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Add comprehensive benchmark documentation
- Created BENCHMARKS.md with methodology, hardware specs, and results - Documents all 23 benchmark tests and 8 performance categories - Includes testing methodology: warmup + measurement + statistics - Hardware specifications and environment details - Performance characteristics analysis (what's fast/slow) - Comparison to Neo4j and in-memory graph databases - Future optimization opportunities with expected impact - Updated README.md with performance summary table - All performance goals met: queries <10ms, traversal <50ms, creation <1ms - Links to detailed benchmark documentation
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‎README.md‎

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- [Development Plan](PLAN.md) - Comprehensive project roadmap
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- [SPARC Methodology](docs/SPARC-DEVELOPMENT.md) - Development approach
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- [API Reference](docs/API.md) - Full API documentation (coming soon)
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- [Examples](examples/) - Usage examples (coming soon)
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- [Benchmarks](benchmarks/) - Performance tests (coming soon)
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- [Performance Benchmarks](docs/BENCHMARKS.md) - Detailed performance analysis and methodology
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- [API Reference](docs/API.md) - Full API documentation (1,398 lines)
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- [Examples](examples/) - Usage examples including 750-line job pipeline
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## Roadmap
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- [ ] Advanced query optimizations
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- [ ] Distributed graph support
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## Performance Goals
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## Performance
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- Simple queries: <10ms
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- Graph traversal: <50ms
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- Shortest path: <100ms
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- Test coverage: >80%
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All performance goals met ✅
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| Goal | Target | Actual | Status |
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| Simple queries | <10ms | 2.18ms | ✅ PASS |
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| Graph traversal | <50ms | 2.68ms | ✅ PASS |
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| Node creation | <1ms | 286.79µs | ✅ PASS |
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| Test coverage | >80% | TBD | 🚧 |
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**Highlights:**
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- Updates: 38,353 ops/sec
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- Node creation: 3,487 ops/sec
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- Path finding: 12,494 ops/sec
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See [BENCHMARKS.md](docs/BENCHMARKS.md) for detailed performance analysis, methodology, and hardware specifications.
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## Contributing
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# sqlite-graph Performance Benchmarks
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## Overview
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This document describes the performance characteristics of sqlite-graph, including benchmark methodology, results, and hardware specifications.
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## Quick Results
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### Performance Goals - All Met ✅
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| Goal | Target | Actual | Status |
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| Simple queries | <10ms | 2.18ms | ✅ PASS |
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| Graph traversal | <50ms | 2.68ms | ✅ PASS |
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| Node creation | <1ms | 286.79µs | ✅ PASS |
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### Top Performers
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| Operation | Ops/Second | Avg Time |
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| Update node (multiple properties) | 38,353 | 26.07µs |
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| Query with limit | 38,107 | 26.24µs |
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| Find all paths (maxDepth 5) | 32,648 | 30.63µs |
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| Update node (single property) | 20,601 | 48.54µs |
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| Find shortest path (50 hops) | 12,494 | 80.04µs |
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### Category Averages
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| Category | Avg Time | Ops/Second |
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| Updates | 37.31µs | 29,477 |
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| Queries | 1.28ms | 10,382 |
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| Traversal | 647.48µs | 11,056 |
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| Creation | 441.08µs | 2,744 |
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| Transactions | 330.08µs | 3,030 |
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| Real-World | 801.72µs | 1,251 |
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| Deletes | 1.12ms | 1,121 |
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## Testing Methodology
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### Benchmark Structure
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Each benchmark follows this pattern:
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1. **Warmup Phase**: 2-5 iterations to warm up V8 JIT compiler and SQLite caches
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2. **Measurement Phase**: 10-100 iterations depending on operation cost
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3. **Statistics Collection**: Min, max, average times and operations/second
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```typescript
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benchmark(name: string, operation: () => void, iterations: number, warmup: number)
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### Data Generation
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- **Nodes**: Created with realistic properties (name, age, active status)
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- **Edges**: Created with typed relationships (KNOWS, REQUIRES, HAS_SKILL)
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- **Properties**: Mix of strings, numbers, and integers (SQLite uses integers for booleans)
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- **Dataset Sizes**: 100, 1,000, and 10,000 nodes for query benchmarks
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### Timing Precision
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- Uses Node.js `performance.now()` for microsecond precision
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- Results reported in microseconds (µs) and milliseconds (ms)
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- Operations per second calculated as: `1,000,000 / avgTimeInMicroseconds`
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### Database Configuration
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- **File-based**: `benchmarks/benchmark.db` (persistent storage)
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- **SQLite Mode**: Default settings (no special optimizations)
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- **Transaction Mode**: ACID-compliant with savepoint support
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- **Database Size**: 344 KB for benchmark test dataset
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## Hardware Specifications
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**Test Environment:**
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- **Platform**: macOS (Darwin 24.6.0)
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- **Node.js**: v22.x (or current LTS version)
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- **SQLite**: Version included with better-sqlite3
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- **Storage**: SSD (file-based persistence)
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**Note**: Your results may vary based on:
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- CPU speed and architecture
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- Available RAM
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- Storage type (SSD vs HDD vs NVMe)
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- Operating system and I/O scheduler
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- Other running processes
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## Benchmark Categories
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### 1. Node Creation
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Tests the performance of creating nodes with various property configurations.
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**Results:**
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- Simple: 286.79µs (3,487 ops/sec)
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Tests relationship creation with and without properties.
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- No properties: 339.17µs (2,948 ops/sec)
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- Where clause: 389.75µs (2,566 ops/sec)
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- Limit: 26.24µs (38,107 ops/sec)
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- Shortest path: 80.04µs (12,494 ops/sec)
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### What's Fast
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- **Updates**: Extremely fast (38K ops/sec) - SQLite UPDATE operations are optimized
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- **Queries with LIMIT**: Very fast (38K ops/sec) - SQLite can skip scanning all rows
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## Running Benchmarks
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### Prerequisites
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### Run Full Suite
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### Output Format
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📝 Node Creation Benchmarks
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────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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### Interpreting Results
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- **Min/Max**: Best and worst case times (shows variance)
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## Comparison to Other Graph Databases
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### Expected Impact
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## Contributing Benchmarks
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### Benchmark Checklist
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- [ ] Warmup iterations (2-5)
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- [ ] Sufficient measurement iterations (10-100)
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- [ ] Realistic data patterns
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- [ ] Clean database state between runs
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- [ ] Document expected performance characteristics
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- [ ] Update hardware specs if significantly different
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## References
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- [SQLite Performance Tuning](https://www.sqlite.org/speed.html)
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- [better-sqlite3 Documentation](https://github.com/WiseLibs/better-sqlite3)
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- Node.js [performance.now()](https://nodejs.org/api/perf_hooks.html#perf_hooksperformancenow)
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**Last Updated**: 2025-10-29
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**Benchmark Version**: 1.0.0
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**Test Dataset**: 344 KB (100-10,000 nodes)
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**Total Benchmarks**: 23
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**Total Operations Tested**: 1,320

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