Just wondering if there is any benchmark software that I can download that will run on both Windows (preferable Windows 7) and Linux (Ubuntu 9.10)? I have a brand new system and I'd like to run some standardized benchmarks with Ubuntu and also with Windows 7. The Passmark Performance test only runs under Windows.
A:
It depends greatly of what your metric is. "Back then when" we worried more about integer vs floating-point performance the dhrystone test was popular. It will test the 'ecompiler + os' combination, but say nothing about graphics, or disk, or other aspects.
Wikipedia also has number of other open source benchmarks listed you could try.
Dirk Eddelbuettel
2010-03-10 17:48:54