Hi list! Does someone know a tool that measures CPU performance and gives live-updates on it?
My problem is as follows: I have a desktop PC where the case is too small to include the custom CPU cooler with fan. However, because the power supply sits directly above the CPU and the CPU cooler is reasonably effective, I've simply removed the fan from the CPU cooler and let the fan from the power supply act as the CPU fan. This works surprisingly well and usually, the CPU runs at 50°C. During tests with app-benchmarks/cpuburn, the CPU got as hot as 74°C. According to lm_sensors, this is the threshold for "critical" temperature (though I find it a bit low - I've seen CPUs running as high as 90°C). Therefore I suspect that the CPU gets throttled but I cannot verify this with cpuburn because this tool does not output performance figures. Because of that I'm in a need for a similar tool that also outputs FIPS, iterations per second or some other figure while running so that I can monitor it for any performance drops. I guess I could just use mencoder and watch framerates or I could code something myself but maybe someone knows a better tool for this. Thanks in advance! Florian Philipp
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