System Stability Tester: A CPU and RAM Benchmarking Tool For Ubuntu

In this tutorial we will see how to install System Stability Tester under Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or any other version of Ubuntu. System Stability Tester is a cross-platform application similar to SuperPI and is used for CPU and RAM benchmarking, stressing, and burning via an easy to use GUI and CLI.

System Stability Tester Installation

For Ubuntu (32-bit), run the following commands:

wget -O systester-1.4.0-linux-i686.tar.gz http://goo.gl/E5LLB


tar zxvf systester-1.4.0-linux-i686.tar.gz


cd systester-1.4.0-linux-i686


sudo cp systester /usr/local/bin

For Ubuntu (64-bit), issue these commands:

wget -O systester-1.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz http://goo.gl/bRIIX


tar zxvf systester-1.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz


cd systester-1.4.0-linux-amd64


sudo cp systester /usr/local/bin

To run the application, you can simply run this command:

systester

That's it!