bjrosen
2007-01-01, 03:48 PM CST
I've just put a new version of sys_basher on the web,
http://www.polybus.com/sys_basher_web/
sys_basher is a multithreaded system exerciser and benchmarking tool. It run's extensive memory and I/O diagnostics as well as floating point tests. I wrote it because there didn't seem to be a good way test the stability of my new Core2 system. Memtest86+ hasn't been updated for over a year so it doesn't have any support for Core2 systems. Also it's single threaded so it doesn't stress modern multicore processors.
sys_basher runs under Linux so it can run on any system that Linux runs on. It uses pthreads to run from 1 to 256 simultaneous threads. In addition to running memory tests (at the maximum possible speed), it also runs disk tests to stress the I/O system, and floating point array processing to stress the CPU.
I've run sys_basher on a Core2 Duo. Athlon 64X2, dual Xeon, and two single core Athlon 64 systems using Fedora Core(s) 4,5 and 6 in both 32 and 64 bit modes.
sys_basher is free, it's licensed uder the BSD.
http://www.polybus.com/sys_basher_web/
sys_basher is a multithreaded system exerciser and benchmarking tool. It run's extensive memory and I/O diagnostics as well as floating point tests. I wrote it because there didn't seem to be a good way test the stability of my new Core2 system. Memtest86+ hasn't been updated for over a year so it doesn't have any support for Core2 systems. Also it's single threaded so it doesn't stress modern multicore processors.
sys_basher runs under Linux so it can run on any system that Linux runs on. It uses pthreads to run from 1 to 256 simultaneous threads. In addition to running memory tests (at the maximum possible speed), it also runs disk tests to stress the I/O system, and floating point array processing to stress the CPU.
I've run sys_basher on a Core2 Duo. Athlon 64X2, dual Xeon, and two single core Athlon 64 systems using Fedora Core(s) 4,5 and 6 in both 32 and 64 bit modes.
sys_basher is free, it's licensed uder the BSD.