I would highly recommend Emery Berger's talks [1] for anyone interested in benchmarking software. The alignment and code layout in memory that huayra mentions h

I would highly recommend Emery Berger's talks [1] for anyone interested in benchmarking software. The alignment and code layout in memory that huayra mentions has shockingly large performance implications. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TLSBdHe1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TLSBdHe1A