Using the Intel LINPACK Benchmark to stress the hardware

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• Download Intel LINPACK Benchmark

• Reboot to the terminal (don't start X), unload unneeded drivers and stop unneeded applications

• Go into the linpack_X.Y.Z/benchmarks/linpack directory

• Compute the job size:

Using a python shell:
>>> import commands
>>> import math
>>> math.floor(math.sqrt((float(commands.getoutput("free -b|grep Mem|awk '{print $2}'"))-1073741824)/8)/16)*16+8