# Elasticsearch official benchmarking results
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-official-benchmarking-results/156315
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** rally
**Created:** [November 12, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-official-benchmarking-results/156315 "2018-11-12T15:55:02Z")
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### Author:  [@rajisankar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajisankar)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-official-benchmarking-results/156315/1 "2018-11-12T15:55:02Z")
Hi,
I was going through the official Elasticsearch benchmarking results provided online at
[https://elasticsearch-benchmarks.elastic.co/index.html#tracks/http-logs/nightly/30d](https://elasticsearch-benchmarks.elastic.co/index.html#tracks/http-logs/nightly/30d)
I noticed something intriguing. The numbers using a 3-node Elasticsearch is smaller than the number obtained using the default one node cluster. Why is that? Shouldn't a 3-node cluster provide better indexing numbers that a single node with default configuration?
Am i missing something here?
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### Author:  [@dliappis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dliappis)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-official-benchmarking-results/156315/2 "2018-11-13T17:36:26Z")
Hi,
Thanks for raising this.
Broadly speaking, yes, 3-node should provide higher indexing throughput.
Indeed this is the case with other tracks: [nyc taxis](https://elasticsearch-benchmarks.elastic.co/#tracks/nyc-taxis/nightly/90d), [pmc](https://elasticsearch-benchmarks.elastic.co/#tracks/pmc/nightly/90d).
However, one difference between the 3-node and the default benchmarks is that the former has 1 replica, which reduces the initial indexing performance (see also [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/tune-for-indexing-speed.html#_disable_refresh_and_replicas_for_initial_loads)). Additionally [http\_log](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks/tree/master/http_logs#example-document), as well as [geonames](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks/tree/master/geonames#example-document) and [geopoint](https://github.com/elastic/rally-tracks/tree/master/geopoint#example-document) have a very small doc size and get impacted more.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-official-benchmarking-results/156315/3 "2018-12-11T17:36:27Z")
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