SBC Benchmark Suite - Phoronix

sbc-general-benchmark.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Benchmark script for SBCs (Debian or Ubuntu).
#
# WARNING: This script is meant to be run as the root user.
# This script should never be run on a system/partition you
# care about. You should only run this on a system that you
# intend to use only for benchmarking and can reinstall or
# re-flash easily.
#
# It's a good idea to make sure your system is updated prior
# to running this script:
#
#   sudo apt-get update
#   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
#
# Usage:
#   sudo ./pi-general-benchmark.sh
#
# PTS is cloned from git master, since the last tagged release
# (10.8.4, from 2022) predates fixes for newer PHP releases. To
# pin a specific ref (tag, branch, or commit) instead:
#   sudo PTS_REF="v10.8.4" ./pi-general-benchmark.sh

# Fail on error.
set -e

# Allow the PTS git ref to be overridden.
PTS_REF="${PTS_REF:-master}"

# Set this to "~/.phoronix-test-suite" if not running as root.
PHORONIX_CONFIG_PATH="/var/lib/phoronix-test-suite"

# Verify script is running as root.
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
  then echo "Please run this script as root (e.g. with sudo)."
  exit
fi

# Change directories into home folder.
cd ~

# Install prerequisites.
source /etc/os-release
case $ID in
  debian|ubuntu|mint)
    apt-get install -y git php-cli php-xml
    ;;

  fedora|rhel|centos|rocky)
    dnf install -y git php-cli php-xml
    ;;

  *)
    echo -n "Unsupported Linux distribution."
    ;;
esac

# Download test suite (shallow clone of the requested ref).
rm -rf phoronix-test-suite
git clone --depth=1 --branch "${PTS_REF}" \
  https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite.git
cd phoronix-test-suite

# Accept terms and print system info.
./phoronix-test-suite system-info <<-END
y
n
n
END

# List recommended tests.
# ./phoronix-test-suite list-recommended-tests

# Batch setup
# Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/77707788/100134 for the assist.
printf 'y\nn\nn\nn\nn\nn\nn\n' | ./phoronix-test-suite batch-setup

# Install test suites.
./phoronix-test-suite install pts/encode-mp3
./phoronix-test-suite install pts/x264
./phoronix-test-suite install pts/phpbench
./phoronix-test-suite install pts/build-linux-kernel

# Run standard test suites.
./phoronix-test-suite batch-run pts/encode-mp3
./phoronix-test-suite batch-run pts/phpbench

# Run test suite requiring option selection.
echo 3 | ./phoronix-test-suite batch-run pts/x264
echo 1 | ./phoronix-test-suite batch-run pts/build-linux-kernel

I am a little surprised the Phoronix suite has no "default target"...

Going to run this on SpacemiT x100 chips. Thank you for sharing this script; just saved me hours from "quickly" learning how to use that suite lol.

@IngwiePhoenix - Haha yes, I think the problem is @michaellarabel targets so many different platforms, it is almost impossible to have a default suite that will run across all and give results that make sense to share, especially as new systems roll out (similar to like, Geekbench).

Like right now I haven't been able to get RISC-V chips to run the MP3 test at all, and usually there are problems with x264 as well...

I updated the script to git clone PTS at PTS_REF instead of installing 10.8.4. It doesn't seem like version tags propagate to releases anymore, and you're meant to just 'run from master'. Which seems a little annoying since I like targeting releases for benchmark tools... but oh well :)