On the new WP Benchmark, the new calculations for:
Recursive mathematical calculations
Simple mathematical calculations using recursive function. Keep in mind, that newer PHP versions handle this operation much faster.
Iterative mathematical calculations
Simple mathematical calculations, but combined in iterative mode, instead of recursive. This test is less affected by selected PHP version.
Have caused us some issues, even though we're running almost 5.4 Ghz watercooled chips...
I don't know if anyone else is having issues with it, but this is how I fixed it to get a 9.9/10.
- Totally strip down Ubuntu - we've completely optimized Ubuntu down to the last T.
- Use PHP 8.3, or higher.
- Use Litespeed Enterprise - it appears NGINX doesn't handle PHP processing as well.
- Change governors to performance, or manually set freq on dedicated only hardware.
- Disable opCache, or tune down opCache - opCache tends to nuke benchmarks.
Done, that fixed my scores for the new tests.
Some notes:
- Do not set or change governors on VPS or rented dedicated servers - only on infrastructure you own and manage, either colo or own dc, doing so on rented or VPS will result in a platform ban almost guaranteed.
- Disabling or tuning down opCache does decrease performance slightly in WP generally.
