CPU stress test

RouterOS General
1

Hi all,

Is there a manual way to stress the CPU to 100% load? I want to try some thermal solutions for high load scenarios. I’m using a RB4011iGS+

Thanks in advance

2

Disable STP and create some ethernet-loops ? That will get the fire going :wink:

3

Thank you very much for the reply! I tried that with 3 loops and almost did the trick. The thing is that it maxes out cores 1, 2 and 3 but core 0 sits idle and the overall usage is 75%

4

RoS might use a Linux capability called cgroups (control groups) to protect the admin kernel from someone over using the cpu.

5

I guess it takes 4 loops to max-out 4 cores.