frankenphp + octane (Quick)

@jaydrogers·2026-09-17· Source · Discuss

Host

Vultr

$1,450/mo (EPYC 9354P (Bare Metal))

Hardware

64 cores

755.1 GB RAM

Server

FrankenPHP

PHP 8.5.10 · Octane

Database

PostgreSQL

oha

Web server load test

worker mode I/O 100ms External load0.95ms RTT oha 1.16.0

Concurrency was raised until throughput stopped improving. Response times were measured separately, at about 70% of that rate, so they include no queue a real visitor would not also hit. Learn more

Static

Framework baseline — no database

45,517

req/s at 512 concurrent

Typical p502ms

Slowest 5% p953ms

Slowest 1% p9912ms

JSON API

25-item JSON payload

41,603

req/s at 473 concurrent

Typical p502ms

Slowest 5% p953ms

Slowest 1% p999ms

DB read

20 rows queried per request

33,966

req/s at 395 concurrent

Typical p502ms

Slowest 5% p955ms

Slowest 1% p9962ms

I/O-bound

Simulated ~100ms outbound call

1,320

req/s at 512 concurrent

Typical p50101ms

Slowest 5% p95101ms

Slowest 1% p99102ms

Static

Framework baseline — no database

45,517

req/s at 512 concurrent

JSON API

25-item JSON payload

41,603

req/s at 473 concurrent

DB read

20 rows queried per request

33,966

req/s at 395 concurrent

I/O-bound

Simulated ~100ms outbound call

1,320

req/s at 512 concurrent

Typical p50

2ms

101ms

Slowest 5% p95

3ms

5ms

101ms

Slowest 1% p99

12ms

9ms

62ms

102ms

phpbench

Laravel database performance

100 records per operation

↓ Lower is better — time to run 100 statements, one record each

Create Create

17.2ms

INSERT per record

±0.72% over 5 runs

Read Read

13.6ms

SELECT per record, by id

±0.41% over 5 runs

Update Update

19.8ms

UPDATE per record, by id

±0.87% over 5 runs

Delete Delete

16.8ms

DELETE per record, by id

±0.24% over 5 runs

cfspeedtest

Network speed test

Measured from the server to Cloudflare's nearest edge — this latency rides on every external request the app makes.

Download

2602mbps

Upload

669mbps

Latency

36ms

Configuration

Environment

Host

Provider: Vultr
Plan: EPYC 9354P (Bare Metal)
Datacenter: Miami
Cost: $1,450/mo

Runtime

Server: FrankenPHP
Mode: Worker (persistent)
Web server: frankenphp
SAPI: frankenphp
PHP: 8.5.10
Laravel: 13.25.0
Database: pgsql

Machine

CPU: AMD EPYC 9354P 32-Core Processor (64 cores)
RAM: 755.1 GB
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)

Tuning

Write durability: synchronous_commit=on · fsync=on
OPcache: on
JIT: Off
OPcache memory: 256 MB
Memory limit: 256M
max_requests: 500
max_execution_time: 30

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