Benchmarking upsert gem vs. find_or_create + update rails

upsert-benchmark.rb

# require 'benchmark/ips'

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  # the warmup phase (default 2) and calculation phase (default 5)
  x.config(:time => 5, :warmup => 2)
  Times = 500
  times = Times
  def upsert(id)
    Score.upsert({scoreable_id: 7864, scoreable_type: 'FacebookPage'}, raw_value: 1234)
  end

  def find_or_create(id)
    Score.find_or_create_by(scoreable_id: 7864, scoreable_type: 'FacebookPage').update(raw_value: 1234)
  end
  
  def iterate 
    i = 0
    while i < Times
      yield
      i += 1
    end
  end

  x.report("upsert") do |times|
    iterate { upsert(7864) }
  end

  x.report("find_or_create_by_update") do |times|
    iterate { find_or_create(7864) }
  end
  # Compare the iterations per second of the various reports!
  x.compare!
end

`0.101 (± 0.0%) i/s - 1.000 in 9.914837s

Comparison:
upsert: 0.2 i/s
find_or_create_by_update: 0.1 i/s - 1.74x slower

=> #<Benchmark::IPS::Report:0x007fce48a720b0
@DaTa=nil,
@entries=
[#<Benchmark::IPS::Report::Entry:0x007fce4fb288b8
@Iterations=1,
@Label="upsert",
@measurement_cycle=1,
@Microseconds=5685253.442993164,
@show_total_time=true,
@stats=#<Benchmark::IPS::Stats::SD:0x007fce4fb289a8 @error=0, @mean=0.17589365364748302>>,
#<Benchmark::IPS::Report::Entry:0x007fce54a89ee8
@Iterations=1,
@Label="find_or_create_by_update",
@measurement_cycle=1,
@Microseconds=9914837.382995605,
@show_total_time=true,
@stats=#<Benchmark::IPS::Stats::SD:0x007fce54a8a000 @error=0, @mean=0.10085894113755665>>]>`