Performance TestingKeoni Inos

What is it?

• Testing performed to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a particular workload.

Testing Types

• Load (Ex: Benchmarking)

• Stress (AKA “burn-in”)

• Soak

• Spike

• Configuration

• Isolation

Why Stress or Load Test

• Reliability, Scalability, and Resource Usage.

• It's best to uncover unstable components sooner rather than later, while they're still under warranty.

• It can also inform you if you need additional cooling!

Load Test vs. Stress Test

• While both of these tests determine how a system performs under a workload,

load testing understand the behavior of the system under a specific expected load as opposed to stress testing which determines the systems robustness in terms of extremeloads.

Passmark Performance

Test

Support for Mac! Yay…

ST software

Prime95

For overclockers, Prime95 has a feature called "Torture Test" that allows maximum stress testing on the CPU and RAM. There are several options allowing the stress test to focus on the memory, processor, or a balance of both.