Benchmarking: Intel Linpack
Make sure Hyperthreading is set to on in BIOS and this is run on Linux (normally a separate SSD with Centos on)
Head to Intel`s site to get the latest linpack libraries:
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-math-kernel-library-linpack-download
Download the latest tgz for linux. This can potentially be done using wget (below is just a example, a newer version maybe available):
wget http://registrationcenter.intel.com/irc_nas/4547/l_lpk_p_11.2.0.003.tgzThen untar:
tar -xvf l_lpk_p_11.2.0.003.tgzThe above should create a new folder of the untarred files, navigate into this and find main linpack x64 program:
cd linpack_11.2.3/benchmarks/linpack/
./xlinpack_xeon64Then you should see:
"Input data or print help? Type [data]/help :"
"Number of equations to solve (problem size):(here you put in your calculated problem size)" "Leading dimension of array:(here you put in your calculated problem size)" "Number of trails to run: (input the number of runs you want 3 for example)" "Data allignment value (in Kbytes): 128"
Linpack should then run after this.
To check option another session in centos using keyboard shortcut "alt+f2" you should be presentated with another login and password screen.
Login and type "top" this will show the process manager and if Linpack is loading as expected you should see the CPU plus Memory usage rise up to match the problem size. Depending on system Spec I would aim this to be as high as possible normally this is something between 80-100% CPU and memory usage.
Why not 100%? If going for between 90-100% usage I found the system can become unstable or the OS will just kill the process. This is down to the OS requiring CPU time and ram of its own. If Linpack uses it all up, the OS cannot run.