Overview
This section provides comprehensive performance information for X Platform, including benchmarking results, test methodologies, and performance analysis.
Performance Documentation
X Platform performance documentation is organized into two main sections:
1. Canonical Benchmark
The Canonical Benchmark section presents results from the official end-to-end performance benchmark used to measure X Platform's core capabilities.
What it measures: Complete Receive-Process-Send flow of a clustered microservice, including messaging, state management, persistence, cluster replication, and consensus protocol.
Key metrics:
Wire-to-Wire Latency: Time from inbound message arrival to outbound message transmission (50th, 99th, 99.9th percentiles)
Maximum Throughput: Messages processed per second under saturated load
Test program: ESProcessor from the X Platform Performance Benchmark Suite
Results available: Performance metrics for X Platform 3.16 releases
➡️ View Canonical Benchmark Results
2. Performance Benchmark Suite
The Performance Benchmark Suite section documents the collection of benchmarking tools that measure individual X Platform runtime components.
What it includes: 7 modules, each focusing on a specific component:
Time Module: Time API overhead
Serialization Module: Message encoding/decoding performance
Link Module: Cluster replication transport
Messaging Module: Pub/sub messaging layer
Persistence Module: Message and data persistence
Storage Module: Object store operations
AEP Module: End-to-end canonical benchmark (described above)
Purpose: Isolate and measure individual component performance, understand performance characteristics, validate configurations
Source code: github.com/neeveresearch/nvx-perf
Quick Start
View Latest Results
See the latest canonical benchmark results:
X Platform 3.16.34 Performance - Latest tested release
Run Your Own Tests
Download and run the benchmark suite:
Download distribution from the Neeve artifact repository:
Extract and run:
See documentation for detailed configuration and parameters:
Test Description - Complete methodology
Benchmark Suite Documentation - All modules and tools
Understanding Performance
Latency Characteristics
X Platform is optimized for ultra-low latency:
Typical latency: 27-30µs median (wire-to-wire, including network)
Tail latency: 99.9th percentile within 1.5x of median
Configuration: Performance varies by CPU configuration and optimization mode
Throughput Characteristics
X Platform supports high-volume scenarios:
Typical throughput: 280K+ messages/second per microservice instance
Scaling: Linear scaling with message complexity and CPU resources
Configuration: Best throughput with minimal CPU configuration for lightweight handlers
Performance Factors
Key factors affecting X Platform performance:
Message Access Method: Direct access (serializer/deserializer) vs Indirect (POJO) - ~10% latency difference, 2.4x throughput difference
CPU Configuration: MinCPU, Default, or MaxCPU - affects parallelization vs coordination overhead
Optimization Mode: Latency or Throughput - different XVM and runtime tuning
Hardware: CPU, memory, storage (NVME vs SSD), network (InfiniBand vs Ethernet)
Network Tuning: VMA, RDMA enablement (not enabled in baseline tests)
Next Steps
Canonical Benchmark - View official end-to-end performance results
Benchmark Suite - Explore component-level benchmarks
Test Description - Understand test methodology in detail
Test Results - Browse results by X Platform release
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