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sysbench — Benchmark a System's CPU, IO, and memory. More information: <https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench#us

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Problem

How to use the sysbench command: Benchmark a System's CPU, IO, and memory. More information: <https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench#usage>.

Solution

sysbench — Benchmark a System's CPU, IO, and memory. More information: <https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench#usage>.

Run a CPU benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds:

sysbench cpu run

Run a CPU benchmark with multiple threads for a specified time:

sysbench --threads={{number_of_threads}} --time={{seconds}}

Run a memory benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds:

sysbench memory run

Prepare a filesystem-level read benchmark:

sysbench fileio prepare

Run a filesystem-level benchmark:

sysbench --file-test-mode={{rndrd|rndrw|rndwr|seqrd|seqrewr|seqwr}} fileio run

Code Snippets

Run a CPU benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds

sysbench cpu run

Run a CPU benchmark with multiple threads for a specified time

sysbench --threads={{number_of_threads}} --time={{seconds}}

Run a memory benchmark with 1 thread for 10 seconds

sysbench memory run

Prepare a filesystem-level read benchmark

sysbench fileio prepare

Run a filesystem-level benchmark

sysbench --file-test-mode={{rndrd|rndrw|rndwr|seqrd|seqrewr|seqwr}} fileio run

Context

tldr-pages: common/sysbench

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