x11perf

This command will give you a set of tests on an X server and reports on the performance. This command provides a set of benchmarks to evaluate X server performance. In the example below all tests are performed. You can see the benchmarks are listed for each test. This will give you valuable information for comparing standards on your system. Notice that this command is available for Xfree86 and X.Org.

x11perf -all

mike@ub:~$ x11perf -all

x11perf - X11 performance program, version 1.5

The X.Org Foundation server version 60802000 on :0.0

from ub

Sat Aug 27 05:03:58 2005

Sync time adjustment is 0.0731 msecs.

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (6480000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (6230000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (6200000.0/sec): Dot

mike@ub:~$ x11perf -all

x11perf - X11 performance program, version 1.5

The X.Org Foundation server version 60802000 on :0.0

from ub

Sat Aug 27 05:07:10 2005

Sync time adjustment is 0.0751 msecs.

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (5960000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (4890000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (6240000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (5690000.0/sec): Dot

40000000 reps @ 0.0002 msec (6410000.0/sec): Dot

200000000 trep @ 0.0002 msec (5790000.0/sec): Dot

20000000 reps @ 0.0004 msec (2800000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

20000000 reps @ 0.0004 msec (2330000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

20000000 reps @ 0.0004 msec (2720000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

20000000 reps @ 0.0003 msec (3160000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

20000000 reps @ 0.0003 msec (3200000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

100000000 trep @ 0.0004 msec (2810000.0/sec): 1x1 rectangle

3000000 reps @ 0.0028 msec (358000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

3000000 reps @ 0.0022 msec (451000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

3000000 reps @ 0.0028 msec (355000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

3000000 reps @ 0.0022 msec (447000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

3000000 reps @ 0.0025 msec (400000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

15000000 trep @ 0.0025 msec (398000.0/sec): 10x10 rectangle

72000 reps @ 0.1792 msec ( 5580.0/sec): 100x100 rectangle

72000 reps @ 0.1508 msec ( 6630.0/sec): 100x100 rectangle

72000 reps @ 0.1308 msec ( 7640.0/sec): 100x100 rectangle

Here is an example of what you may see as x11perf is running.