this one has confidance intervals, https://github.com/bestiejs/benchmark.js

which is what you need to detect the likehood that one run really did
improve on another or if it was just a fluke.

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Alan Gutierrez <a...@prettyrobots.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 05:19:31PM +0200, Dominic Tarr wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Dominic Tarr <dominic.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > the best and worst run may be the most important runs. the worst run
>> > in particular.
>> > you may have code that usually runs well, but might have bad worst
>> > case performance.
>> >
>> > depending on how your code is used, the biggest improvement may come
>> > from improving the worst-case performance.
>
>> you need to use some statistics, and measure your mean, and
>> std-deviation, in the least.
>
> Erm. So, can I do this with `node-bench` easily, or have I just signed
> up for creating a benchmarking framework? Is the ease of use jsperf.com
> misleading?
>
> Ideally, I'd like a report that says, all things being equal, a is
> faster than b. I can reason about whether all things will always be
> equal separately.
>
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