Generate Basic Plots of Processing Time#

This section shows how to generate basic plots of processing time using cpp-stat-bench library.

cpp-stat-bench library can generate some plots of processing time without configurations in source codes.

Prerequisites#

In this section, a benchmark in Implement a Simple Benchmark is used for demonstration purposes.

To create plots, use --plot option as follows:

./simple_benchmark --plot results

This command generates plots of processing time in the results directory. Plots are generated for each group of benchmarks as follows:

Here describes the plots generated:

File Name	Description	X-axis	Y-axis
`ProcessingTime_samples.html`	Line plot of processing time.	Sample index	Processing time
`ProcessingTime_box.html`	Box plot of processing time.	Case of benchmark	Processing time
`ProcessingTime_violin.html`	Violin plot of processing time.	Case of benchmark	Processing time
`ProcessingTime_cdf.html`	Cumulative distribution function of processing time.	Processing time	Cumulative probability
`MeanProcessingTime_samples.html`	Line plot of mean processing time.	Sample index	Mean processing time
`MeanProcessingTime_box.html`	Box plot of mean processing time.	Case of benchmark	Mean processing time
`MeanProcessingTime_violin.html`	Violin plot of mean processing time.	Case of benchmark	Mean processing time
`MeanProcessingTime_cdf.html`	Cumulative distribution function of mean processing time.	Mean processing time	Cumulative probability

Plots are written in HTML format. You can view them in a web browser.

Hint

When you view plots, the browser needs access to the internet to load JavaScript libraries.