Performance Testing

Performance Testing is a subset of Performance Engineering. It is a process of evaluating a system’s behavior under various extreme conditions. The main intent of performance testing is monitoring and improving key performance indicators such as response time, throughput, memory, CPU utilization, and more.

There are three objectives (three S) of Performance testing to observe and evaluate: Speed, Scalability, and Stability.

Types of Performance Testing

Following are the commonly used performance testing types, but not limited to:

• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Spike Testing
• Endurance Testing
• Volume Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Capacity Testing

Visit the following resources to learn more:

• Performance Testing Tutorial – Types (Example)