How to run a benchmark on your VPS (or any server)

wget http://freevps.us/downloads/bench.sh
bash bench.sh

In bash file

#!/bin/bash

cname=$( awk -F: '/model name/ {name=$2} END {print name}' /proc/cpuinfo )
cores=$( awk -F: '/model name/ {core++} END {print core}' /proc/cpuinfo )
freq=$( awk -F: ' /cpu MHz/ {freq=$2} END {print freq}' /proc/cpuinfo )
tram=$( free -m | awk 'NR==2 {print $2}' )
swap=$( free -m | awk 'NR==4 {print $2}' )
up=$(uptime|awk '{ $1=$2=$(NF-6)=$(NF-5)=$(NF-4)=$(NF-3)=$(NF-2)=$(NF-1)=$NF=""; print }')

echo "CPU model : $cname"
echo "Number of cores : $cores"
echo "CPU frequency : $freq MHz"
echo "Total amount of ram : $tram MB"
echo "Total amount of swap : $swap MB"
echo "System uptime : $up"

cachefly=$( wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from CacheFly: $cachefly "
coloatatl=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speed.atl.coloat.com/100mb.test 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Coloat, Atlanta GA: $coloatatl "
sldltx=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.dal05.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Dallas, TX: $sldltx "
linodejp=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.tokyo.linode.com/100MB-tokyo.bin 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: $linodejp "
i3d=$( wget -O /dev/null http://ftp.i3d.net/100mb.bin 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from i3d.net, NL: $i3d"

#linodeuk=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.london.linode.com/100MB-london.bin 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
#echo "Download speed from Linode, London, UK: $linodeuk "
leaseweb=$( wget -O /dev/null http://mirror.leaseweb.com/speedtest/100mb.bin 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: $leaseweb "
slsg=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sng01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: $slsg "
slwa=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sea01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: $slwa "
slsjc=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sjc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: $slsjc "
slwdc=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '//dev/null/ {speed=$3 $4} END {gsub(/(|)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: $slwdc "
io=$( ( dd if=/dev/zero of=test_$$ bs=64k count=16k conv=fdatasync && rm -f test_$$ ) 2>&1 | awk -F, '{io=$NF} END { print io}' )
echo "I/O speed : $io"