---
title: "Method: how Vakna's numbers are measured"
short: "Method: how Vakna's numbers are measured"
description: "The benchmark behind every speed figure in these docs: the hardware, region, method, the repo, and the weekly numbers."
order: 1
verified:
  cli: "0.0.0-mock"
  date: "2026-10-20"
---

Every speed figure in these docs comes from the benchmark on this page, and every figure links here. The numbers are pending: this page holds the structure they will fill.

## What does the benchmark measure?

Five timings, each from the moment the CLI sends the request to the moment the box answers:

| Measure | What starts the clock | What stops it |
| -- | -- | -- |
| Cold boot | `vakna create` | the box runs its first command |
| Resume | `vakna resume` | the box's processes run again |
| Fork, each | `vakna fork --count 50` | each forked box runs its first command |
| Snapshot | `vakna snapshot` | the snapshot can be forked from |
| Suspend | `vakna suspend` | compute stops billing |

## What hardware and region does it run on?

| | |
| -- | -- |
| Hardware | numbers pending |
| Region | numbers pending |
| Guest kernel | numbers pending |
| Client location | numbers pending |

## How is it run?

Each measure runs 1,000 times a week, from a client in the same region, against boxes no one else uses. The page reports the median, the 99th percentile and the worst run, never an average alone.

## What were this week's numbers?

| Measure | Median | p99 | Worst | Runs |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cold boot | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending |
| Resume | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending |
| Fork, each | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending |
| Snapshot | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending |
| Suspend | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending | numbers pending |

## Where is the code?

The harness, its raw results and the scripts that turn them into this table will live in a public repo. Its URL is pending.

## What do the docs' examples show?

The examples on every page come from the mock CLI, and their numbers are mocked. Each one says so: the receipts print `mocked`.