Give your PC a performance rating

Benchmarks are used to evaluate the performance of software applications and computer hardware. Hardware benchmarking is popular among the Windows PC gaming community and measures various characteristics such as memory, processor, and hard drive performance.

These diagnostics can also be performed on most Linux OSs and allow Linux users to determine how well their computer hardware is performing by providing information about its capabilities and the need for upgrades. The results of a Linux system benchmark help determine if users need to make hardware changes and identify system bottlenecks.

There are many open-source Linux benchmarking tools available to help users fine-tune their network and system with objective comparisons. This article will describe several tools available to perform a Linux system benchmark.