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Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark?

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 09:26:44AM +0300, dalios wrote:
> * The computer is used for basic office tasks and the usual internet
>   browsing (sometimes with many firefox tabs open). I am not using any
>   particularly heavy programs like scientific computing, video rendering
>   etc. However I am experimenting sometimes with virtual machines
>   (usually with qemu-kvm). Not something professional, just as a hobby
>   (I am trying to teach my self things by performing tasks that I
>   wouldn't normally try on my main system).
> * With the 4 GB RAM that I now have available, I have noticed my PC
>   becoming slow and the memory usage going quite high. After booting,
>   with just Gnome running, I see conky reporting that memory usage goes
>   to something like 800 MB. Firefox adds ~800MB more and Thunderbird
>   adds up to a total of more than 2 or maybe 2,5 GB! After launching
>   Transmission (bit torrent client) I see that I have to restart Firefox
>   quite often in order for the PC to be usable (especially after
>   browsing a little and having many tabs open or even after some tabs
>   have been closed). I have noticed that things got worst after
>   upgrading to Stable (I was on oldstable until recently).
> * I haven't been checking on swap usage a lot so I don't know how is
>   that used.

Given the above, the odds are that a benchmark will not provide you any
meaningful absolute metrics.  That said, tripling your memory will
almost certainly result in your computer rarely touching swap.  That
alone, will make a huge difference in your day-to-day computing
experience.  Additionally, the benchmark may still be a fun "gee whiz"
sort of thing to do.  It can be nice to get some idea of how your
machine performs in a quantitative sense.  It will certainly let you
establish a baseline against which you can compare future upgrades or
future replacement systems.

Regards,

-Roberto
-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez

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New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? dalios <dalios@eumx.net> - 2020-04-09 20:30 +0200
  Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2020-04-09 20:40 +0200
  Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-04-09 23:20 +0200
  Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? dalios <dalios@eumx.net> - 2020-04-10 08:30 +0200
    Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? Marco Möller <talby@debianlists.mobilxpress.net> - 2020-04-10 12:40 +0200
    Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2020-04-10 14:40 +0200
    xpdf woes, was Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-10 17:20 +0200
    Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-04-11 05:10 +0200
      Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-04-11 11:50 +0200
        Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed (was: Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-04-11 15:10 +0200
          Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed (was: Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark?) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-11 15:40 +0200
            Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed (was: Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark?) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-04-11 16:20 +0200
              Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-11 17:30 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-11 21:10 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-12 01:30 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-04-11 22:30 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-12 01:50 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-04-12 09:40 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-12 20:40 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed "007@caiway.net" <007@caiway.net> - 2020-04-12 00:20 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-04-13 15:30 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-13 17:50 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2020-04-13 18:30 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-04-13 19:10 +0200
                Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-13 20:20 +0200
              Re: Improving performance: RAM or CPU speed (was: Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark?) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-11 21:20 +0200
        Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-04-12 00:30 +0200
          Re: New RAM, does Debian has a tool to benchmark? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-04-12 10:40 +0200

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