Performance Testing
Without CenterTest, performance testing requires specific knowledge of stand-alone performance testing tools and their specialized scripts. These scripts are brittle, and typically require significant manual refactoring during migrations and updates.
CenterTest eliminates stand-alone performance testing entirely by allowing you to repurpose any UI or API test for performance, load, and stress testing.
Simply configure execution parameters in a performance profile, and your functional regression suite doubles as your performance baseline.
CenterTest enables performance testing by applying load parameters to existing, functional scenarios.
Configuration Parameters control execution behavior:
Number of Tests: Total test iterations to execute in this step.
Number of Threads: Concurrent execution threads (virtual users).
Ramp Up: Increase thread utilization over time
Action Delay: Milliseconds between individual actions within a test.
Test Delay: Milliseconds between test iterations.
Multiple performance profiles can support different testing objectives:
BasicLoad: Standard load testing with moderate concurrency.
StressTest: High thread counts to identify breaking points.
Endurance: Extended duration with steady load for stability validation.
Spike: Rapid ramp-up to simulate sudden traffic increases.
With CenterTest, performance testing emulates real-world traffic – executing the same browser interactions, page navigations, and widget operations that real users perform. This captures realistic timing including JavaScript rendering, asynchronous loading, and wizard validation that API-only performance tests miss.
CenterTest Analytics captures response times, throughput, error rates, and resource utilization during test execution to identify performance trends over time.
Integration with data-driven testing scales load scenarios through test data variations. A performance suite of one hundred tests can produce tens of thousands of unique transactions with simple key variations—realistic load designed to minimize caching artifacts.
Learn more by exploring our FAQ below, or schedule a consultation to talk to one of Kimputing's test automation specialists.