Command-line tool

stress-ng

brew/stress-ng

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Stress test a computer system in various selectable ways

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install stress-ng

Linux

brew install stress-ng

Stress all CPUs with 4 workers for 60 seconds

stress-ng -c 4 -t 60s

Stress virtual memory with 2 workers for 30 seconds

stress-ng -m 2 --vm-bytes 512M -t 30s

Stress the I/O subsystem with 3 workers for 45 seconds

stress-ng -i 3 -t 45s

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