CPU Load Generator

A cross-platform CPU load generator for benchmarking and testing
Supports configurable utilization, duration, and number of cores.

📌 Features

• Generate custom CPU load (1%–100%)
• Control test duration (in seconds)
• Load specific number of CPU cores
• Clean interruption handling (Ctrl+C)

⚙️ Requirements

• Python 3.6 or newer
• Linux, Windows

🚀 Installation & Usage

git clone https://github.com/laspavel/cpu_load.git
cd cpu_load
chmod +x cpu_load.py
./cpu_load.py [-i INTERVAL] [-u UTILIZATION] [-c CPUS] [-v]

Python dependencies are only from the standard library, no installation of packages is required.

Parameters:

Parameters	Description	Default
-i, --interval	Duration in seconds to run the test	30
-u, --utilization	CPU load percentage per core	50
-c, --cpus	Number of CPU cores to load (max = physical cores)	all available cores
-v, --version	Show program version and exit

🧩 Example Usage

./load_cpu.py -i 60 -u 90 -c 2   # Run for 60 seconds at 90% load on 2 CPU cores

🛠 Build Standalone Binary

./build.sh

🧪 Testing Locally

If you prefer to run the load script directly on your host system:​

chmod +x load_cpu.sh
./load_cpu.py

⚠️ Make sure Python 3 is installed and executable is marked with chmod +x.

📁 Project Structure

cpu_load/
├── cron/                   # Example cron tasks for automated stress tests
├── src/                    # Source code for load generation
├── build.sh                # Script to build binary file
├── Dockerfile.build        # Docker image for build binary file
├── LICENSE                 # MIT License
└── README.md               # Project documentation

📄 License

MIT License.​

🤝 Contributions

Suggestions and improvements are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

📬 Contact

Author: laspavel

Feel free to reach out with questions or ideas.

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