Baseline and Benchmark Testing

Baseline Testing: is a process of testing an application with one or set of test scripts to obtain some metrics(Test Results), and these metrics(Test Results) acts as baseline for future iterations of tests with similar or different configurations.

• Generally baseline tests are conducted with low user loads(1, 5, 10).
• Baseline test results acts as reference for future iterations of tests.
• 90% of issues can be found upon proper baseline testing.

Benchmark Testing: is a process of testing an application with one or set of test scripts and comparing test results with previous test results or industry standards.

• Generally benchmark tests are conducted at moderate/high user loads(200, 500..etc).