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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/benchmarking.md b/doc/benchmarking.md
index b6cd86eafe..84d5f2c444 100644
--- a/doc/benchmarking.md
+++ b/doc/benchmarking.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ thread queue, wallet balance.
Running
---------------------
-For benchmarks purposes you only need to compile `bitcoin_bench`. Beware of configuring without `--enable-debug` as this would impact
-benchmarking by unlatching log printers and lock analysis.
+For benchmarking, you only need to compile `bitcoin_bench`. The bench runner
+warns if you configure with `--enable-debug`, but consider if building without
+it will impact the benchmark(s) you are interested in by unlatching log printers
+and lock analysis.
make -C src bitcoin_bench
@@ -19,19 +21,28 @@ After compiling bitcoin-core, the benchmarks can be run with:
The output will look similar to:
```
-| ns/byte | byte/s | error % | benchmark
-|--------------------:|--------------------:|--------:|:----------------------------------------------
-| 64.13 | 15,592,356.01 | 0.1% | `Base58CheckEncode`
-| 24.56 | 40,722,672.68 | 0.2% | `Base58Decode`
+| ns/op | op/s | err% | total | benchmark
+|--------------------:|--------------------:|--------:|----------:|:----------
+| 57,927,463.00 | 17.26 | 3.6% | 0.66 | `AddrManAdd`
+| 677,816.00 | 1,475.33 | 4.9% | 0.01 | `AddrManGetAddr`
+
+...
+
+| ns/byte | byte/s | err% | total | benchmark
+|--------------------:|--------------------:|--------:|----------:|:----------
+| 127.32 | 7,854,302.69 | 0.3% | 0.00 | `Base58CheckEncode`
+| 31.95 | 31,303,226.99 | 0.2% | 0.00 | `Base58Decode`
+
...
```
Help
---------------------
- src/bench/bench_bitcoin --help
+ src/bench/bench_bitcoin -?
-To print options like scaling factor or per-benchmark filter.
+To print the various options, like listing the benchmarks without running them
+or using a regex filter to only run certain benchmarks.
Notes
---------------------