Benchmarking Plan and Scaling Testing

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Benchmarking Plan, Scaling Testing Results

Description

Develop a comprehensive benchmarking plan for the ZKSVM rollup system and conduct scaling tests to evaluate performance characteristics of zero-knowledge proof generation and verification.

Objectives

• Design benchmarking methodology for ZK proofs on SVM
• Create performance testing framework
• Benchmark proof generation time vs transaction batch size
• Test verification performance on-chain
• Measure gas costs for different proof sizes
• Conduct scaling tests with increasing transaction volume
• Analyze performance bottlenecks
• Document optimization opportunities

Benchmarking Areas

• Proof Generation Performance: Time to generate proofs for different batch sizes
• Verification Performance: On-chain verification time and gas costs
• Scalability Testing: How performance changes with transaction volume
• Memory Usage: Resource consumption during proof generation
• Network Overhead: Communication costs between components
• End-to-End Latency: Complete transaction processing time

Testing Scenarios

• Small batches (1-10 transactions)
• Medium batches (10-100 transactions)
• Large batches (100-1000 transactions)
• Stress testing (1000+ transactions)
• Different proof complexity levels
• Various transaction types

Metrics to Collect

• Proof generation time (ms)
• Verification time (ms)
• Gas costs (lamports)
• Memory usage (MB)
• CPU utilization (%)
• Network latency (ms)
• Throughput (tx/sec)

Acceptance Criteria

• Benchmarking framework is implemented
• Performance baselines are established
• Scaling tests are completed
• Performance bottlenecks are identified
• Optimization recommendations are documented
• Results are visualized and documented
• Performance regression tests are in place

Priority

High - Core research objective

Estimated Effort

4-5 days