Load Testing · Junior · Question 62 of 75

Why can results from two runs differ even with the same script?

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Correct answer: Caches, other traffic, GC and infrastructure add natural variance

Explanation

Performance is noisy. Run tests more than once, use the same data and environment, and compare trends instead of single numbers.

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