# kdlucas/byte-unixbench

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench

Repository: https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/byte-unixbench
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-05-19T09:01:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 52, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4136, "days_push": 106, "days_rel": 106, "gap_med": 362, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1440, forks 346 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.059983+00:00)

## What it is
UnixBench is the original BYTE UNIX benchmark suite, a C-based tool that measures overall Unix-like system performance via multiple tests (including Dhrystone and simple 2D/3D graphics tests) and produces index scores against a baseline system. It supports multi-CPU systems by running tests single-copy and N-copy to assess parallel processing gains.

## Use cases
- benchmark overall performance of a unix-like system
- compare server performance before and after hardware or OS changes
- measure single-task vs multi-task parallel processing gains
- get an index score for a VPS or cloud instance
- test 2D and 3D graphics performance on unix systems

## When to choose
- you want a classic, widely recognized whole-system benchmark for Linux/Unix
- you need to compare system performance against a historical baseline index
- you want to evaluate both single-core and multi-core throughput

## When to avoid
- you need isolated CPU, RAM, or disk microbenchmarks rather than a system-level score
- you need modern GPU or application-level benchmarking
- you want actively developed features - the project is in maintenance mode with infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: benchmarking
- domain: performance, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: unixbench, system-benchmark, dhrystone, byte-benchmark-suite, c, linux

## Member repositories
- kdlucas/byte-unixbench (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.059983+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:31.958249+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.059983+00:00, sha bdea6fdf3e04)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.