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title: Install unixbench on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of unixbench for Linux - the revised BYTE UNIX
  benchmark suite
url: https://snapcraft.io/unixbench
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# unixbench

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Install latest/stable of unixbench

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install unixbench
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* unixbench

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### License

* GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 10 March 2019 - latest/stable
* 20 May 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/anthonywong/unixbench-snap](https://github.com/anthonywong/unixbench-snap "https://github.com/anthonywong/unixbench-snap")

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### Contact

* [anthony.wong@ubuntu.com](mailto:anthony.wong@ubuntu.com "mailto:anthony.wong@ubuntu.com")

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/unixbench#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/unixbench#tab-security)

#### the revised BYTE UNIX benchmark suite

UnixBench is the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, updated and revised by
many people over the years.

The purpose of UnixBench is to provide a basic indicator of the performance of
a Unix-like system; hence, multiple tests are used to test various aspects of
the system's performance. These test results are then compared to the scores
from a baseline system to produce an index value, which is generally easier to
handle than the raw scores. The entire set of index values is then combined to
make an overall index for the system.

Some very simple graphics tests are included to measure the 2D and 3D graphics
performance of the system.

Multi-CPU systems are handled. If your system has multiple CPUs, the default
behaviour is to run the selected tests twice -- once with one copy of each test
program running at a time, and once with N copies, where N is the number of
CPUs. This is designed to allow you to assess:

* the performance of your system when running a single task
* the performance of your system when running multiple tasks
* the gain from your system's implementation of parallel processing

Do be aware that this is a system benchmark, not a CPU, RAM or disk
benchmark. The results will depend not only on your hardware, but on your
operating system, libraries, and even compiler.

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## Install unixbench on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/unixbench/raspbian)