Performance testing
- Posted by author on December 31st, 2008 filed in SQA - Terms
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Performance testing is performed to determine how fast certain aspects of a system perform under a particular workload. Performance testing can serve different purposes:
1) It can demonstrate that the system meets performance criteria.
2) It can compare two systems to find which performs better.
3) It can measure what parts of the system or workload cause the system to perform badly.
4) In the diagnostic case, software engineers use tools such as profilers to measure what parts of a device or software contribute most to the poor performance or to establish throughput levels (and thresholds) for maintained acceptable response time.
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