Finding Performance Of a Box
From FGARWiki
The below commands expect to be run at a command line, in a terminal window.
To Open a terminal window, go to 'Applications->Accessories->Terminal'
Commands can be copied and pasted.
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CPU
cat /proc/cpuinfo
model name and processor speed
Motherboard
sudo dmidecode
look for product name in system information. (You will have to scroll almost to the top) If system information is not included in list you will have to type
sudo dmidecode | less
Then use the pg up and down keys
If you don't find the product name under system Information, look for the product name under Base Board Information
memory
cat /proc/meminfo
Look at memtotal and divide by 1024 to calculate number of megabytes.
Round to closest whole number.
1000 MB = 1 GB
Hardrive
sudo fdisk -l
Find the line near the bottom that says Disk /dev/sda: xx GB The number of GB is what you write down.
dmidecode
sudo dmidecode | head
then look for first line If it pops up, then yes
Video (GLX)
Type glxgears look for FPS per second
hardware sensors
in terminal type
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
then type
sudo sensors-detect
then keep saying yes till end.
look for the line under 'chipdrivers'.
It should be a combination of letters and numbers.
Type sudo modprobe followed by the combination. Example sudo modprobe smsc47m1
If you get an error saying "Sorry, no sensors were detected", or "FATAL: Error ... (...): Device or resource busy", then NO. If no error appears, then YES.
coreboot
go to coreboot.org, and search for the motherboard in your machine.
type model name or product name if you find it fill-out YES, if not found does not support,then NO
flashrom
First, install flashrom
sudo apt-get install flashrom
now, run flashrom at the terminal by typing in sudo flashrom
you're looking for 'Found Chipset', and 'Found Chip'. If you find them, YES.