These files/folders are the default locations when running as a non-root Phoronix Test Suite user. When running as root, the paths may appear in standard system paths like /etc/phoronix-test-suite.xml.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/user-config.xml
This is a per-user configuration file. Among the information stored here is the test options, locations for storing files, and batch mode options. This file is formatted in XML. When run as root, this path is /etc/phoronix-test-suite.xml.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/graph-config.json
This is a per-user configuration file for storing graph attributes. The adjustable options include HTML hex color codes for different areas of the graph, dimensions of the graph, and font sizes. This file is formatted in JSON.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/download-cache/
This directory contains test packages that have been downloaded for test profiles. For more information on the download cache.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/
This directory is where tests are installed by default. Each test has its own directory within a sub-directory of installed-tests/ based upon its OpenBenchmarking.org repository. In the test's folder is a pts-install.json file used for managing the installation.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/test-results/
This directory is where tests results are saved by default. Each saved file has its own directory. In the saved directory is then a composite.xml file containing the useful results while in the test-X.xml files are back-ups of the results.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/modules-data/
This is the directory where any Phoronix Test Suite modules should save any files to, within a sub-directory of the module's name. The module configuration settings are also stored within this directory.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/
This is the directory where test profiles are stored.
~/.phoronix-test-suite/test-suites/
This is the directory where test suites are stored.