Desktop interface for the Mess benchmark
Configure benchmark runs, generate bandwidth-latency curves and inspect results from a desktop application. Mess GUI uses the same benchmark engine as the command line.
What’s new in Mess 2.1Choose the package for your operating system and processor architecture.
Choose your operating system below.
x86-64
Debian package (.deb)
Install the downloaded .deb package on Debian or Ubuntu and open Mess Benchmark. Prepare a C++17 toolchain and Git, and configure a supported bandwidth-counter backend.
Measurements depend on the counters available on your processor and the permissions provided by your operating system.
Apple Silicon
Disk image (.dmg)
Open the disk image and move Mess Benchmark into Applications. Install Xcode Command Line Tools and Git before setting up the benchmark.
Bandwidth measurement requires an M-series Mac. Native IOReport measurement needs no additional counter driver; Intel Macs have no macOS bandwidth-counter backend.
Intel / AMD x86-64
Installer (.exe)
Run the installer and open Mess Benchmark as Administrator for bandwidth measurements. Install the MSYS2 UCRT64 toolchain, CMake and Ninja. WebView2 is supplied by the installer if needed.
Install Intel VTune, Intel client IMC tooling or AMD uProf for your CPU. Native Windows driver and benchmark-curve validation remains pending.
Hardware counters determine which measurements your system supports. --bind, --inst-lat and --add-counters are unavailable on macOS and Windows.
Mess 2.1 also adds NVIDIA GPU bandwidth-latency curves through --gpu. GPU measurements require the NVIDIA driver and CUDA Toolkit 12.6+ with nvcc and CUPTI.
For setup questions or guidance on your system, contact the BSC Memory team at mess@bsc.es.
