UnixBench : Know Your VPS Computation Power
Linux class start again after a few weeks freeze for vacation 
I and my student get involved in measuring system performance and one of my student came accross to UnixBench web and he told me to try it out on my Vps account.
A little explanation about UnixBench taken from the web :
UnixBench is the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, updated and revised by many people over the years.
The purpose of UnixBench is to provide a basic indicator of the performance of a Unix-like system; hence, multiple tests are used to test various aspects of the system’s performance. These test results are then compared to the scores from a baseline system to produce an index value, which is generally easier to handle than the raw scores. The entire set of index values is then combined to make an overall index for the system.
Some very simple graphics tests are included to measure the 2D and 3D graphics performance of the system.
Multi-CPU systems are handled. If your system has multiple CPUs, the default behaviour is to run the selected tests twice — once with one copy of each test program running at a time, and once with N copies, where N is the number of CPUs. This is designed to allow you to assess:
- the performance of your system when running a single task
- the performance of your system when running multiple tasks
- the gain from your system’s implementation of parallel processing
Do be aware that this is a system benchmark, not a CPU, RAM or disk benchmark. The results will depend not only on your hardware, but on your operating system, libraries, and even compiler.
UnixBench 4.1.0
I use web hosting talk version.
# wget -c http://members.dslextreme.com/users/andylee/unixbench-4.1.0-wht.tar.gz
–2010-05-06 19:09:26– http://members.dslextreme.com/users/andylee/unixbench-4.1.0-wht.tar.gz
Resolving members.dslextreme.com… 66.51.199.79
Connecting to members.dslextreme.com|66.51.199.79|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 69272 (68K) [application/x-gzip]
Saving to: `unixbench-4.1.0-wht.tar.gz’
100%[=================================================================================================>] 69,272 –.-K/s in 0.01s
2010-05-06 19:09:26 (6.19 MB/s) – `unixbench-4.1.0-wht.tar.gz’ saved [69272/69272]
# tar xvzf unixbench-4.1.0-wht.tar.gz
# cd unixbench-4.1.0-wht-2/
# make
#./Run
The result
Start Benchmark Run: Thu May 6 19:14:40 MSD 2010
19:14:40 up 13 days, 22:15, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.22, 0.27
End Benchmark Run: Thu May 6 19:25:42 MSD 2010
19:25:42 up 13 days, 22:26, 1 user, load average: 11.52, 5.50, 2.67
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 17135440.8 454.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 1127.9 135.7
Execl Throughput 188.3 11168.2 593.1
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 291723.0 1091.8
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 88346.0 820.3
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 2139834.0 1391.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 336549.8 217.9
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 2846377.0 254.6
Process Creation 569.3 32808.1 576.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 2205.6 492.3
System Call Overhead 114433.5 2803936.1 245.0
=========
FINAL SCORE 455.7
I wait for 10 minutes and try again.
INDEX VALUES
TEST BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 376783.7 17475973.8 463.8
Double-Precision Whetstone 83.1 1139.1 137.1
Execl Throughput 188.3 11589.7 615.5
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 2672.0 330976.0 1238.7
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1077.0 91197.0 846.8
File Read 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 15382.0 2261841.0 1470.4
Pipe-based Context Switching 15448.6 417790.5 270.4
Pipe Throughput 111814.6 2865933.7 256.3
Process Creation 569.3 30422.6 534.4
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 44.8 2095.7 467.8
System Call Overhead 114433.5 2811671.0 245.7
=========
FINAL SCORE 471.7
UnixBench 5.1.2
# wget -c http://byte-unixbench.googlecode.com/files/unixbench-5.1.2.tar.gz
# tar xvzf unixbench-5.1.2.tar.gz
# cd unixbench-5.1.2
# make
I got error in make process.
./src/ubgears.c:48:22: error: X11/Xlib.h: No such file or directory
./src/ubgears.c:49:23: error: X11/Xutil.h: No such file or directory
./src/ubgears.c:50:24: error: X11/keysym.h: No such file or directory
./src/ubgears.c:51:19: error: GL/gl.h: No such file or directory
./src/ubgears.c:52:20: error: GL/glx.h: No such file or directory
I use CentOS 5 32 bit and call for yum help
# yum install libXext-devel
Retry make command and I found no problem.
Doing ./Run and here’s the result :
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Benchmark Run: Thu May 06 2010 20:24:06 – 20:55:14
8 CPUs in system; running 1 parallel copy of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 8886788.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 1969.7 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 3473.5 lps (29.7 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 454222.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 126175.7 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1117806.3 KBps (30.1 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 833631.8 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 52455.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 11216.1 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 4326.0 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 1592.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 751040.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 8886788.5 761.5
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 1969.7 358.1
Execl Throughput 43.0 3473.5 807.8
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 454222.1 1147.0
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 126175.7 762.4
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1117806.3 1927.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 833631.8 670.1
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 52455.5 131.1
Process Creation 126.0 11216.1 890.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 4326.0 1020.3
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 1592.9 2654.8
System Call Overhead 15000.0 751040.0 500.7
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 763.7
————————————————————————
Benchmark Run: Thu May 06 2010 20:55:14 – 21:27:19
8 CPUs in system; running 8 parallel copies of tests
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 36120497.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Double-Precision Whetstone 13963.8 MWIPS (10.2 s, 7 samples)
Execl Throughput 13917.3 lps (29.5 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 455380.1 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 179917.4 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 1152027.9 KBps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Pipe Throughput 3820104.5 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Pipe-based Context Switching 1112959.1 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
Process Creation 43207.7 lps (30.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 16968.9 lpm (60.0 s, 2 samples)
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 2373.9 lpm (60.1 s, 2 samples)
System Call Overhead 4068141.0 lps (10.0 s, 7 samples)
System Benchmarks Index Values BASELINE RESULT INDEX
Dhrystone 2 using register variables 116700.0 36120497.5 3095.2
Double-Precision Whetstone 55.0 13963.8 2538.9
Execl Throughput 43.0 13917.3 3236.6
File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 455380.1 1149.9
File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 179917.4 1087.1
File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1152027.9 1986.3
Pipe Throughput 12440.0 3820104.5 3070.8
Pipe-based Context Switching 4000.0 1112959.1 2782.4
Process Creation 126.0 43207.7 3429.2
Shell Scripts (1 concurrent) 42.4 16968.9 4002.1
Shell Scripts (8 concurrent) 6.0 2373.9 3956.6
System Call Overhead 15000.0 4068141.0 2712.1
========
System Benchmarks Index Score 2560.6
How about your Vps?
P.S : Inside the system I’ve 19 domain and running kloxo panel.
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