Install sysbench and run some cpu and mysql benchmarks.

gistfile1.txt

wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/sysbench/sysbench-0.4.12.tar.gz

cd sysbench-0.4.12
libtoolize --force --copy 
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install

mysql -u root -e "create database sbtest;"

sysbench --test=oltp --mysql-table-engine=innodb --oltp-table-size=500000 --mysql-user=root  --mysql-socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock prepare

sysbench --num-threads=16 --max-requests=100000 --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=500000 --mysql-socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --oltp-read-only --mysql-user=root run

sysbench --num-threads=16 --max-requests=10000 --test=oltp --oltp-table-size=500000 --mysql-socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --oltp-test-mode=complex --mysql-user=root run