Benchmarking a Linux system can be a challenging business due to a limited toolset. We’re not including manual measurements using an ordinary Bash command entered after time . Instead we’re interested in more professional utilities.
One such tool is GtkStressTesting, a highly developed test suite designed for stress-testing your CPU and memory (but so far mainly the CPU). On the one hand, GtkStressTesting mirrors tools such as CPU-Z because it shows a wealth of information about the processor including clock, number of cores and detailed family specification, along with some main motherboard details. On the other hand, GtkStressTesting enables you to run sophisticated synthetic benchmark with one click of your mouse.