Linux is probably the operating system with the most computing power it brings together all the machines in which it is installed around the world, since it almost completely dominates the supercomputer sector. On the other hand, it is not famous in the gaming world, so benchmark-type tools are sometimes a little forgotten for this system.
While for Windows you will find a multitude of suites and programs benchmarking, for Linux it costs a little more, and the names that are being shuffled for benchmarks are not as popular. But that does not mean that they do not exist, and in this article I will show you some recommendations to test your CPU, GPU, RAM, hard disk, network, etc.
CPU benchmark
If what you are looking for is to try the performance of your CPU, or simply submit it to a stress test to check its stability (something important if you plan to overclock), then I recommend these utilities:
- hard info: this program is AIDA64 type, to show hardware information, but it also has a section to perform tests on your CPU.
- sysbench: It is another alternative to the previous one, and you will be able to measure performance or stress your CPU.
- Stress y Stress-NG: is a simple stress test.
- y-you: It is a monitor of the activity of your CPU, but it also admits to put it under stress.
- 7-zip: Although it is a tool for compression and decompression, it also supports performance tests on these tasks.
And for GPU
You also have some tools of benchmark for your GPU. Something important if you like gaming. Some examples are:
- Unigine benchmark: is a repertoire of the most promising and recommended tests (Superposition, Valley, Heaven,…), and which is also available for Linux. They are quite used in the performance tests of the reviews that you see in many blogs.
- glxgears: it is a basic and old test for OpenGL. You can find it in the repos of your distro.
- GLMark2: similar to the previous one, also for OpenGL.
- vkmark: it is an alternative to the previous ones, but for the Vulkan API.
- BaseMark GPUs- is another GPU benchmark tool based on the best graphics APIs, including Vulkan.
Benchmarking for RAM
La RAM It is also very important, so you can use these other tests:
- mw: is a command that you can also install to test your memory bandwidth.
- RAMspeed / SMP: is a performance test for RAM and cache.
- Other: stress, Sysbench, Phoronix text,… can also be used for memory.
Other benchmark programs
There are other benchmarking suites for Linux with which to test the above and much more, such as I / O, hard disk, network, etc.
- Phoronix Test Suite: it is a complete suite to test CPU, RAM, I / O, network, etc. It is easy to use, with different tests, and from the command line.
- hdpram and GNOME Disks- Both tools display information about hard drives, but also have functions to determine performance. The first from the terminal and the second from the GUI.
- hyperf3: is a tool that you can install to test the performance of your network connection.
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