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diff --git a/benchmark/README.md b/benchmark/README.md index 95ade9840d..ab168911af 100644 --- a/benchmark/README.md +++ b/benchmark/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ This folder contains benchmark tests to measure the performance for certain io.js APIs. +## prerequisites + +Most of the http benchmarks require `wrk` to be compiled beforehand. + +```sh +make wrk +``` + ## How to run tests There are two ways to run benchmark tests: @@ -80,6 +88,20 @@ buffers/buffer-read.js noAssert=false buffer=fast type=UInt16BE millions=1: 245. ... ``` +3. Run tests with options + +This example will run only the first type of url test, with one iteration. +(Note: benchmarks require __many__ iterations to be statistically accurate.) + + +```sh +iojs benchmark/url/url-parse.js type=one n=1 +``` +Output: +``` +url/url-parse.js type=one n=1: 1663.74402 +``` + ## How to write a benchmark test The benchmark tests are grouped by types. Each type corresponds to a subdirectory, |