example_result.txt

// On Macbook pro quad-core 2014 retina 15inch
Opts:  {}
  Batches of  1
    Inserting 5000 docs took 52808.177948ms @ 94.6822834187 per second
  Batches of  10
    Inserting 5000 docs took 9779.50787544ms @ 511.27290901 per second
  Batches of  200
    Inserting 5000 docs took 1662.64986992ms @ 3007.23692097 per second
Opts:  {'durability': 'soft'}
  Batches of  1
    Inserting 5000 docs took 2748.38781357ms @ 1819.23509528 per second
  Batches of  10
    Inserting 5000 docs took 893.51606369ms @ 5595.84640582 per second
  Batches of  200
    Inserting 5000 docs took 492.085933685ms @ 10160.7235345 per second
Opts:  {'noreply': True}
  Batches of  1
    Inserting 5000 docs took 665.778875351ms @ 7509.93104757 per second
  Batches of  10
    Inserting 5000 docs took 325.963973999ms @ 15338.837946 per second
  Batches of  200
    Inserting 5000 docs took 310.087203979ms @ 16124.236038 per second
Opts:  {'noreply': True, 'durability': 'soft'}
  Batches of  1
    Inserting 5000 docs took 1031.69989586ms @ 4846.35151874 per second
  Batches of  10
    Inserting 5000 docs took 396.315813065ms @ 12616.0720839 per second
  Batches of  200
    Inserting 5000 docs took 244.823932648ms @ 20422.4223308 per second

rethink_bench.py

import rethinkdb as r
import time

conn = r.connect('localhost', 28015)
conn.use('test')

total_to_send = 5000

for opts in [{}, {"durability": "soft"}, {"noreply": True}, {"durability": "soft", "noreply": True}]:
    print "Opts: ", opts
    for n in [1, 10, 200]:
        print "  Batches of ", n
        start = time.time()
        for i in xrange(0, total_to_send, n):
            docs = [{"foo": "bar", "i":i, "x":x} for x in xrange(0, n)]
            r.table('foo').insert(docs).run(conn, **opts)
        print "    Inserting "+str(total_to_send)+" docs took "+str((time.time() - start) * 1000)+"ms @ "+str(total_to_send/(time.time() - start))+" per second"
        # Sleep to give noreply tests a chance for DB to catch up with all the stuff we just threw at it
        if "noreply" in opts:
            time.sleep(20)