Benchmark Runner Workflow

Multi-step workflow for running performance benchmarks on ccswarm.

Overview

This skill guides you through running, analyzing, and comparing performance benchmarks for the ccswarm system.

Benchmark Types

1. Microbenchmarks

Fine-grained performance measurements for specific functions.

2. Integration Benchmarks

End-to-end performance for complete workflows.

3. Load Testing

System behavior under sustained load.

Running Benchmarks

1. Setup

# Ensure criterion is available
cargo install cargo-criterion

# Build in release mode first
cargo build --release --workspace

2. Run All Benchmarks

# Run with criterion
cargo criterion --workspace

# Or standard bench
cargo bench --workspace

3. Run Specific Benchmarks

# By crate
cargo bench -p ccswarm

# By benchmark name
cargo bench --bench session_benchmark

# By filter
cargo bench -- "orchestrator"

Benchmark Configuration

Criterion Config

// benches/bench.rs
use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};

fn benchmark_task_delegation(c: &mut Criterion) {
    c.bench_function("delegate_task", |b| {
        b.iter(|| {
            // Benchmark code
        })
    });
}

criterion_group!(benches, benchmark_task_delegation);
criterion_main!(benches);

Cargo.toml

[[bench]]
name = "orchestrator_bench"
harness = false

Analysis

1. View Results

# Results are in target/criterion/
open target/criterion/report/index.html

2. Compare with Baseline

# Save baseline
cargo bench -- --save-baseline before

# Make changes, then compare
cargo bench -- --baseline before

3. Profiling

# With flamegraph
cargo flamegraph --bench orchestrator_bench

# With perf (Linux)
perf record cargo bench --bench orchestrator_bench
perf report

Key Metrics

Session Management

• Session creation time
• Context compression ratio
• Message throughput

Orchestration

• Task delegation latency
• Agent assignment time
• Consensus round time

Memory

• Peak memory usage
• Memory per agent
• Context size

Benchmark Checklist

• Clean build before benchmarking
• Disable CPU frequency scaling
• Close other applications
• Run multiple iterations
• Compare with baseline
• Document results

CI Integration

GitHub Actions

benchmark:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
    - run: cargo bench -- --save-baseline ci
    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
      with:
        name: benchmark-results
        path: target/criterion/

Interpreting Results

Good Performance

• < 1ms for task delegation
• < 100ms for full workflow
• < 10MB memory per agent

Warning Signs

• High variance (> 20%)
• Memory growth over time
• Degradation vs baseline

Optimization Workflow

1. Run baseline benchmark
2. Profile to identify hotspots
3. Implement optimization
4. Run comparison benchmark
5. Document improvements