance when the CPU is under load, but does the time it take to go from ondemand to performance affect speed? Will there be any noticeable difference between the two setups? I have a dual core intel at 2.2GHz when in performance. When ondemand is set with no load it downclocks to 800Mhz.
I attended many interviews for Linux Admin post. Most of them asked me a common question 'How do you handle System Performance Issues' on a Linux Server. Now how do I answer this?
I need evaluate the ext3 file system performance; i need define:
- services provided - parameters and - the performance with different parameter values; for example, changin the value of the "data" parameter (journal, ordered, writeback).
I do not know what services ext3 provides. Well, i know intuitively that it provides services to read, write and erase files. But, there are anything more?. Where can i find the API?. Is the ext3 file system POSIX compliant?
I have doubts regarding storage: How to configure the Events of Storage Processor? What are performance issues will come daily in a critical production server? What are first steps for disk performance Check? What are first steps for Storage Processor performance Check? What are first steps for MetaLUN performance Check?
Last I upgraded one of our cent 5 boxes which is running kvm with a mix of centos and windows VMs.After the update performance just tanked on the XP guest, but the others (including other windows VMs) are just fine.I checked with our good friend google and didn't really get any help there.We're hoping to NOT have to rebuild the XP guest, so I thought I'd check in here first.
I want to measure how CPU time was spent (user, system, i/o waits) for a process or the whole system totally in some period of time, (not in realtime intervals and ignoring idle time). Is there a way to do this in linux?
I'm looking for an OpenGL benchmark tool for Linux. Something sort of similar to 3DMark on Windows. Is there anything at all? I tried Phoronix, was not impressed (nothing seemed to run at all).
i am trying to run a benchmark exercise using DBS, ive installed the software but running it on linux has proven the hardest part. does any one know what ive to do to get it running. have tried all the tricks in d man.
I am trying to use the time command to measure the execution time of a small program. The problem is that the command has three outputs. They look like this:
Code: $ time ./a.out real0m51.935s user0m51.060s sys0m0.040s
Should the execution time be the sum of the user and the sys time? sys time is really small.
Does anyone know of any benchmark I could use to compare kickstart with WDS?Apart from like saying that windows takes 15mins to deply a system comapared to Kickstart.What else can i really use and put figures to it?
I just installed openSUSE 64 bit and have it up and running. Great looking OS. I have four questions, not sure if I should post four threads, or ask all in here. I'm familiar with the Gnome GUI, but this is my first experience with KDE. Want to learn something new.
one: I installed the benchmark bonnie, and now can not find it. I've looked in just about every folder and can't seem to locate it.
two: I looked for the benchmark Hardinfo to install and the installer was unable to locate it. How do I find it, it is not in the package manager.
three: I install the bubble monitor desktop applet and can't figure out how to bring it up, the setting menu is in the upper right on the desktop. How do you turn on the display?
forth: Where do you set your signature in this forum? I went through the setting and couldn't find it.
This is the forth Linux OS I've installed and this was the cleanest and smoothest install yet, Debian could take some lessons at least on the install app, 5 out out 5 stars on the install package. So far I've been able to configure everything the way I want with the exceptions above. Below is my system info just in case that matters. openSUSE 64bit KDE,LMDE 64bit Gnome,Squeeze64bit Gnome - HP Compaq dc5700 MT desktop w/ Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 2.13GHz, 3.6GB DDR2 SDRAM, Intel 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller
What software can i use to compare its performance when it's compiled with GCC and when compiled with MSVC? I think it should be some mathematical software, so the performance would be very dependent on CPU- and memory-specific optimizations.
I'm searching for an open-source benchmark for both OpenGL and Direct3D, i.e. to be able to compare OpenGL and Direct3D performance in WINE (and find the bottlenecks).Currently i only know Unigine benchmarks to support both of the APIs, but it's closed-source.I don't necessarily need all those shaders etc. support - just basic 3D (i.e. the features which existed in video cards of year 2002) benchmarking would be enough for now.Do there exist any open-source benchmarks for this?
Does anybody know details about the integrated benchmark which comes with the disk management utility "palimpsest"? How does it perform the read/write benchmark?
I have used a windows text editor (Notepad++) which has set a benchmark for myrequirements. As I tend to use linux most of the time I have been looking for a similar editor for some time. Kate is ticking most boxes. 2 things I can see which I would like if anyone could advise:You can find selected within the current file. IE. highlight a string for searching. I cant see the ability to do the same in all files. Does this exist?In NPP I can search for a string in "all files currently open" within the editor. Does this facility exist in Kate?
I'm doing a fresh install on my netbook and have purchased an 8GB SD card to expand storage space. I'm curious as to which directories can be mounted on the SD card without affecting performance as the write times and such are much lower on the card. I know that /home and /tmp can be mounted there.
I am having a lot of performance problems since my upgrade my ATI board does not get properly supported (tried a lot but nothing really helps)my keyboard typing is horrable : i have to see at each click of it got accepted ; cannot type text properly screen performance is bad - often the screen greys out and back to color (probably because of driver)
