How to Benchmark Server Performance

Prerequisites

Before benchmarking, make sure you have:

• SSH access to your VPS
• Sufficient free time (benchmarks can take 5-30 minutes)

Method 1: UnixBench (General Purpose)

Connect to your VPS:

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

sudo apt install git build-essential -y
git clone https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench.git
cd byte-unixbench/UnixBench
./Run

Method 2: Geekbench (Cross-Platform)

wget https://cdn.geekbench.com/Geekbench-5.4.5-Linux.tar.gz
tar xzf Geekbench-5.4.5-Linux.tar.gz
cd Geekbench-5.4.5-Linux
./geekbench5

Method 3: sysbench (CPU Test)

sudo apt install sysbench -y

CPU benchmark:

sysbench cpu run

CPU with single thread:

sysbench cpu --cpu-max-prime=20000 run

Memory benchmark:

sysbench memory run

Method 4: Disk IO Benchmark (sysbench)

sysbench fileio --file-total-size=2G prepare
sysbench fileio --file-total-size=2G --file-test-mode=rndrw --time=300 run
sysbench fileio --file-total-size=2G cleanup

Method 5: Stress Test (CPU + Memory)

Install stress:

sudo apt install stress -y

Stress all CPU cores for 60 seconds:

stress --cpu 4 --timeout 60

Method 6: All-in-One Script (bench.sh)

curl -LsO bench.sh; chmod +x bench.sh; ./bench.sh

Method 7: Yet-Another-Bench-Script

curl -sL yabs.sh | bash

Interpreting Benchmark Scores

• UnixBench: 1000+ – Good for a multi-core VPS
• Geekbench single-core: 500+ – Decent performance
• Geekbench multi-core: 2000+ – Good for web hosting