Linux - Stress testing?

Essexraptor · 2 Oct 2010 at 01:38

Hi Guys

Anybody know of any stress testing programs that run under Linux?

Similar to Prime95 and normal OC stress/stability testing stuff?

thanks in advance

tntcoder · 2 Oct 2010 at 01:50

Prime95 has a Linux version called mprime, it's the same but lacks a GUI although it's well documented and easy to run from a terminal.

I've used it to OC my 980x, works very well.

Source is here if it isn't in your distro's repos: http://mersenneforum.org/gimps/mprime2511.tar.gz

JonJ678 · 2 Oct 2010 at 08:09

Memtest is certainly available, as it's present on various live cds.

lm-sensors will report temperatures, how much setting up it requires varies considerably though.

smartmontools provides badblocks which can be used to stress test hard drives.

And there's folding at home if you want to test graphics cards, or the cpu for that matter.

Essexraptor · 2 Oct 2010 at 08:44

Thanks for the info guys. I was beginning to wonder how to run a Linux only system and achieve a OC as well.

Time to experiment again

amkan13 · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:31

there is also the excellent phoronix test suite which has everything you need to benchmark/stress test.

pingwing · 2 Oct 2010 at 12:55

Compile things from source!!!! Found out my (now really old) opteron 148 overclock (3.2 ghz) wasnt stable for compiling things in my old gentoo install... Not the most technical way but it helped with my windows partition as it ensured I never had problems playing games there

Edward78 · 2 Oct 2010 at 19:08

amkan13 said:
there is also the excellent phoronix test suite which has everything you need to benchmark/stress test.

How do you run tests with it? Will the 32 bit version test 4 gigs of ram?

Mpemba Effect · 2 Oct 2010 at 19:29

Edward78 said:
How do you run tests with it? Will the 32 bit version test 4 gigs of ram?

1. Run memtest, it's probably even on linux cd as a boot option. Run that for 12 hours.
2. Get the Prime95 in the above link (the one that's called "LINUX" not the one that's called "LINUX 64-BIT", run the stress testing test for 12 hours
3. Forget about the phoronix suite

Edward78 · 2 Oct 2010 at 19:39

Mpemba Effect said:
1. Run memtest, it's probably even on linux cd as a boot option. Run that for 12 hours.
2. Get the Prime95 in the above link (the one that's called "LINUX" not the one that's called "LINUX 64-BIT", run the stress testing test for 12 hours
3. Forget about the phoronix suite

How do I run it?

Mpemba Effect · 2 Oct 2010 at 19:57

Edward78 said:
How do I run it?

Memtest:
reboot your machine, hold shift to access the grub boot menu. Use the up /down keys to select memtest, press return. Leave it running for 12 hours.

Prime95 (dont type in the red bits below)
Download this
extract the compressed files
open terminal and cd into the folder that you extracted
type "./mprime" (thats dot forward slash mprime)
press "n" (for no, just stress testing)
press "return" (defaults to 3, which is blend)
press "y" (to accept)
leave running for 12 hours, if it stops you have a unstable machine

Essexraptor · 2 Oct 2010 at 22:14

Mpemba Effect said:
Memtest:
reboot your machine, hold shift to access the grub boot menu. Use the up /down keys to select memtest, press return. Leave it running for 12 hours.

Prime95 (dont type in the red bits below)
Download this
extract the compressed files
open terminal and cd into the folder that you extracted
type "./mprime" (thats dot forward slash mprime)
press "n" (for no, just stress testing)
press "return" (defaults to 3, which is blend)
press "y" (to accept)
leave running for 12 hours, if it stops you have a unstable machine

Nice one... very helpful. Can do a build from sratch now. OC and stress test and Windows = "Not required"

ty

Edward78 · 3 Oct 2010 at 14:12

Mpemba Effect said:
Memtest:
reboot your machine, hold shift to access the grub boot menu. Use the up /down keys to select memtest, press return. Leave it running for 12 hours.

Prime95 (dont type in the red bits below)
Download this
extract the compressed files
open terminal and cd into the folder that you extracted
type "./mprime" (thats dot forward slash mprime)
press "n" (for no, just stress testing)
press "return" (defaults to 3, which is blend)
press "y" (to accept)
leave running for 12 hours, if it stops you have a unstable machine

Will it test all 4 gig, with just a pae krnel installed? I ran memtest86+, 16 hours & no errors.

Hairybudda · 3 Oct 2010 at 15:37

Why are you going 32bit with pae over 64 bit? mprime will use it all with a pae kernel although i dont understand why you're taking the 32 bit route.

Edward78 · 3 Oct 2010 at 15:44

Hairybudda said:
Why are you going 32bit with pae over 64 bit? mprime will use it all with a pae kernel although i dont understand why you're taking the 32 bit route.

I got the memory after I installed Ubuntu, my 2 gig stick went bad & I figured 2 2 gigs for a few $ more then 1 stick would be good to get I saw a post on a forum that said stay away from 64 bit Ubuntu anyway.

Hairybudda · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:37

64bit ubuntu is fine, don't listen to any of the naysayers, if you're good to upgrade I'd say go for it!

Mpemba Effect · 3 Oct 2010 at 17:47

memtest doesn't load your ubuntu kernel so yes it should test all your ram. take a look at the memtest screen it'll tell you for sure.

Edward78 · 5 Oct 2010 at 04:11

Mpemba Effect said:
memtest doesn't load your ubuntu kernel so yes it should test all your ram. take a look at the memtest screen it'll tell you for sure.

No errors with memtest86+, tested for 16 hours. Should I still run mprime?

accod · 5 Oct 2010 at 11:36

Edward78 · 5 Oct 2010 at 14:46

accod said:
Yes.

Ok, will run tonight when I am done.

slylittlefox · 5 Oct 2010 at 19:01

Mpemba Effect said:
memtest doesn't load your ubuntu kernel so yes it should test all your ram. take a look at the memtest screen it'll tell you for sure.

Extremely long time no see! What Linux haunt have you been frequenting since leaving here?