Disable TLS in the node server comparison

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 build/
+node_modules/
 .venv/
 a.out
 CMakeUserPresets.json

README.md

@@ -73,25 +73,26 @@ As such, these results demonstrate that the server can reliably handle at least
 I made sure that the node express server implemented multi-threading to provide a more fair comparison with the cpp_http_server.
 Check out `benchmarks/node_server` to see the node express server implementation.
 
-The cpp_http_server is ~1.693x faster in throughput or about 69.3% higher request rate. Nice! 
-
-Calculation: 29,675.882135 RPS / 17,524.167725 RPS = ~1.693
-
-| Metric             | **C++ Server (updated)** | **Node + Express** |
-| ------------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------ |
-| Target RPS         | 30,000.00                | 30,000.00          |
-| Actual RPS         | 29,675.882135            | 17,524.167725      |
-| Total requests     | 296,824                  | 176,924            |
-| Dropped iterations | 3,180                    | 123,126            |
-| Avg latency        | 1.12 ms                  | 46.88 ms           |
-| Median latency     | 404.76 µs                | 34.1 ms            |
-| p90 latency        | 3.24 ms                  | 103.24 ms          |
-| p95 latency        | 4.3 ms                   | 132.88 ms          |
-| p99 latency        | 6.58 ms                  | 192.68 ms          |
-| Max latency        | 22.7 ms                  | 445.75 ms          |
-| Error rate         | 0.00%                    | 0.00%              |
-| Peak VUs           | 332                      | 1,693              |
-| Iterations/sec     | 29,675.882135            | 17,524.167725      |
+The cpp_http_server is ~1.45x faster in throughput or about 44.9% higher request rate. Nice! 
+
+Calculation: 29,675.882135 RPS / 20,468.045127 RPS = ~1.449
+
+| Metric             | **C++ Server** | **Node + Express** |
+|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|
+| Target RPS         | 30,000.00      | 30,000.00          |
+| Actual RPS         | 29,675.882135  | 20,468.045127      |
+| Total requests     | 296,824        | 205,983            |
+| Dropped iterations | 3,180          | 123,126            |
+| Avg latency        | 1.12 ms        | 38.99 ms           |
+| Median latency     | 404.76 µs      | 30.25 ms           |
+| p90 latency        | 3.24 ms        | 81.37 ms           |
+| p95 latency        | 4.3 ms         | 102.58 ms          |
+| p99 latency        | 6.58 ms        | 149.76 ms          |
+| Max latency        | 22.7 ms        | 318.66 ms          |
+| Error rate         | 0.00%          | 0.00%              |
+| Peak VUs           | 332            | 1,547              |
+
+
 
 
 ---

benchmarks/node-benchmark-results.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-         /\      Grafana   /‾‾/
-    /\  /  \     |\  __   /  /
-   /  \/    \    | |/ /  /   ‾‾\
+         /\      Grafana   /‾‾/  
+    /\  /  \     |\  __   /  /   
+   /  \/    \    | |/ /  /   ‾‾\ 
   /          \   |   (  |  (‾)  |
- / __________ \  |_|\_\  \_____/
+ / __________ \  |_|\_\  \_____/ 
 
      execution: local
         script: k6.js
@@ -14,42 +14,42 @@
 
 
 
-  █ THRESHOLDS
+  █ THRESHOLDS 
 
     http_req_duration
-    ✓ 'p(99)<1000' p(99)=192.68ms
+    ✓ 'p(99)<1000' p(99)=149.76ms
 
     http_req_failed
     ✓ 'rate<0.01' rate=0.00%
 
 
-  █ TOTAL RESULTS
+  █ TOTAL RESULTS 
 
-    checks_total.......: 176924  17524.167725/s
-    checks_succeeded...: 100.00% 176924 out of 176924
-    checks_failed......: 0.00%   0 out of 176924
+    checks_total.......: 205983  20468.045127/s
+    checks_succeeded...: 100.00% 205983 out of 205983
+    checks_failed......: 0.00%   0 out of 205983
 
     ✓ response code was 200
 
     HTTP
-    http_req_duration..............: avg=46.88ms min=180.69µs med=34.1ms  max=445.75ms p(90)=103.24ms p(95)=132.88ms
-      { expected_response:true }...: avg=46.88ms min=180.69µs med=34.1ms  max=445.75ms p(90)=103.24ms p(95)=132.88ms
-    http_req_failed................: 0.00%  0 out of 176924
-    http_reqs......................: 176924 17524.167725/s
+    http_req_duration..............: avg=38.99ms min=221µs    med=30.25ms max=318.66ms p(90)=81.37ms p(95)=102.58ms
+      { expected_response:true }...: avg=38.99ms min=221µs    med=30.25ms max=318.66ms p(90)=81.37ms p(95)=102.58ms
+    http_req_failed................: 0.00%  0 out of 205983
+    http_reqs......................: 205983 20468.045127/s
 
     EXECUTION
-    dropped_iterations.............: 123126 12195.522797/s
-    iteration_duration.............: avg=50.97ms min=253.76µs med=37.01ms max=468.22ms p(90)=112.5ms  p(95)=142.84ms
-    iterations.....................: 176924 17524.167725/s
-    vus............................: 1679   min=249         max=1679
-    vus_max........................: 1693   min=474         max=1693
+    dropped_iterations.............: 94056  9346.122993/s
+    iteration_duration.............: avg=42.23ms min=299.06µs med=32.98ms max=338.26ms p(90)=87.68ms p(95)=109.67ms
+    iterations.....................: 205983 20468.045127/s
+    vus............................: 1494   min=446         max=1494
+    vus_max........................: 1547   min=453         max=1547
 
     NETWORK
-    data_received..................: 46 MB  4.6 MB/s
-    data_sent......................: 19 MB  1.9 MB/s
+    data_received..................: 54 MB  5.3 MB/s
+    data_sent......................: 22 MB  2.2 MB/s
 
 
 
 
-running (10.1s), 00000/01695 VUs, 176924 complete and 0 interrupted iterations
-constant_request_rate ✓ [ 100% ] 00000/01695 VUs  10s  30000.00 iters/s
+running (10.1s), 00000/01549 VUs, 205983 complete and 0 interrupted iterations
+constant_request_rate ✓ [ 100% ] 00000/01549 VUs  10s  30000.00 iters/s

benchmarks/node_server/server.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import cluster from "node:cluster";
 import os from "node:os";
 import express from "express";
+import http from "http";
 
 if (cluster.isPrimary) {
   const numCPUs = os.cpus().length;
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ if (cluster.isPrimary) {
     });
   });
 
-  app.listen(3490, () => {
+  // disable TLS
+  http.createServer(app).listen(3490, () => {
     console.log("Express server listening on http://localhost:3490");
   });
 }

k6.js

@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@ export const options = {
   },
 };
 
+function rand(min, max) {
+    min = Math.ceil(min);
+    max = Math.floor(max);
+    return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
+}
+
 export default function () {
-  const res = http.post("http://localhost:3490/test2/123/foo/432");
+  const res = http.post(`http://localhost:3490/test2/${rand(0,999)}/foo/123`);
   check(res, {
     "response code was 200": (res) => res.status == 200,
   });