Linux / UNIX: Test Graphical Performance ( 3D Acceleration / FPS )

To test the graphical performance of a Linux or UNIX system, you can use a benchmarking tool that measures the system's ability to render 3D graphics and calculate frames per second (FPS). Here are a few options:

1. glxgears:

2. The glxgears utility is a simple tool that measures the system's ability to render 3D graphics. To use glxgears, you will need to have the mesa-utils package installed on your system. You can then run glxgears by entering the following command at the terminal prompt:

glxgears

3. This will start glxgears and display the current FPS in the window. You can use the -info option to display additional information about the graphics system, such as the OpenGL version and the graphics card used.

4. glmark2:

5. glmark2 is a more advanced benchmarking tool that measures the system's ability to render 3D graphics and calculates a score based on the performance. To use glmark2, you will need to install the glmark2 package on your system. You can then run glmark2 by entering the following command at the terminal prompt:

glmark2

6. This will start glmark2 and display a series of test scenes, after which it will display the final score and the FPS for each scene.