phoronix-test-suite-docker

This is a container image build for the Phoronix Test Suite and, in particular, installs a number of tests out of the box. The official container image only drops you onto the PTS shell and expects you to install the tests at runtime which I feel is not best practice.

This container build installs the following processor-oriented tests and their dependencies:

• pts/build-linux-kernel
• pts/x264
• pts/compress-xz
• pts/openssl
• pts/encode-flac
• pts/graphics-magick-2.1.0
• pts/compress-pbzip2
• pts/build-mplayer
• pts/gcrypt
• pts/stream

Note that, as of this writing, one test always fails (pts/build-linux-kernel's allmodconfig test) so should be ignored.

The built container requires about 13 GB of disk space once built, and requires more space during the run. I recommend at least 64 GB of disk space to be comfortable.

How to build

Run

docker build -t gurdasani.com/benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite-docker:latest .

After the container build, it should be visible in the output of

docker images

How to use

Run

mkdir pts-home
docker run --rm --cap-add SYS_NICE -itv "`pwd`/pts-home" gurdasani.com/benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite-docker:latest

How to clean up

Run

docker rmi gurdasani.com/benchmarks/phoronix-test-suite-docker:latest
rm -rf pts-home