Small Server Performance

See also Big Server Performance.

Platform

The block data below was derived from the following platform.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64 bit)
2.83 GHz (2 cores, 4 with HT)
250 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM
300 Mb/s Internet
Bitcoin Node v3.0.0

Configuration

Default configuration was used with the exception of the following settings.

node.byte_fee_satoshis = 10

Block Data

From the console (preambles removed), see interpretation.

Block [458008] 1841 txs 5388 ins    0 wms  394 vms   73 vµs    2 rµs    4 cµs   64 pµs    3 aµs    0 sµs   10 dµs 1.000000
Block [458009] 1081 txs 5103 ins    0 wms  423 vms   83 vµs    2 rµs    4 cµs   72 pµs    3 aµs    2 sµs   10 dµs 0.999075
Block [458010] 1132 txs 3760 ins    0 wms  240 vms   64 vµs    2 rµs    4 cµs   29 pµs    4 aµs   25 sµs    9 dµs 0.960213
Block [458011] 2437 txs 4113 ins    0 wms  230 vms   56 vµs    3 rµs    7 cµs   42 pµs    4 aµs    0 sµs   12 dµs 1.000000
Block [458012] 1932 txs 4211 ins    0 wms  270 vms   64 vµs    2 rµs    5 cµs   35 pµs    5 aµs   17 sµs   11 dµs 0.992233
Block [458013] 2843 txs 4377 ins    0 wms  255 vms   58 vµs    3 rµs    7 cµs   45 pµs    3 aµs    0 sµs   12 dµs 1.000000
Block [458014] 2313 txs 4318 ins    0 wms  260 vms   60 vµs    3 rµs    6 cµs   37 pµs    4 aµs   11 sµs   12 dµs 0.996973
Block [458015] 1635 txs 4257 ins    0 wms  169 vms   40 vµs    2 rµs    5 cµs   28 pµs    3 aµs    1 sµs   11 dµs 0.985925
Block [458016] 2556 txs 4398 ins    0 wms  244 vms   56 vµs    3 rµs    7 cµs   41 pµs    5 aµs    0 sµs   12 dµs 1.000000
Block [458017] 2753 txs 4095 ins    0 wms  265 vms   65 vµs    3 rµs    7 cµs   49 pµs    6 aµs    0 sµs   13 dµs 1.000000

Transformation

The block data can be transformed into a table and averaged as follows.

block	txs	ins	wms	vms	vµs	rµs	cµs	pµs	aµs	sµs	dµs	efficiency
458008	1841	5388	0	394	73	2	4	64	3	0	10	1.000000
458009	1081	5103	0	423	83	2	4	72	3	2	10	0.999075
458010	1132	3760	0	240	64	2	4	29	4	25	9	0.960213
458011	2437	4113	0	230	56	3	7	42	4	0	12	1.000000
458012	1932	4211	0	270	64	2	5	35	5	17	11	0.992233
458013	2843	4377	0	255	58	3	7	45	3	0	12	1.000000
458014	2313	4318	0	260	60	3	6	37	4	11	12	0.996973
458015	1635	4257	0	169	40	2	5	28	3	1	11	0.985925
458016	2556	4398	0	244	56	3	7	41	5	0	12	1.000000
458017	2753	4095	0	265	65	3	7	49	6	0	13	1.000000
average	2052	4402	0	275	62	3	6	44	4	6	11	0.993442

Summary

The example shows an average of 275 ms (62 µs per input) to validate a typical block with an additional 48 ms to store it. See Big Server Performance for a comparative analysis. Population and deposit (store) costs have greater variability than with the big server due to the relative inconsistency of paging.