<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
sysbench	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
software	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
scriptable	B-Application
multi-threaded	B-Operating_System
benchmarking	O
tool	O
designed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
C	B-Language
binary	I-Language
and	O
uses	O
LuaJIT	B-Application
scripts	O
to	O
execute	O
benchmarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
multi-purpose	O
benchmark	O
that	O
features	O
tests	O
for	O
CPU	B-Device
,	O
memory	B-General_Concept
,	O
I/O	O
,	O
and	O
database	O
performance	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
now	O
comes	O
packaged	O
in	O
most	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
repositories	O
such	O
as	O
Debian	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
CentOS	O
and	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sysbench	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Peter	O
Zaitsev	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sysbench	B-Application
tests	O
the	O
load	O
by	O
running	O
multiple	O
threads	B-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
threads	B-Operating_System
is	O
specified	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
testing	O
mode	O
,	O
Sysbench	B-Application
can	O
test	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
requests	O
or	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
required	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
complete	O
benchmark	O
,	O
or	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sysbench	B-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
benchmark	O
test	O
specified	O
in	O
a	O
linux	B-Application
shell	O
or	O
in	O
shell	O
script	O
,	O
or	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
other	O
commands	O
such	O
as	O
prepare	O
or	O
cleanup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
commonly	O
used	O
variation	O
of	O
Sysbench	B-Application
may	O
look	O
like	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
sysbench	B-Application
--test	O
=	O
cpu	B-Device
--cpu-max-prime	O
=	O
20000	O
--threads	O
=	O
32	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
