# Howto Benchmark Search Performance? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 16, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-benchmark-search-performance/75304 "2017-02-16T09:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomx1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@tomx1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tomx1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-benchmark-search-performance/75304/1 "2017-02-16T09:27:51Z")
Hey... we are using Elasticsearch for our central logging and currently I'm testing differnet setups for our Elasticsearch Cluster to find out which one is delivering the best performance. I have found this script to test the index performance: [https://github.com/logzio/elasticsearch-stress-test](https://github.com/logzio/elasticsearch-stress-test) I think it's great but i also think it does not allow any conclusion on how the cluster is performing for search queries (which is way more important for us). Is there a reliable way to test out differnt setups regarding search performance? ---
**Author:** ![danielmitterdorfer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/danielmitterdorfer/32/110510_2.png) [@danielmitterdorfer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danielmitterdorfer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-benchmark-search-performance/75304/2 "2017-02-16T09:42:01Z")
Hi @tomx1, you should checkout [Rally](https://github.com/elastic/rally). It's built to benchmark Elasticsearch. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/howto-benchmark-search-performance/75304/3 "2017-03-16T09:42:01Z")
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