perftest - a simple performance test

Description

perftest is a simple performance test. It is licensed under the BSD license.

Example output

This output is from a 2800 MHz Intel Pentium 4 on Linux (more results):

Running test 1: addition and subtraction
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 0.394

Running test 2: multiplication and division
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 1.007

Running test 3: floating point
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 3.191

Running test 4: file i/o: 1 KB (you need 1 MB free space)
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 1.045

Running test 5: file i/o: 1 MB (you need 8 MB free space)
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 1.022

Running test 6: memory i/o (1 KB)
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 0.669

Running test 7: memory i/o (1 MB)
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 0.485

Running test 8: processes
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 0.920

Running test 9: threads
[===========================================================================>]
Result: 0.812

Total time: 9.545               Score: 1047 points

History

Version 0.2 (15.08.04)

• Added/replaced the following tests:
  • file i/o: 1 KB
  • file i/o: 1 MB
  • memory i/o: 1 KB
  • memory i/o: 1 MB
  • processes
  • threads

Version 0.1 (17.07.04)

• Five tests:
  • addition and subtraction
  • multiplication and division
  • floating point
  • file i/o
  • memory i/o

Requirements

UNIX and a C compiler (you need pthreads for the thread-test)

Download

Version 0.2 (15.08.04)

• perftest-0.2.tar.gz (3.3 KB)

Version 0.1 (17.07.04)

• perftest-0.1.tar.gz (2.7 KB)

Installation

1. Download perftest-X.X.tar.gz (replace X.X with the version number)
2. Extract the file using tar xzvf perftest-X.X.tar.gz
3. Go into the directory perftest-X.X using cd perftest-X.X
4. Type make to compile.
5. Type ./perftest to run.