Snapshot Benchmark

This repository contains benchmarks for a sample Electron app that uses React, Redux, d3.js, and moment.js totaling 1.3MB in source code loaded at startup.

It benchmarks an app with no JS, against an app with 1.3MB of library code compiled into a v8 snapshot, against an app that loads the same 1.3MB of library code via require at startup.

It measures the time taken from BrowserWindow.loadURL being called to the dom-ready event being fired on the loaded page.

Running

• Clone this repository
• Run npm install
• Run npm run benchmark

Limitations

• Only works on macOS currently

Results

Average time to DOM ready for 10 app launches.

Type	Time
Empty app	994ms
With snapshot	1014ms
Without snapshot	1208ms