benchmark.txt

LOCAL TESTS
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# Machine: 1*2GHz, 2GB RAM
# Find charts at https://sarwiki.informatik.hu-berlin.de/Modernes_SSL/TLS-Setup_mit_Apache#Benchmarks

# no TLS
ab -n 10000 http://example.com/
Requests per second:    4412.94 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       0.227 [ms] (mean)

# RC4
ab -n 10000 -Z RC4-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    444.39 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       2.250 [ms] (mean)

# IE6
ab -n 10000 -f SSL3 -Z DES-CBC3-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    398.49 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       2.509 [ms] (mean)

# AES265
ab -n 10000 -Z AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    389.78 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       2.566 [ms] (mean)

# DH
ab -n 10000 -f TLS1.0 -Z DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    195.40 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       5.118 [ms] (mean)

# ECDH
ab -n 10000 -Z ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    242.85 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       4.118 [ms] (mean)

# ECDHE-ECDSA
ab -n 10000 -Z ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    303.00 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       3.300 [ms] (mean)


REMOTE TESTS
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HTTP: 10 packets
HTTPS: 18 packets

# from Deutsches Forschungs Netz to German Colocation Provider

# no TLS
ab -n 10000 http://example.com/
Requests per second:    99.06 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       10.095 [ms] (mean

# IE6
ab -n 10000 -f SSL3 -Z DES-CBC3-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    47.87 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       20.888 [ms] (mean)

# DH
ab -n 10000 -f TLS1.0 -Z DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    36.00 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       27.778 [ms] (mean)

# ECDH
ab -n 10000 -Z ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com/
Requests per second:    45.97 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       21.751 [ms] (mean)

# ECDHE-ECDSA
ab -n 10000 -Z ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA https://example.com
Requests per second:    47.58 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       21.016 [ms] (mean)


REMOTE KEEP-ALIVE
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ab -n 10000 -k http://example.com/
Requests per second:    273.86 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       3.652 [ms] (mean)

ab -n 10000 -Z ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA -k https://example.com/
Requests per second:    216.26 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       4.624 [ms] (mean)