The Phoronix Test Suite is a cross-platform, open-source automated benchmarking and testing software platform. The Phoronix Test Suite provides all the necessary components for carrying out tests in a fully-automanted manner from test downloading and installation to execution and results analysis. The Phoronix Test Suite also supports many extras like simultaneous system monitoring support, enterprise features like multi-system test management, regression testing and tracking, and many other features. New tests can be easily added to the Phoronix Test Suite through its unique, XML and shell script based architecture.
Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 was publicly released in 2008 after being in development for several years as an internal tool for use at Phoronix.com and was developed in conjunction with leading IHVs, ISVs, and other organizations. The lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite is Michael Larabel. Developed in conjunction with the Phoronix Test Suite are the enterprise-focused Phoromatic and OpenBenchmarking.org components.