On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 15:48, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > I need to benchmark disk I/O, CPU performance, graphic adapter > > performance an overall performance of both gnome and kde environments. > > THe best thing would be some kind of tool with also a nice graphic > > output. > > 1) disk performance: hdparm -tT /dev/hdX (with limitations valuable) > bonnie++ (noisy output) > 2) CPU performance: grep bogomips /proc/cpuinfo (you may know :) > run kernel compilations with "time make"; run the SPEC > 3) graphics: glxgears > is 3D performance really relevant? just for gaming IMHO > 4) DM: don't think there are benchmark kits out for testing Gnome/KDE > performance; choose decent applications and measure time for coming up, > run several times due to caching effects Thanks. :) HOwever i'd like to get something different. I mean, bogomips are a measure of CPU performance, but it is an absolute measure isn't it? Running FC1 or slackware wouldn't really change the measure, no? I googled a bit and didn't find much about benchmarking normal desktop usage. Maybe the case is that there isn't still anything. E.
