Are there any tools available in openSUSE for evaluating cpu/processor performance. My processor/cpu is under warranty til end of October, will like to know whether I need to get new one or i am good.
I am looking for something that can log an event and report. Have tried stress and crashme but they dont show any results.
avenuemax wrote:
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> Are there any tools available in openSUSE for evaluating cpu/processor
> performance. My processor/cpu is under warranty til end of October,
> will like to know whether I need to get new one or i am good.
There is only one person who can answer that - yourself.
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Per Jessen, Zürich (23.8°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:pjessen
On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 13:33 +0000, avenuemax wrote:
> Are there any tools available in openSUSE for evaluating cpu/processor
> performance. My processor/cpu is under warranty til end of October, will
> like to know whether I need to get new one or i am good.
Are you wanting to examine load over time? Or just pure relative
processor performance across CPU types?
If the latter, you can use the plethora of published benchmarks for
cpus. One site I like for general comparison is:
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> I am looking for something that can log an event and report. Have tried
> stress and crashme but they dont show any results.
>
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Ok… you’re wanting some kind of comparative benchmark, again, you can
use something like cpubenchmark.net above. Or, if you just want to
benchmark against other hosts using common tools, I’d recommend looking
at the Phoronix Test Suite. It’s easy to install and run tests using it
and you can compare with existing entries pretty easily.
http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/
I general, all you have to do is download the tool (possibly one or two
dependencies will have to be installed) and run it… it will take care
of downloading and installing the tests it needs.
I’ve tried phoronix from buntu but it isnt comprehensive like crashme.
I am looking for a tool on the lines of crashme or stress with evaluation report.
Do you really need an evaluation report to decide whether to buy a new processor? I change only my processor if it is too weak for my openSUSE or if it is not working anymore. And since i’ve got an AMD Athlon X2 4850e+ i will wait until it break.
The end of the warranty does not mean the start of the desintegration of the CPU. But I know what you mean; everything running smooth, machine “feels” good, a fine install and then the CPU breaks, which is not sold any longer, has a socket that’s no longer used, i.e. a new motherboard etc etc. What I did for my server is this:
Bought the mobo and CPU (about $ 600,-), waited a year, then bought exactly the same mobo and CPU (in a set $290 ), put them in the cupboard. The motherboard was dead last october, the CPU is still a spare part.
I don’t think there’s any software that will tell you how long your CPU is going to live from a given moment.
I manage to change my stuff under warranty and have replaced almost everything. I’ve different plans anyway.
Availability isnt a problem. I have changed everything excluding processor, my box is almost new. I am trying to find an excuse for claiming a replacement. The vendors are mean buggers imo.
You just want to get everything for free, right mate?
who doesnt?
and
With that attitude, no wonder the UK prices for pc’s and components are so high. No wonder the vendors are mean.
avenuemax wrote:
> The vendors are mean buggers imo.
if you think they overcharge you when you buy, then you
shouldn’t…if, on the other hand you paid a fair price you should
not manufacture an excuse to get a free replacement…
if everyone did that then they would be forced to charge double to
begin with…
despite “free” software, there is no free lunch…what profession are
you in? do you work double for half pay?
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Right, free Tibet…
I got replacements after an extensive due diligence carried out by the vendor, no point in blaming users for supplying inferior hardware at first place. Read ‘vendors’ as chinese manufacturers who dump **** on god’s green earth.
I pay for my components. Prices in Germany are not as high as in the UK and the quality is ok!
I bought 14 boxes, 12 screens from same vendor. every week there is some or the other failure with regards to hardware. I bought extended warranty and paid per demands including vat.
I do business process mapping, equating my profession to this doesnt really make sense. I took vendors word for the hardware at the time of buying stuff online and now i am making them pay for the inconvenience.
That will be dumb. you buy chop-shop stuff and then go shopping for what you lack.
avenuemax wrote:
> I bought 14 boxes, 12 screens from same vendor. every week there is
> some or the other failure with regards to hardware. I bought extended
> warranty and paid per demands including vat.
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> I do business process mapping, equating my profession to this doesnt
> really make sense. I took vendors word for the hardware at the time of
> buying stuff online and now i am making them pay for the
> inconvenience.
Did the vendor really make guarantees wrt processor performance? It is
such a fickle subject, it’s hard to believe anyone would do that.
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Per Jessen, Zürich (17.7°C)
http://en.opensuse.org/User:pjessen
If they put a guarantees on products they will have to wind-up. There many be faults with assembly.
Finding flaws isnt difficult.