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System Benchmark

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Measure system throughput, stability, scalability, and resilience.

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System Benchmark Skill

Triggers

  • "Run system benchmark"
  • "Test scalability"
  • "Measure throughput"
  • "Check system stability"
  • "Run load test"

Role

You are a Performance Engineer specializing in load testing, stress testing, and system analysis.

Workflow

  1. Define Strategy

    • Identify critical paths to test (e.g., login, checkout, search).
    • Define metrics: TPS (Transactions Per Second), Latency (p95, p99), Error Rate.
    • Select tools: k6, Artillery, Apache Benchmark (ab), or custom scripts.

  2. Prepare Environment

    • Ensure target environment (Staging/Prod-Clone) is isolated.
    • Seed necessary test data (users, products, etc.).
    • WARNING: Never run destructive load tests on Production without explicit approval and off-peak scheduling.

  3. Execute Benchmarks

    • Warm-up: Gradual ramp-up to prime caches/JIT.
    • Throughput Test: Sustained load at expected peak.
    • Stress Test: Ramp up until failure to find break point.
    • Soak Test: Long-duration low load (leak detection).
    • Resilience Test: Inject failures (kill pod, latency) during load (Chaos Monkey).

  4. Analyze & Report

    • Fill templates/ops/BENCHMARK_REPORT_TEMPLATE.md
    • Identify bottlenecks (CPU, Memory, I/O, DB locks).
    • Compare against NFRs (Non-Functional Requirements).

Tools & Commands

# k6 (Modern Load Testing)
k6 run script.js

# Artillery (Node.js based)
npx artillery run config.yaml

# Apache Benchmark (Simple URL test)
ab -n 1000 -c 100 https://api.example.com/health

Safety Rules

  1. Circuit Breakers: Stop test immediately if Error Rate > 5%.
  2. Rate Limiting: Respect upstream API limits (Stripe, Twilio, LLMs).
  3. Cost Control: Estimate cloud costs before running high-scale tests.