[AndyKelley]

apache benchmark. I did exactly what the article suggested to benchmark.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/ab.html

[TylerE]

ab gets very....iffy at anything past moderate loads due it's multi-threaded design (lack there-of). I'd highly recommend wrk: https://github.com/wg/wrk

Much better at 100 reqs/sec and up.