PostgreSQL pgbench

This is a simple TPC-B like benchmark of PostgreSQL.

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

24 September 2020

Test Maintainer

Michael Larabel

Test Type

System

Average Install Time

1 Minute, 24 Seconds

Average Run Time

5 Minutes, 37 Seconds

Accolades

250k+ Downloads + 5k+ Public Benchmark Results

Supported Platforms

Public Result UploadsTest Completions*Reported Installs*OpenBenchmarking.orgEventsPostgreSQL pgbench Popularity Statisticspts/pgbench2011.012011.052011.092012.012012.052012.092013.012013.052013.092014.012014.052014.092015.012015.052015.092016.012016.052016.092017.012017.052017.092018.012018.052018.092019.012019.052019.092020.012020.052020.092021.0130K60K90K120K150K
* 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.
Data current as of Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:49:51 GMT.
100023.5%10036.8%139.6%Scaling Factor Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
126.0%25021.6%10024.5%5027.9%Clients Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org
Read Write51.5%Read Only48.5%Mode Option PopularityOpenBenchmarking.org

Revision History

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

C/C++ Compiler Tests

Database Test Suite

Multi-Core

Common Kernel Benchmarks

Server

CPU Massive


Performance Metrics

Analyze Test Configuration:

PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0

Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write

OpenBenchmarking.org metrics for this test profile configuration based on 314 public results since 24 September 2020 with the latest data as of 11 January 2021.

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
# Matching Public Results
TPS (Average)
AMD EPYC 7502 32-Core
96th
6
3696 +/- 114
AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core
96th
9
3687 +/- 147
AMD EPYC 7F52 16-Core
96th
9
3655 +/- 131
AMD EPYC 7282 16-Core
96th
5
3653
AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core
94th
4
3652
AMD EPYC 7702 64-Core
93rd
5
3650
AMD EPYC 7502P 32-Core
91st
5
3642
AMD EPYC 7662 64-Core
90th
5
3600
AMD EPYC 7452 32-Core
87th
5
3581
AMD EPYC 7402P 24-Core
86th
5
3566
AMD EPYC 7642 48-Core
82nd
5
3558
AMD EPYC 7272 12-Core
79th
3
3520
AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core
78th
5
3509
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
76th
4
3410
Mid-Tier
75th
< 3410
Intel Xeon Gold 5217
75th
4
3406
AMD EPYC 7352 24-Core
74th
5
3379
AMD EPYC 7532 32-Core
72nd
5
3345
AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core
71st
5
3323
Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
69th
3
3297
AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
68th
9
3236 +/- 913
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
68th
3
3150
AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core
68th
5
3126
AMD EPYC 7262 8-Core
66th
3
3103
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
66th
4
3096
AMD EPYC 7252 8-Core
64th
3
3073
Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
63rd
3
3039
AMD EPYC 7601 32-Core
61st
3
2617
Intel Core i3-10100
54th
3
2012 +/- 19
2 x AMD EPYC 7F72 24-Core
54th
3
2008 +/- 8
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
53rd
3
1933 +/- 90
Intel Xeon Silver 4216
52nd
7
1803
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core
52nd
3
1744 +/- 318
Median
50th
1602
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
49th
4
1477 +/- 208
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core
49th
6
1426 +/- 342
Intel Core i7-7740K
44th
3
1036 +/- 177
Intel Core i5-10600K
38th
3
918 +/- 5
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core
37th
7
912
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core
37th
7
911 +/- 3
Intel Core i5-8400
34th
3
870 +/- 85
Intel Core i9-9900KS
33rd
3
825 +/- 44
Intel Core i9-10900K
33rd
4
825 +/- 51
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core
32nd
4
789
Intel Core i9-10980XE
29th
3
704 +/- 17
Low-Tier
25th
< 566
Intel Core i9-7980XE
24th
3
509 +/- 11
Intel Core i7-9700TE
22nd
8
489 +/- 26
Intel Xeon E-2288G
19th
6
442 +/- 19
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core
16th
3
417 +/- 7
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core
16th
3
403 +/- 3
Intel Core i7-9750H
12th
3
302 +/- 2
POWER9 44-Core
11th
4
298
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
9th
3
203 +/- 6
Intel Atom E3845
6th
10
162 +/- 20
Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
4th
3
79 +/- 1
Intel Core i7-6820HQ
2nd
4
46 +/- 5
OpenBenchmarking.orgDistribution Of Public Results - Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write314 Results Range From 40 To 3925 TPS4011819627435243050858666474282089897610541132121012881366144415221600167817561834191219902068214622242302238024582536261426922770284829263004308231603238331633943472355036283706378438623940714212835

Based on OpenBenchmarking.org data, the selected test / test configuration (PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0 - Scaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write) has an average run-time of 3 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 BenchmarkScaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read WriteRun-Time3691215Min: 1 / Avg: 2.09 / Max: 8

Based on public OpenBenchmarking.org results, the selected test / test configuration has an average standard deviation of 2%.

OpenBenchmarking.orgPercent, Fewer Is BetterAverage Deviation Between RunsScaling Factor: 1 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read WriteDeviation510152025Min: 0 / Avg: 2.05 / Max: 18

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OpenBenchmarking.org Community User Comments

Centos 5.6 notes, workarounds

Do not install this benchmark when running as root. The automated postgres database setup will silently error out, as it insists on being a non-root user. You can install Phoronix as root, but switch to another user to run the "/usr/bin/phoronix-test-suite install pts/pgbench" command. You can't use the benchmark after it's "installed" as root, because the "installation" is local to the user, in ~/.phoronix-test-suite/ directory, and setup will have failed if you do it as root.

Secondly, the benchmark will fail unless you create the following file:

/etc/ld.so.conf.d/postgresql.conf

..and put in it the following line(s) (where /home/YOURUSER is the home directory of the user that you are about to run the install as:

/home/YOURUSER/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/pts/pgbench-1.3.0/pg_/lib/
/home/YOURUSER/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/pts/pgbench-1.3.0/pg_/lib/postgresql/

Cheers,

-Craig @ Halcyon Canada

Post by craighalcyon on 02 December 2011, 11.35.

Quick test for different filesystems.

If you'd like to isolate your I/O devices for this test, a quick way to do so is to create a new user with home directory on the FS you'd like to bench. Then su to that user and install/run the test. Postgres will be installed in ~/.phoronix-test-suite. You may even `usermod -d /tmp test` if you want to run from tmpfs and skip disk I/O altogether. Just beware that if your /tmp is tmpfs (RAM) you will lose all contents after a reboot.

This is a great test. Thanks to the developers. I use it often.

Post by boeroboy on 21 January 2014, 14.26.

Setup on Ubuntu 14

Ubuntu 14.04 comes with GCC 4.8 and the installation of this bench will silently fail. You'll get an error message that the benchmark could not be completed.
Install GCC 4.6 (sudo apt-get install gcc-4.6 g++-4.6) and set it as active (sudo update-alternatives --config gcc). After that, re-install pts/pgbench and you're good to go.

Post by ervin on 17 October 2014, 05.36.

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