GNU/Linux Benchmarking - Practical aspects

by André D. Balsa, andrewbalsa@usa.net , with corrections and contributions by Uwe F. Mayer, mayer@math.vanderbilt.edu

v0.51, 8 December 1997

This is the second article in a series of 4 articles on GNU/Linux Benchmarking, to be published by the Linux Gazette. The first article presented some basic benchmarking concepts and analyzed the Whetstone benchmark in more detail. The present article deals with practical issues in GNU/Linux benchmarking: what benchmarks already exist, where to find them, what they effectively measure, and how to run them. And if you are not happy with the available benchmarks, there are some guidelines to write your own. Also, an application benchmark (Linux kernel 2.0.0 compilation) is analyzed in detail.

4.1 General benchmark features
4.2 Benchmarking procedure
4.3 Examining the results

GNU/Linux Benchmarking - Practical aspects

by André D. Balsa, andrewbalsa@usa.net , with corrections and contributions by Uwe F. Mayer, mayer@math.vanderbilt.edu

1. The DOs and DON'Ts of GNU/Linux benchmarking

2. A roundup of benchmarks for Linux

3. Devising or writing a new Linux benchmark

4. An application benchmark: Linux 2.0.0 kernel compilation with gcc

5. Next month