[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Seeking Benchmark software that runs on BOTH Linux and Windows

Drew King dking65 at kingconsulting.us
Thu Apr 20 12:12:11 PDT 2023


Thanks Bob,

Just finished installing. It's not a true gui to me. They refer to it as 
an interactive shell. I'll give it a look. Thanks.

It has a LOT of tests. Each one must be downloaded separately.

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4
Interactive Shell


Drew.

On 4/20/2023 10:52 AM, Robert Primak wrote:
> Drew --
>
>  Have you considered the Phoronics Test Suite?
> https://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/
>
> https://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=features
>
> This does have a graphical interface for all supported OSes.
>
> I have no experience with its toolkit, but this is considered by many 
> tech people to be the Gold Standard testing suite for Windows, Linux 
> and MacOS.
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 06:25:07 AM EDT, Drew King 
> <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Arnie,
>
> I have used the "Disks" program on Linux and will be using it to 
> collect data. The problem is there is no Windows version of that app.
>
> DiskMark runs and looks the same on Windows & Linux. I'll be using 
> Windows on the C: drive and Linux off a flash drive. This way the 
> hardware is the same, and so is the software.
>
> I can't seem to find a decent 3rd party tool that operates the same on 
> both operating systems.
>
> I have a great file copy testing program that calculates r/w stats 
> only, it's a Windows only app.
>
> *Most importantly,* I have no GUI Linux app that copies files from 
> drive a to drive b and tells what the *r/w numbers* are. I will be 
> testing grsync on Linux. It may have what I need on Linux. 
> Unfortunately, there is no good port of rsync to Windows. There is a 
> REALLY OLD Grsync for Windows, from 2009! I will give it a go.
>
>
> Drew.
>
>
> On 4/20/2023 5:52 AM, arnold peterson wrote:
> I use the app that comes with the linux i'm using called  Disks, in 
> this program is something called Benchmark. It does a few tests. I 
> think there are other command line programs but have not used any in a 
> long time. Arnie
>
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 5:23 AM Drew King <dking65 at kingconsulting.us 
> <mailto:dking65 at kingconsulting.us>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     Anyone know of a good benchmark program that has a gui and runs on
>     both Windows and Linux?
>
>     I tried Novabench, only the Linux version doesn't seem to want to
>     run. I've emailed their tech support.
>
>     Another app I've tried is CrystalDiskMark, which has a Linux
>     (Flatpak) version. I will be comparing Windows to Linux on the
>     same PC.
>
>     https://novabench.com/ <https://novabench.com/>
>
>     I'm looking primarily for *disk statistics*. Read/Write
>     performance for Internal and *externally attached* drives. I want
>     to compare Windows to Linux while accessing two different types of
>     external disk storage. *Standard USB flash drives, and NVMe
>     external SSD drives*. Windows uses two different drivers for each
>     of these. No idea how to check what drivers Linux uses. My NVMe
>     SSD is substantially faster than flash drives, even though they
>     both connect via USB-C. USB-A is less reliable, and I think slower
>     so far.
>
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     -- 
>     Drew King
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