Benchmark testing is a crucial step in ensuring the performance and reliability of software applications. By measuring software performance against predefined standards or metrics, developers can identify areas for optimization and verify scalability under various conditions. In a recent example, a team used benchmark testing to optimize their e-commerce platform's infrastructure ahead of a high-traffic Black Friday sale. The results showed that the system could handle up to 400,000 concurrent users with page load times under 2 seconds.

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