PHP Benchmark Performance Results

Overview

This is a free, open source PHP benchmark script that can be run on any web server that has PHP 4.2.0 or later installed. The idea came to me when I was planning on building a web server for a small business that offered a web application built on PHP. I wanted to know how fast various hardware and software configurations performed. I invite you to download and run the benchmark on your web server and upload your results. If you have feedback or ideas about how to improve the benchmark script or website, contact me at nwbarrett@gmail.com.

Download

Download the PHP Benchmark (ver. 1.1) (68 KB)

Requirements: PHP 4.2.0 or greater; for best detailed system spec detection use Windows or Linux. Note: If you submit your scores, but your hardware config wasn't detected, email me with your details and I'll add it. Also, CPUs with SpeedStep may not be accurate, since the CPU clock speed may change during the benchmark.

Insights and Conclusions

From the 75+ results uploaded, it seems to be that the following trends exist:

• MacOS X servers perform the encryption tests amazingly fast! Next best are the *nix servers. Windows servers just are much, much slower.
• Date/time functions are performed faster on *nix boxes than other operating systems.
• Given a similar load on the host, the benchmark test are fairly replicable and consistent. Scores usually only vary less than +/- 1%

Uploaded Results

See the list below for all the uploaded results. Click on a column title to sort the list by the selected column.