Benchmark

Invokes the block with a Benchmark::Report object, which may be used to collect and report on the results of individual benchmark tests. Reserves label_width leading spaces for labels on each line. Prints caption at the top of the report, and uses fmt to format each line. If the block returns an array of Benchmark::Tms objects, these will be used to format additional lines of output. If label parameters are given, these are used to label these extra lines.

Note: Other methods provide a simpler interface to this one, and are suitable for nearly all benchmarking requirements. See the examples in Benchmark, and the bm and bmbm methods.

Example:

require 'benchmark'
include Benchmark          # we need the CAPTION and FMTSTR constants

n = 50000
Benchmark.benchmark(" "*7 + CAPTION, 7, FMTSTR, ">total:", ">avg:") do |x|
  tf = x.report("for:")   { for i in 1..n; a = "1"; end }
  tt = x.report("times:") { n.times do   ; a = "1"; end }
  tu = x.report("upto:")  { 1.upto(n) do ; a = "1"; end }
  [tf+tt+tu, (tf+tt+tu)/3]
end

Generates:

             user     system      total        real
for:     1.016667   0.016667   1.033333 (  0.485749)
times:   1.450000   0.016667   1.466667 (  0.681367)
upto:    1.533333   0.000000   1.533333 (  0.722166)
>total:  4.000000   0.033333   4.033333 (  1.889282)
>avg:    1.333333   0.011111   1.344444 (  0.629761)

 
               # File benchmark.rb, line 171
def benchmark(caption = "", label_width = nil, fmtstr = nil, *labels) # :yield: report
  sync = STDOUT.sync
  STDOUT.sync = true
  label_width ||= 0
  fmtstr ||= FMTSTR
  raise ArgumentError, "no block" unless iterator?
  print caption
  results = yield(Report.new(label_width, fmtstr))
  Array === results and results.grep(Tms).each {|t|
    print((labels.shift || t.label || "").ljust(label_width), 
          t.format(fmtstr))
  }
  STDOUT.sync = sync
end
            

A simple interface to the benchmark method, bm is generates sequential reports with labels. The parameters have the same meaning as for benchmark.

require 'benchmark'

n = 50000
Benchmark.bm(7) do |x|
  x.report("for:")   { for i in 1..n; a = "1"; end }
  x.report("times:") { n.times do   ; a = "1"; end }
  x.report("upto:")  { 1.upto(n) do ; a = "1"; end }
end

Generates:

             user     system      total        real
for:     1.050000   0.000000   1.050000 (  0.503462)
times:   1.533333   0.016667   1.550000 (  0.735473)
upto:    1.500000   0.016667   1.516667 (  0.711239)

 
               # File benchmark.rb, line 207
def bm(label_width = 0, *labels, &blk) # :yield: report
  benchmark(" "*label_width + CAPTION, label_width, FMTSTR, *labels, &blk)
end
            

Sometimes benchmark results are skewed because code executed earlier encounters different garbage collection overheads than that run later. bmbm attempts to minimize this effect by running the tests twice, the first time as a rehearsal in order to get the runtime environment stable, the second time for real. GC.start is executed before the start of each of the real timings; the cost of this is not included in the timings. In reality, though, there's only so much that bmbm can do, and the results are not guaranteed to be isolated from garbage collection and other effects.

Because bmbm takes two passes through the tests, it can calculate the required label width.

require 'benchmark'

array = (1..1000000).map { rand }

Benchmark.bmbm do |x|
  x.report("sort!") { array.dup.sort! }
  x.report("sort")  { array.dup.sort  }
end

Generates:

Rehearsal -----------------------------------------
sort!  11.928000   0.010000  11.938000 ( 12.756000)
sort   13.048000   0.020000  13.068000 ( 13.857000)
------------------------------- total: 25.006000sec

            user     system      total        real
sort!  12.959000   0.010000  12.969000 ( 13.793000)
sort   12.007000   0.000000  12.007000 ( 12.791000)

bmbm yields a Benchmark::Job object and returns an array of Benchmark::Tms objects.

 
               # File benchmark.rb, line 249
def bmbm(width = 0, &blk) # :yield: job
  job = Job.new(width)
  yield(job)
  width = job.width
  sync = STDOUT.sync
  STDOUT.sync = true

  # rehearsal
  print "Rehearsal "
  puts '-'*(width+CAPTION.length - "Rehearsal ".length)
  list = []
  job.list.each{|label,item|
    print(label.ljust(width))
    res = Benchmark::measure(&item)
    print res.format()
    list.push res
  }
  sum = Tms.new; list.each{|i| sum += i}
  ets = sum.format("total: %tsec")
  printf("%s %s\n\n",
         "-"*(width+CAPTION.length-ets.length-1), ets)
  
  # take
  print ' '*width, CAPTION
  list = []
  ary = []
  job.list.each{|label,item|
    GC::start
    print label.ljust(width)
    res = Benchmark::measure(&item)
    print res.format()
    ary.push res
    list.push [label, res]
  }

  STDOUT.sync = sync
  ary
end
            

Returns the time used to execute the given block as a Benchmark::Tms object.

 
               # File benchmark.rb, line 292
def measure(label = "") # :yield:
  t0, r0 = Benchmark.times, Time.now
  yield
  t1, r1 = Benchmark.times, Time.now
  Benchmark::Tms.new(t1.utime  - t0.utime, 
                     t1.stime  - t0.stime, 
                     t1.cutime - t0.cutime, 
                     t1.cstime - t0.cstime, 
                     r1.to_f - r0.to_f,
                     label)
end
            

Returns the elapsed real time used to execute the given block.

 
               # File benchmark.rb, line 307
def realtime(&blk) # :yield:
  r0 = Time.now
  yield
  r1 = Time.now
  r1.to_f - r0.to_f
end