The memory performance tests are controlled by the -mem switch. Using this switch will cause memory-to-memory transfers to be measured for performance. The goal of these tests is to allow the FSB to be used during disk and cache tests so that FSB contention can be detected.
The behavior of memory tests is controlled by the following sub-options:
time=<s> where <s> is the number of seconds devoted to the memory tests. The default is 5. Performance numbers will be accumulated over <s> seconds.
blocks=<s> where <s> is the size of blocks copied from memory-to-memory. The default is 512K.
freq=<f> where <f> is the frequency in hertz of memory transfers. The default is 96Hz. If 0 is specified than memory transfers will be performed continuously.
