Sysbench
A scriptable multi-threaded benchmark tool for databases and systems based on LuaJIT.
What is Sysbench?
sysbench is a versatile, scriptable, multi-threaded performance benchmarking tool based on LuaJIT. It is primarily used for database workloads but can create arbitrarily complex workloads for any system component, providing detailed metrics like latency, throughput, and resource utilization under controlled loads.
Database administrators, DevOps engineers, and performance testers who need to evaluate and compare the performance of database systems (like MySQL or PostgreSQL), storage, CPU, memory, and threading under realistic, high-concurrency conditions.
Developers choose sysbench for its low overhead at high thread counts, extensive statistical reporting including percentiles and histograms, and the flexibility to create custom benchmarks through Lua scripting, making it suitable for simulating real-world, complex workloads.
Overview
Scriptable database and system performance benchmark
Use Cases
Best For
- Benchmarking OLTP database performance (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) with bundled scripts like oltp_read_only.
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