IBM Cloud Web Run Tests
cx2-2x4 - Mar 17 2023

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Web Run tests are made of a load test tool and a database intensive Rails web application.

The load test tool sends HTTP requests to the web application at a controlled rate and records HTTP response codes, response latencies and timeouts. The load test tool is multithreaded and runs on the same VPS where the web application runs.

The intent is to measure:

  • the response times (latency) of the web server
  • the amount of CPU used to serve those requests under various load levels
  • what's the maximum load at which 100% requests are served without timing out.

Provider: IBM Cloud
Plan: cx2-2x4
Datacenter: Toronto, Canada
Number of CPU cores: 2
CPU type: Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)

Web Runs by request rate


Note: the P99 is the 99th percentile. The P99 latency is the latency of the 1% slowest HTTP requests in the web run.


Rate (reqs/s) Average Latency P99 Latency CPU idle CPU steal Successful requests Timed out requests Duration (minutes)
1 57ms 135ms 96% 0.10% 304 0 5
5 49ms 130ms 42% 0.06% 1504 0 5
10 63ms 170ms 43% 0.06% 6005 0 10
15 60ms 170ms 37% 0.06% 4505 0 5
20 62ms 175ms 33% 0.15% 6009 0 5
25 64ms 180ms 14% 0.17% 7508 0 5
30 67ms 185ms 0% 0.10% 8425 575 5

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