By Heidy RamirezDecember 23rd 2020

So how fast is this thing, anyway? Let's benchmark it and find out!

Go to https://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=downloads and download the latest Ubuntu/Debian Package

Gdebi will handle installing the package along with any needed dependencies.

sudo apt -y install gdebi

At the time of writing, the latest version of Phoronix Test Suite is 9.8.0

Open the directory you downloaded to and run:

sudo gdebi phoronix-test-suite_9.8.0_all.deb

Great! We’re ready to put our system through its paces.

To start a benchmark, run:

phoronix-test-suite run name

Replace name with the benchmark you want to run, Phoronix Test Suite will then download and run it.

pts/ramspeed - Tests the system memory performance

pts/encode-mp3 - Tests the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3

pts/system-decompress-bzip2 - Tests the time required to decompress a linux kernel tar file

pts/openssl - Tests OpenSSL performance

pts/gnupg - Tests the time to required encrypt a file using GnuPG

pts/build-imagemagick - Tests the time required to compile ImageMagick

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