Stress Test Complete
After overclocking my system I ran a stress test in order to make sure that even during the heaviest of loads my server would stay functional. My application of choice for stress testing in Ubuntu is “cpuburn”. I then use lm-sensors to read the temperatures of my system.
$apt-get install cpuburn lm-sensors
$sudo sensors-detect
$sudo modprobe [modules that the previous command identified at the end]
$sensors
At this point you can now see the temperatures, voltage regulations, fan speeds, and other such information. Now you need to open new terminal window for each CPU core you have (or create them using Screen) and run the following command in each one:
$burnP6
Let this run for at least 15 minutes and then check the temperatures by running “sensors”. You can also set up sensors to automatically update by using the “watch” command.
$watch sensors