A good test or suite - please

[elena09]

I'd like to test my PC on which I installed Ubuntu 9.04 (Windows XP was first and I used Wubi for the Ubuntu).

Could you indicate me a test or suite of tests which is useful for fully and completely testing all the parts of my PC ? Not a very long one, like less than a half of hour, and which doesn't require too much downloading of packages).

Elena

[Michael]

maybe:

phoronix-test-suite benchmark linux-system

or

phoronix-test-suite benchmark favorites

[elena09]

Thank you for answering. Are those two tests good for Ubuntu 9.04? I have Ubuntu 9.04 installed (together with windows XP), I am new in Linux and don't want to destroy my PC.

Elena

[Michael]

Yes, they will run just fine on Ubuntu. In fact, that's where I do nearly all of my development work. None of the tests should destroy your PC or damage it.

[elena09]

I have Ubuntu 9.04. I upgraded from Ubuntu 8.10. Ubuntu 8.10 was installed with Wubi installer, on a PC with Windows xp installed. Can I run your two tests from above in these circumstances? (My intention is to buy a laptop to work only with Ubuntu on it, meanwhile I'm learning how to test a system) Thanks. Elena

[Michael]

That shouldn't matter at all. If it's Ubuntu, it will run.

[elena09]

They worked and the results are in the global phoronix at:

http://global.phoronix-test-suite.co...6428-592-24181

and

http://global.phoronix-test-suite.co...65-17265-10463

(Linux-system and favorites, respectively).

1) Could you please have a look and tell me everything is ok? Lots of warnings and "could not found" appeared during the tests.

2) Where could I find documentation in order to understand the results of these two tests?

3) Are these two tests good for a laptop too? Or, there are specific tests for laptops?

Thanks,
Elena

[Michael]

Those two suites should work just fine on laptops too.

[elena09]

Reading the results of the tests I couldn't see the temperatures of HDD, GPU, CPU or motherboard.

Are there some tough tests which also could show the temperatures of laptop's various components during the test ?

Elena

[Michael]

you can with any test.

Just run:

MONITOR=all phoronix-test-suite benchmark <the test>

but you must have supported LM_Sensors or ACPI on the motherboard to see most of the hardware sensor values.