PostgreSQL pgbench

This is a simple benchmark of PostgreSQL using pgbench.

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

Project Site

postgresql.org

Test Created

6 December 2010

Last Updated

14 September 2023

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 12 Seconds

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 37 Seconds

Test Dependencies

C/C++ Compiler Toolchain + BC

Accolades

300k+ Downloads + 10k+ Public Benchmark Results + Recently Updated Test Profile

Supported Platforms

* 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.

Revision History

pts/pgbench-1.14.0 [View Source] Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:25:36 GMT
Update against PostgreSQL 16 upstream.

pts/pgbench-1.13.0 [View Source] Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:30:08 GMT
Make use of PostgreSQL prepared mode for pgbench, add higher client options.

pts/pgbench-1.12.0 [View Source] Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:20:45 GMT
Update against PostgreSQL 15 upstream.

pts/pgbench-1.11.1 [View Source] Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:32:09 GMT
Allow a scaling factor up to 25,000.

pts/pgbench-1.11.0 [View Source] Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:06:31 GMT
Update against PostgreSQL 14.0 upstream, various tuning improvements too.

pts/pgbench-1.10.2 [View Source] Sat, 24 Jul 2021 18:40:45 GMT
Increase time -T option to 90, oversight that it wasn't bumped higher in more recent years.

pts/pgbench-1.10.1 [View Source] Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:41:34 GMT
Settings tweak for the 1.10.0 changes.

pts/pgbench-1.10.0 [View Source] Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:11:09 GMT
Update against PostgreSQL 13.0 upstream, restructure test option handling.

pts/pgbench-1.9.1 [View Source] Fri, 04 Oct 2019 06:53:32 GMT
Fix heavy contentiob by going off physical CPU cores.

pts/pgbench-1.9.0 [View Source] Thu, 03 Oct 2019 09:57:40 GMT
Update against PostgreSQL 12.0. NOTE: still waiting on official Windows postgresql 12 release binaries.

pts/pgbench-1.8.7 [View Source] Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:20:12 GMT
Update download URLs.

pts/pgbench-1.8.6 [View Source] Fri, 07 Dec 2018 12:47:49 GMT
Enable BSD build support.

pts/pgbench-1.8.5 [View Source] Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:43:34 GMT
Add bc as an external dependency.

pts/pgbench-1.8.4 [View Source] Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:10:40 GMT
Fix the bundled patch allowing PostgreSQL to run as root.

pts/pgbench-1.8.3 [View Source] Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:07:18 GMT
Adjust run count as was bumped lower during debugging.

pts/pgbench-1.8.2 [View Source] Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:06:30 GMT
Create db directory on Windows otherwise the test seems to sometimes fail, also add note about MSVCR120.dll needing to be on system for PostgreSQL to work.

pts/pgbench-1.8.1 [View Source] Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:46:17 GMT
Tidy up the Windows support, appears to be good to go.

pts/pgbench-1.8.0 [View Source] Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:26:11 GMT
Update against upstream PostgreSQL 10.3, add initial Windows bits.

pts/pgbench-1.7.0 [View Source] Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:23:03 GMT
Updating against postgresql 10.0

pts/pgbench-1.6.0 [View Source] Fri, 19 May 2017 11:57:32 GMT
Update against upstream PostgreSQL 9.6.3.

pts/pgbench-1.5.2 [View Source] Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:05:08 GMT
Update download links, advertise BSD compatibility.

pts/pgbench-1.5.1 [View Source] Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:16:09 GMT
Hack up pgbench to let it run as root

pts/pgbench-1.5.0 [View Source] Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:05:58 GMT
Major update/overhaul of pgbench PostgreSQL benchmark.

pts/pgbench-1.4.0 [View Source] Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:15:04 GMT
Move back to older PostgreSQL 8.4.11 upstream server version to work around PostgreSQL 9.x issue right now dealing with the plpg

pts/pgbench-1.3.0 [View Source] Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:23:30 GMT
Update PostgreSQL to version 9.0.4.

pts/pgbench-1.2.0 [View Source] Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:16:36 GMT
Initial import into OpenBenchmarking.org

Suites Using This Test

Database Test Suite

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Server

Common Kernel Benchmarks

Multi-Core

CPU Massive

Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

PostgreSQL 16

Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 800 - Mode: Read Only

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 52 public results since 14 September 2023 with the latest data as of 19 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

TPS (Average)

AMD EPYC 9654 96-Core

98th

3678380 ^{+/- 108359}

AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core

90th

3404536 ^{+/- 23227}

AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core

86th

3369008

2 x AMD EPYC 9334 32-Core

78th

3054685 ^{+/- 11666}

Mid-Tier

75th

< 3050704

AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core

73rd

2950661

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core

61st

2042889 ^{+/- 14916}

Intel Core i9-13900K

53rd

1658231 ^{+/- 9807}

Median

50th

1652713

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core

48th

1443932

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core

36th

1206362 ^{+/- 10838}

Intel Core i9-10980XE

32nd

966601

Low-Tier

25th

< 915964

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core

19th

874087 ^{+/- 7120}

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

13th

398615 ^{+/- 32790}

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

5th

353955 ^{+/- 31659}

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (PostgreSQL 16 - Scaling Factor: 100 - Clients: 800 - Mode: Read Only) has an average run-time of 7 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.

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

Last automated analysis: 18 September 2023

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)

pclinux 6 Systems - 69 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - ASRock X370 Taichi - AMD 17h Debian - 6.4.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.7
lenovo-sr650-artigo 14 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
lenovo-sr650-artigo 13 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
results 1 System - 2 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G - Gigabyte B450M DS3H WIFI-CF - AMD Renoir ArcoLinux rolling - 6.5.4-zen2-1-zen - KDE Plasma 5.27.8
lenovo-sr650-artigo 12 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
benchmark_ye 1 System - 57 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ - Dell PowerEdge R760xa [0CRRF2] - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-150-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.4
benchmark_ye 1 System - 69 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ - Dell PowerEdge R760 [0NH8MJ] - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-150-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.4
lenovo-sr650-artigo 11 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
xe sep 1 System - 328 Benchmark Results
lenovo-sr650-artigo 10 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
benchmark 1 System - 43 Benchmark Results	2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ - Dell PowerEdge R760xa [0CRRF2] - Intel Device 1bce Ubuntu 18.04 - 5.4.0-150-generic - GNOME Shell 3.28.4
lenovo-sr650-artigo 9 Systems - 67 Benchmark Results	Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - Lenovo-[7X06CTO1WW] v07 - Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - X Server
pclinux 3 Systems - 29 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - ASRock X370 Taichi - AMD 17h Debian - 6.4.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.7
pclinux 3 Systems - 28 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - ASRock X370 Taichi - AMD 17h Debian - 6.4.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.7
pclinux 3 Systems - 26 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Eight-Core - ASRock X370 Taichi - AMD 17h Debian - 6.4.0-4-amd64 - KDE Plasma 5.27.7

PostgreSQL 16 AMD EPYC 5 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.1-060501-generic - GNOME Shell
pgbench pro 3 Systems - 48 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U - LENOVO 21K5001JUS - AMD Device 14e8 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.1-060501-generic - GNOME Shell
13900k db rad 5 Systems - 46 Benchmark Results	Intel Core i9-13900K - ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI - Intel Device 7a27 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.5.3-060503-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
PostgreSQL Ryzen 4 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12-Core - ASRockRack B650D4U-2L2T/BCM - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 22.04 - 6.6.0-060600rc1daily20230913-generic - GNOME Shell 42.9
PostgreSQL 16 AMD EPYC 5 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9684X 96-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.6.0-060600rc1-generic - X Server 1.21.1.7
postgresql 16 ryzen 5 Systems - 40 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core - ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI - AMD Device 14d8 Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.5.0-060500daily20230909-generic - GNOME Shell 44.3
pg rad Featured Graphics Comparison	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX - ASUS G513QY v1.0 - AMD Renoir Ubuntu 22.10 - 5.19.0-46-generic - GNOME Shell 43.0
PostgreSQL 16 AMD EPYC 1 System - 60 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 9754 128-Core - AMD Titanite_4G - AMD Device 14a4 Ubuntu 23.10 - 6.5.1-060501-generic - GNOME Shell
pg 4 Systems - 60 Benchmark Results	2 x AMD EPYC 9334 32-Core - Supermicro H13DSH - 24 x 32 GB DDR5-4800MT AlmaLinux 9.2 - 5.14.0-284.25.1.el9_2.x86_64 - GCC 11.3.1 20221121
3970x sep 2023 1 System - 332 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
7763 sep 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 42.4
3970x sep 2023 1 System - 304 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2
ss 2 Systems - 134 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core - Gigabyte TRX40 AORUS PRO WIFI - AMD Starship Ubuntu 23.04 - 6.2.0-32-generic - GNOME Shell 44.0
7763 sep 1 System - 95 Benchmark Results	AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core - AMD DAYTONA_X - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.15.0-47-generic - GNOME Shell 42.4
3970x sep 2023 1 System - 304 Benchmark Results	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core - ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME - AMD Starship Ubuntu 22.04 - 5.19.0-051900rc7-generic - GNOME Shell 42.2