diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 40eecfc..4ba69bc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Can currently only send a single picture though. ## benchmark The following benchmark was run on a max-spec X280 against version [d4c574b]. -I could not figure out what the performance bottleneck is, but it is not CPU limited. +I could not figure out what the performance bottleneck is, but it doesn't seem +to be CPU limited, as turbo-boost doesn't kick in. To reproduce, run the following commands in separate shells: @@ -25,9 +26,12 @@ go run main.go -image benchmark/test.png -connection 10 [sturmflut] (`./sturmflut 127.0.0.1:1337 benchmark/test.png -t 10`, version `8ec6ee9`) managed to get 48 Gpbs throughput on this system. -> Hint: Benchmarking throughput against the [pixelnuke][pixelflut_gh] is pointless, - as performance is then CPU-limited to ~1 Gbps by the server. +> Hint: Benchmarking throughput against the [pixelnuke][pixelflut_gh] server is + pointless, as performance is then CPU-limited to ~1 Gbps by the server. Using [iperf] removes the server limitation. + This also means that these metrics of several Gbps are far higher than + realworld scenarios. [d4c574b]: https://github.com/SpeckiJ/Hochwasser/commit/d4c574be103a7bad69349f29402694f51058184c +[pixelflut_gh]: https://github.com/defnull/pixelflut [iperf]: https://iperf.fr/