Ubuntu – How to check system performance

performance

Is there a way to measure the performance of 3D acceleration, java applets, firefox scrolling etc. with a tool and compare it with lets say a windows OS or other users having almost the same hardware? Maybe it is a setup issue where some fundamental drivers are missing or something?

Best Answer

Even when this question is related to software issues you may wish to give a try to HardInfo, System profiler and benchmark, which will allow you to perform several benchmarks in order to gather information of your system and allows you to perform comparisons with other systems.

Linux should run with a considerable ease, the applications that you refer, unless the hardware is reaching its limits.

Most of the times a big memory size isn't enough if the memory speed doesn't fit your need for speed. Hard disk drives should be fast enough and facing no issues and generally: The system should be in good condition.

You don't lose anything giving this a try and may find something that would give you an idea of how is your system handling the physical resources.

Reach HardInfo at: http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage

Here is a screenshot of my CPU Blowfish benchmark with two comparisons.

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Additionally you can use a system monitor tool, like Conky or GkrellM in order to see your system's performance when attempting to run one of these applications. This won't fix your issues but will give you a clue on where to start.

I prefer to use GKrellM, so here is a screenshot of my system being monitored by this tool:

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Here is a screenshot of Conky (from their site) featuring processes monitoring:

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And when writing all this stuff I got a bulb turned on over my head, and I think that you should check what running processes are giving you problems when attempting to do what you wish. I mean: there can be a running process which can be requesting lots of processor or memory and this can cause your other applications to have problems.

Check this out in System Monitor: System/Administration/System Monitor. In the next screenshot you can see my google chrome demanding 122 MiB of the physical memory.

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Who knows? you try it and let's see what happen. The more information you gather, the easier to find the solution.

Good luck!

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