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==Introduction==
This Technical Note shows how to run Phoronix Test Suite on the [[MISC-TN-004:_Running_Debian_(armbian)_on_SBCSPG#The_hardware_platform|SBCSBP gateway]]. For the sake of simplicity, the [[MISC-TN-004:_Running_Debian_(armbian)_on_SBCSPG|Debian Stretch distribution]] was used.
This test suite is convenient to estimate the performance of a target platform or to compare different platforms. The suite is extremely modular and tons of tests are available.
==Setting up the target==
The test suite is released as a architecture-independent package. As such, the installation is straightforward once the required PHP packages are installed onto the target.
The installation package is available [https://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=downloads here].
==Results==
For the sake of simplicity, the <code>smallpt</code> suite was used to compare the results depending on the selected governor.
===Governor: <code>interactive</code>===
<pre class="board-terminal">
armbian@sbcspg:~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
conservative ondemand userspace powersave interactive performance
interactive
armbian@sbcspg:~$ phoronix-test-suite benchmark smallpt
Would you like to upload the results to OpenBenchmarking.org (y/n): n
</pre>
===Governor: <code>performance</code>===
<pre class="board-terminal">
...
Do you want to view the text results of the testing (Y/n):
benchmark-smallp-governor-performance
Seconds < Lower Is Better
20230113-benchmark-smallp-governor-performance . 4073.91
</pre>
===Governor: <code>userspace</code>===<pre class="board-terminal">
armbian@sbcspg:~$ phoronix-test-suite benchmark smallpt
Would you like to upload the results to OpenBenchmarking.org (y/n): n
</pre>
===Conclusion===
As detailed in the following table, the type of governor has basically no influence on the result.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Governor
!Result
|-
|interactive (default)
|4027.15
|-
|performance
|4073.91
|-
|userspace (528 MHz)
|4022.45
|}