Phoronix Releases Linux Benchmarking Platform

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 5, 2008 @07:34AM from the mom-can-I-have-a-cookie-mom-can-I-have-a-cookie dept.

KernelPie writes "The Linux hardware site Phoronix.com has announced the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.0, a Linux-based testing platform designed for benchmarking software and hardware. This suite ships with 57 tests and 23 test suites, which contain everything from open-source games to file encryption to encoding software. In addition, they have a global database where users can submit benchmark results and more — with over 1,000 submissions already. This testing software is licensed under the GPLv3 and is available for download."

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FINALLY by PunkOfLinux · 2008-06-05 07:46 · Score: 4, Insightful

A proper benchmark program for linux. Trying it now :D

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The future holds e-penii and flamewars. by pwnies · 2008-06-05 07:49 · Score: 4, Interesting

If this testing suite becomes decently popular, I predict a future full of flamewars about which distros are faster.
Statistics by Meneth · 2008-06-05 08:03 · Score: 4, Interesting

Damn lies aside, their website needs graphs, averages and stuff. It's not very useful when you have to browse through hundreds of individual benchmarks.