nginx

This is a benchmark of the lightweight Nginx HTTP(S) web-server. This Nginx web server benchmark test profile makes use of the wrk program for facilitating the HTTP requests over a fixed period time with a configurable number of concurrent clients/connections. HTTPS with a self-signed OpenSSL certificate is used by this test for local benchmarking.

To run this test with the Phoronix Test Suite, the basic command is: phoronix-test-suite benchmark nginx.

Project Site

nginx.org

Source Repository

github.com

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

25 March 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel 

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 13 Seconds

Average Run Time

4 Minutes, 7 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + Zlib + OpenSSL

Accolades

200k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms


Public Result Uploads *Reported Test Completions **Reported Installs **Test Profile Page Views ***OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsNGINX Benchmark Popularity Statisticspts/nginx2010.122011.052011.102012.032012.082013.012013.062013.112014.042014.092015.022015.072015.122016.052016.102017.032017.082018.012018.062018.112019.042019.092020.022020.072020.122021.052021.102022.032022.082023.012023.0660K120K180K240K300K
* Uploading of benchmark result data to OpenBenchmarking.org is always optional (opt-in) via the Phoronix Test Suite for users wishing to share their results publicly.
** Data based on those opting to upload their test results to OpenBenchmarking.org and users enabling the opt-in anonymous statistics reporting while running benchmarks from an Internet-connected platform.
*** Test profile page view reporting began March 2021.
Data updated weekly as of 26 September 2023.
20020.1%50022.4%100019.7%209.7%10017.7%400010.3%Connections Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

pts/nginx-3.0.1   [View Source]   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 11:35:50 GMT
Update against latest Nginx point release for GCC 13 build fix.

pts/nginx-3.0.0   [View Source]   Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:09:12 GMT
Update against nginx 1.23.2 upstream, switch to using SSL HTTPS, ue wrk for benchmarkin.

pts/nginx-2.0.1   [View Source]   Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:17:33 GMT
Update to support using Go install on newer versions. Fixes: https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/616

pts/nginx-2.0.0   [View Source]   Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:29:30 GMT
Update against nginx 1.21.1 upstream, switch to using Bombardier for load testing, add concurrent request option.

pts/nginx-1.2.2   [View Source]   Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:03:17 GMT
Fixes for newer distros like RHEL8 - https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/test-profiles/pull/84

pts/nginx-1.2.1   [View Source]   Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:01:40 GMT
Add initial Windows support.

pts/nginx-1.2.0   [View Source]   Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:30:06 GMT
Update against upstream nginx 1.9.9, increase workload size.

pts/nginx-1.1.0   [View Source]   Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:40:36 GMT
Update against upstream NGINX 1.0.11 web-server release.

pts/nginx-1.0.0   [View Source]   Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:00:01 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Server

CPU Massive

Single-Threaded


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

nginx 1.23.2

Connections: 500

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 1,081 public results since 4 November 2022 with the latest data as of 25 September 2023.

Below is an overview of the generalized performance for components where there is sufficient statistically significant data based upon user-uploaded results. It is important to keep in mind particularly in the Linux/open-source space there can be vastly different OS configurations, with this overview intended to offer just general guidance as to the performance expectations.

Component
Percentile Rank
# Compatible Public Results
Requests Per Second (Average)
97th
21
239157 +/- 16949
95th
13
218975 +/- 8647
94th
4
209841 +/- 11031
94th
3
208848 +/- 804
91st
27
200822 +/- 5616
91st
14
199031 +/- 3777
90th
4
196179 +/- 22321
88th
6
179527 +/- 1011
87th
4
177557 +/- 1375
85th
11
172693 +/- 2317
84th
52
168894 +/- 5805
83rd
3
167324 +/- 249
82nd
3
166550 +/- 572
81st
6
166052 +/- 308
81st
3
165751 +/- 856
79th
7
164941 +/- 23188
79th
3
164524 +/- 701
79th
3
163763 +/- 3355
78th
3
162022 +/- 1473
78th
3
160732 +/- 1169
78th
4
160490 +/- 260
76th
3
158287 +/- 1089
Mid-Tier
75th
< 155125
75th
29
151928 +/- 10121
73rd
3
149161 +/- 14080
72nd
6
144544 +/- 4851
71st
5
143245 +/- 2378
68th
14
138881 +/- 2553
67th
6
134337 +/- 525
65th
8
131766 +/- 1695
63rd
7
125926 +/- 1819
62nd
13
118155 +/- 8895
62nd
6
113690 +/- 123
60th
16
105890 +/- 6220
58th
16
101290 +/- 7040
56th
4
99088 +/- 517
55th
12
98082 +/- 2558
53rd
12
93965 +/- 241
53rd
4
86252 +/- 480
51st
7
80688 +/- 8536
Median
50th
78781
47th
3
76147 +/- 768
47th
11
75526 +/- 1932
47th
14
75168 +/- 5253
47th
7
75113 +/- 292
45th
3
73353 +/- 192
38th
7
52932 +/- 74
36th
3
51850 +/- 99
33rd
3
48976 +/- 4271
32nd
6
44266 +/- 3001
32nd
3
43953 +/- 743
31st
3
41653 +/- 3067
31st
5
40701 +/- 28
29th
7
38345 +/- 1044
28th
4
37513 +/- 47
27th
6
37083 +/- 3814
Low-Tier
25th
< 34006
25th
7
33113 +/- 4905
25th
6
31387 +/- 2506
24th
6
31011 +/- 378
24th
6
30465 +/- 623
23rd
43
28863 +/- 2796
22nd
6
28405 +/- 632
18th
4
25026 +/- 2198
18th
6
24584 +/- 277
15th
6
20703 +/- 168
14th
5
19600 +/- 1636
14th
6
18235 +/- 51
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Connections: 5001069 Results Range From 202 To 373740 Requests Per Second202767315144226153008637557450285249959970674417491282383898549732510479611226711973812720913468014215114962215709316456417203517950618697719444820191920939021686122433223180323927424674525421626168726915827662928410029157129904230651331398432145532892633639734386835133935881036628137375220406080100

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (nginx 1.23.2 - Connections: 500) has an average run-time of 5 minutes. By default this test profile is set to run at least 3 times but may increase if the standard deviation exceeds pre-defined defaults or other calculations deem additional runs necessary for greater statistical accuracy of the result.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMinutesTime Required To Complete BenchmarkConnections: 500Run-Time510152025Min: 5 / Avg: 5.29 / Max: 18

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 0.2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsConnections: 500Deviation246810Min: 0 / Avg: 0.16 / Max: 6

Does It Scale Well With Increasing Cores?

Yes, based on the automated analysis of the collected public benchmark data, this test / test settings does generally scale well with increasing CPU core counts. Data based on publicly available results for this test / test settings, separated by vendor, result divided by the reference CPU clock speed, grouped by matching physical CPU core count, and normalized against the smallest core count tested from each vendor for each CPU having a sufficient number of test samples and statistically significant data.

IntelAMDOpenBenchmarking.orgRelative Core Scaling To BaseNGINX Benchmark CPU Core ScalingConnections: 500468121632641281.83.65.47.29

Notable Instruction Set Usage

Notable instruction set extensions supported by this test, based on an automatic analysis by the Phoronix Test Suite / OpenBenchmarking.org analytics engine.

Instruction Set
Support
Instructions Detected
SSE2 (SSE2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
MOVDQU PSHUFD UCOMISD CVTSS2SD CVTSI2SD ADDSD SUBSD MULSD CVTTSD2SI DIVSD PSHUFHW MOVDQA SQRTSD COMISD CVTSD2SI ANDNPD CMPLESD ORPD ANDPD CMPNLTSD MOVAPD MOVD CVTSD2SS PSLLDQ PSRLDQ
SSSE3 (SSSE3)
Used by default on supported hardware.
 
PSHUFB PALIGNR
SSE 4.2 (SSE4_2)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
POPCNT PCMPESTRI
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Sandy Bridge (2011).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VZEROUPPER VPERM2F128
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Excavator (2016).

 
VPBROADCASTB VINSERTI128 VPBLENDD VPERM2I128
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since at least 2010.
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
AESENC AESENCLAST AESDEC AESDECLAST AESKEYGENASSIST AESIMC
FMA (FMA)
Used by default on supported hardware.
Found on Intel processors since Haswell (2013).
Found on AMD processors since Bulldozer (2011).

 
VFNMADD231SD VFMADD213SD
Last automated analysis: 23 April 2022

This test profile binary relies on the shared libraries libc.so.6.

Tested CPU Architectures

This benchmark has been successfully tested on the below mentioned architectures. The CPU architectures listed is where successful OpenBenchmarking.org result uploads occurred, namely for helping to determine if a given test is compatible with various alternative CPU architectures.

CPU Architecture
Kernel Identifier
Verified On
Intel / AMD x86 64-bit
x86_64
(Many Processors)
Loongson LoongArch 64-bit
loongarch64
Loongson-3A5000-HV
ARMv8 64-bit
aarch64
ARMv8, ARMv8 16-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A53 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A72, ARMv8 Cortex-A72 4-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A73 2-Core, ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1, ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-N2 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 16-Core, ARMv8 Neoverse-V1 64-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 128-Core, Ampere ARMv8 Neoverse-N1 256-Core, Apple M1, Apple M2, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 4-Core, Rockchip ARMv8 Cortex-A76 6-Core

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