HammerEngine Benchmark Report Generator
This Skill creates comprehensive, professional-quality performance reports from SDL3 HammerEngine benchmark results. Perfect for documentation, stakeholder updates, or performance tracking over time.
Report Capabilities
- •Data Aggregation - Collect metrics from all benchmark test results
- •Statistical Analysis - Calculate mean, median, stddev, percentiles
- •Visual Representation - Generate ASCII charts and tables
- •Trend Analysis - Compare against historical baselines
- •Callgrind Integration - Include profiling hotspot analysis
- •Professional Formatting - Markdown/HTML/PDF output formats
- •Executive Summary - High-level overview for stakeholders
Input Sources
Benchmark Result Files
Location: $PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/
(Ensure PROJECT_ROOT environment variable is set to project root directory)
Files to Scan:
$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/
├── ai_benchmark/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
├── collision_benchmark/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
├── pathfinder_benchmark/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
├── event_manager_scaling/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
├── particle_benchmark/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
├── ui_stress/
│ ├── performance_metrics.txt
│ └── performance_report.md
└── valgrind/
├── callgrind/
│ └── callgrind.out.*
└── cache/
└── cachegrind.out.*
Historical Baselines (if available)
$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/baseline/ $PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/baseline_history/
Execution Steps
Step 1: Discover Available Benchmark Results
Scan for results:
find "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/" -name "performance_metrics.txt" -type f
Expected benchmarks:
- •AI System Benchmark
- •Collision System Benchmark
- •Pathfinder Benchmark
- •Event Manager Scaling
- •Particle Manager Benchmark
- •UI Stress Tests
For each found result:
- •Record timestamp (from file modification date)
- •Extract all metrics
- •Categorize by system
Step 2: Extract and Parse Metrics
Extraction Patterns:
AI System Metrics (Dual Benchmark System)
Synthetic Benchmarks (AIManager infrastructure):
grep -B 5 -A 10 "TestSynthetic" "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/ai_scaling_benchmark_"*.txt | \ grep -E "Entity updates per second:|entities"
Integrated Benchmarks (Production behaviors):
grep -B 5 -A 10 "TestIntegrated" "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/ai_scaling_benchmark_"*.txt | \ grep -E "Entity updates per second:|entities"
Parse into structure:
AI_System_Synthetic: Entity_100: 170000 Entity_200: 750000 Entity_1000: 975000 Entity_5000: 925000 Entity_10000: 995000 AI_System_Integrated: Entity_100: 569152 Entity_200: 579794 Entity_500: 611098 Entity_1000: 1192606 Entity_2000: 1587491
Collision System Metrics
grep -E "^(Collision Checks|Query Time|Hash Efficiency|AABB Tests):" \ "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/collision_benchmark/performance_metrics.txt"
Pathfinder Metrics
grep -E "^(Path Calculation|Nodes Explored|Cache Hits|A\* Performance):" \ "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/pathfinder_benchmark/performance_metrics.txt"
Event Manager Metrics
grep -E "^(Events/sec|Dispatch Latency|Queue Depth|Peak Throughput):" \ "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/event_manager_scaling/performance_metrics.txt"
Particle Manager Metrics
grep -E "^(Particles/frame|Render Time|Batch Count|Culling Efficiency):" \ "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/particle_benchmark/performance_metrics.txt"
UI System Metrics
grep -E "^(Components|Render Time|Event Handling|DPI Scaling):" \ "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/ui_stress/performance_metrics.txt"
Step 3: Statistical Analysis
For each metric with multiple data points:
Calculate Statistics
def calculate_statistics(values):
"""Calculate statistical measures for a set of values"""
n = len(values)
mean = sum(values) / n
# Median
sorted_values = sorted(values)
median = sorted_values[n//2] if n % 2 == 1 else \
(sorted_values[n//2-1] + sorted_values[n//2]) / 2
# Standard Deviation
variance = sum((x - mean) ** 2 for x in values) / n
stddev = variance ** 0.5
# Percentiles
p50 = median
p95 = sorted_values[int(n * 0.95)]
p99 = sorted_values[int(n * 0.99)]
# Min/Max
min_val = min(values)
max_val = max(values)
return {
'mean': mean,
'median': median,
'stddev': stddev,
'p50': p50,
'p95': p95,
'p99': p99,
'min': min_val,
'max': max_val,
'coefficient_of_variation': (stddev / mean) * 100 if mean > 0 else 0
}
Apply to metrics:
- •If multiple benchmark runs exist, aggregate data
- •Calculate statistics for each metric
- •Identify outliers (values > 2 stddev from mean)
Step 4: Callgrind Analysis (if available)
Parse Callgrind Output:
# Find most recent callgrind output
CALLGRIND_FILE=$(ls -t "$PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/valgrind/callgrind/callgrind.out."* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
if [ -f "$CALLGRIND_FILE" ]; then
# Extract top hotspots using callgrind_annotate
callgrind_annotate --auto=yes "$CALLGRIND_FILE" | head -n 50
fi
Extract:
- •Top 10 functions by time (Ir - instruction reads)
- •Top 10 functions by calls
- •Call graphs for critical paths (AI update, collision detection, rendering)
Example Hotspot Data:
Function Ir % AIManager::updateBehaviors() 15,234M 45.2% CollisionManager::detectCollisions() 6,123M 18.1% PathfinderManager::calculatePath() 4,056M 12.0%
Step 5: Trend Analysis (if baselines available)
Compare Against Baseline:
For each metric:
- •Load baseline value (if exists)
- •Calculate percentage change
- •Determine trend direction (improving/degrading/stable)
- •Identify long-term trends (if multiple historical baselines)
Trend Classification:
- •📈 Improving: >5% better than baseline
- •📉 Degrading: >5% worse than baseline
- •➡️ Stable: Within ±5% of baseline
- •🆕 New: No baseline for comparison
Step 6: Generate Report Sections
Section 1: Executive Summary
# SDL3 HammerEngine Performance Report **Generated:** YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS **Benchmark Suite Version:** <git-commit-hash> **Branch:** <current-branch> **Platform:** <OS-version> **Build Type:** Debug/Release --- ## Executive Summary ### Overall Performance: ✓ EXCELLENT / ✓ GOOD / ⚠ FAIR / ❌ NEEDS IMPROVEMENT SDL3 HammerEngine demonstrates <strong/adequate/weak> performance across all critical systems: - **AI System:** Handles 10,000+ entities at 62 FPS with 5.8% CPU (Target: 60+ FPS, <6% CPU) ✓ - **Collision System:** 125,000 collision checks/sec, 0.08ms query time ✓ - **Pathfinding:** 8.5ms path calculation, 78% cache hit rate ✓ - **Event System:** 8,500 events/sec throughput, 0.12ms dispatch latency ✓ - **Particle System:** 5,000 particles/frame, 3.2ms render time ✓ - **UI System:** 1,000 components, 4.5ms render time ✓ ### Key Achievements - AI system exceeds 10K entity target with headroom - Collision system optimization improved query speed by 12% - Event throughput supports 8K+ concurrent events - All systems meet or exceed performance targets ### Areas for Improvement - Event dispatch latency increased 8% (monitor) - AI behavior updates showing slight variance (9% stddev) ### Recommendation **Status:** Ready for production **Next Milestones:** Optimize event dispatching, stabilize AI behavior timing
Section 2: Detailed System Analysis
## Detailed Performance Analysis ### AI System - Synthetic Benchmarks (Infrastructure Performance) #### Purpose Tests AIManager infrastructure without integration overhead #### Benchmark Results | Entity Count | Value (updates/sec) | Status | Baseline | Change | |--------------|---------------------|--------|----------|--------| | 100 | 170K | ✓ | 170K | 0.0% | | 200 | 750K | ✓ | 750K | 0.0% | | 1000 | 975K | ✓ | 975K | 0.0% | | 5000 | 925K | ✓ | 925K | 0.0% | | 10000 | 995K | ✓ | 995K | 0.0% | #### Threading Efficiency - Single-threaded (100): 170K updates/sec - Multi-threaded (5000): 925K updates/sec - Speedup: 5.4x #### Statistical Summary - Mean: 963K updates/sec (across entity counts) - Std Dev: 138K (14% CoV) - Consistent performance across entity scales --- ### AI System - Integrated Benchmarks (Production Workload) #### Purpose Tests AIManager with PathfinderManager/CollisionManager integration #### Benchmark Results | Entity Count | Value (updates/sec) | Status | Baseline | Change | |--------------|---------------------|--------|----------|--------| | 100 | 569K | ✓ | 569K | 0.0% | | 200 | 580K | ✓ | 580K | 0.0% | | 500 | 611K | ✓ | 611K | 0.0% | | 1000 | 1193K | ✓ | 1193K | 0.0% | | 2000 | 1587K | ✓ | 1587K | 0.0% | #### Threading Efficiency - Single-threaded (100): 569K updates/sec - Multi-threaded (2000): 1587K updates/sec - Speedup: 2.8x #### Statistical Summary - Mean: 908K updates/sec (across entity counts) - Std Dev: 444K (49% CoV) - Performance scales with entity count --- ### AI System - Integration Overhead Analysis #### Overhead Metrics | Entity Count | Synthetic | Integrated | Overhead | Assessment | |--------------|-----------|------------|----------|------------| | 100 | 170K/s | 569K/s | -70% | Data inconsistency* | | 200 | 750K/s | 580K/s | +23% | Expected | | 1000 | 975K/s | 1193K/s | -22% | Data inconsistency* | | 2000 | N/A | 1587K/s | N/A | N/A | *Note: Negative overhead indicates synthetic values are estimates while integrated are measured. Expected overhead: 20-40% (integrated slower due to PathfinderManager) #### Overhead Sources - PathfinderManager: Path requests, cache lookups, A* computation - CollisionManager: Spatial hash queries for neighbors - Production behaviors: Complex state machines and calculations **Stability Analysis:** - ✓ FPS variance low (2.9% CoV) - excellent stability - ✓ CPU usage consistent (0.3% stddev) - ✓ Update time predictable (<1ms variance) #### Performance Profile (Callgrind Hotspots) Top functions by instruction reads: 1. `AIManager::updateBehaviors()` - 45.2% (expected, main update loop) 2. `AIManager::processBatch()` - 12.3% (batch processing) 3. `BehaviorCache::lookup()` - 8.7% (cache lookups) 4. `ChaseBehavior::executeLogic()` - 6.1% (behavior logic) 5. `PathfinderManager::requestPath()` - 4.2% (pathfinding integration) **Analysis:** Hotspot distribution is as expected. Most time in core update loop. #### Trend Analysis Performance trend over time (vs historical baselines):
FPS History: Jan 2025: 62.3 FPS ← Current Dec 2024: 61.8 FPS (+0.8% improvement) Nov 2024: 59.2 FPS (+5.2% improvement)
📈 **Trend:** Improving steadily #### Recommendations 1. **Maintain current performance** - AI system exceeds targets 2. **Monitor behavior update variance** - Consider additional caching 3. **Document batch processing optimization** - Apply pattern to other systems
Repeat similar detailed analysis for:
- •Collision System
- •Pathfinding System
- •Event Manager
- •Particle Manager
- •UI System
Section 3: Cross-System Analysis
## Cross-System Performance Comparison ### Frame Budget Analysis (60 FPS = 16.67ms budget) | System | Time (ms) | % Budget | Status | |--------|-----------|----------|--------| | AI Update | 12.4 | 74.4% | ✓ | | Collision Detection | 2.8 | 16.8% | ✓ | | Pathfinding | 1.2 | 7.2% | ✓ | | Event Processing | 0.5 | 3.0% | ✓ | | Particle Update | 0.8 | 4.8% | ✓ | | UI Rendering | 4.5 | 27.0% | ✓ | | **Total** | **22.2** | **133.3%** | ⚠ | **Note:** Total exceeds 100% because systems run on separate threads (update vs render). **Update Thread Budget (60 FPS = 16.67ms):** - AI: 12.4ms - Collision: 2.8ms - Pathfinding: 1.2ms - Event: 0.5ms - **Total Update:** 16.9ms (101% of budget) ⚠ Slight overrun **Render Thread Budget:** - Particle Render: 0.8ms - UI Render: 4.5ms - World Render: 3.2ms - **Total Render:** 8.5ms (51% of budget) ✓ Plenty of headroom ### System Interaction Analysis **AI ↔ Pathfinding:** - Pathfinding requests/frame: 15 - Average latency: 8.5ms - Cache hit rate: 78% - ✓ Integration efficient **Collision ↔ Pathfinding:** - Dynamic obstacle updates: 50/frame - Pathfinding weight adjustments: 12/frame - ✓ Integration smooth **Event ↔ All Systems:** - Event throughput: 8,500 events/sec - Dispatch latency: 0.12ms - Queue depth: 128 events - ✓ No bottlenecks detected ### Resource Usage Summary **CPU Usage by System:**
AI Manager: 5.8% Collision Manager: 2.3% Pathfinder: 1.2% Event Manager: 0.8% Particle Manager: 1.5% UI Manager: 0.9% Total Engine: 12.5%
**Memory Usage:**
AI Manager: 45 MB Collision Manager: 32 MB Pathfinder: 18 MB Event Manager: 8 MB Particle Manager: 12 MB UI Manager: 15 MB Total Engine: 130 MB
Section 4: Optimization Opportunities
## Optimization Opportunities ### High Priority 1. **Update Thread Frame Budget Overrun** - Current: 16.9ms (101% of 16.67ms budget) - Impact: Occasional frame drops - Recommendation: Reduce AI update time by 0.5ms - Approach: Increase batch size or optimize behavior cache 2. **Event Dispatch Latency Increase** - Current: 0.12ms (up 8% from baseline) - Impact: Slight event processing delay - Recommendation: Profile event dispatch path - Approach: Reduce lock contention or optimize event routing ### Medium Priority 3. **Pathfinding Cache Hit Rate** - Current: 78% - Target: 85%+ - Recommendation: Increase cache size or improve eviction policy - Expected Improvement: Reduce path calculation time by ~15% 4. **Particle Culling Efficiency** - Current: 88% - Target: 95%+ - Recommendation: Improve camera frustum culling - Expected Improvement: Reduce render time by ~10% ### Low Priority 5. **UI Component Render Time** - Current: 4.5ms (stable, within budget) - Opportunity: Apply batching technique from particle system - Expected Improvement: Reduce to 3.5ms (~22% faster)
Section 5: Historical Trends
## Performance Trends ### AI System FPS Over Time
68 ┤ 66 ┤ ╭─ 64 ┤ ╭─╯ 62 ┤ ╭───╯ ← Current (62.3) 60 ┤ ╭─╯ 58 ┤╭─╯ 56 ┼───────────────────────── Nov Dec Jan 2024 2024 2025
**Trend:** 📈 Improving (+5.2% over 3 months) ### Collision System Query Time
0.12 ┤╮ 0.10 ┤ ╰╮ 0.08 ┤ ╰───────╮ ← Current (0.08ms) 0.06 ┤ ╰─ 0.04 ┼───────────────────────── Nov Dec Jan 2024 2024 2025
**Trend:** 📈 Improving (-33% over 3 months) ### Event Throughput
9000 ┤ ╭─── ← Current (8500/sec) 8500 ┤ ╭─╯ 8000 ┤ ╭─╯ 7500 ┤╭─╯ 7000 ┼───────────────────────── Nov Dec Jan 2024 2024 2025
**Trend:** 📈 Improving (+21% over 3 months)
Section 6: Comparative Analysis
## Comparative Analysis ### Performance vs Industry Standards | System | HammerEngine | Industry Avg | Status | |--------|--------------|--------------|--------| | Entity Count @ 60 FPS | 10,000 | 5,000-8,000 | ✓ Above Avg | | Collision Checks/sec | 125,000 | 80,000-100,000 | ✓ Above Avg | | Event Throughput | 8,500/sec | 5,000-10,000 | ✓ Average | | Memory/Entity | 13 KB | 10-20 KB | ✓ Average | **Overall:** HammerEngine performs above industry averages for 2D game engines. ### Performance vs Project Goals | Goal | Target | Current | Status | |------|--------|---------|--------| | 10K+ Entities @ 60 FPS | 60 FPS | 62.3 FPS | ✓ Exceeded | | AI CPU Usage | <6% | 5.8% | ✓ Met | | Event Throughput | 10K/sec | 8.5K/sec | ⚠ 85% of goal | | Collision Efficiency | N/A | 94.2% hash | ✓ Excellent | | Pathfinding Speed | <10ms | 8.5ms | ✓ Met | **Overall Progress:** 80% of goals met or exceeded
Section 7: Technical Details
## Technical Details ### Test Environment - **Hardware:** <CPU-model>, <RAM-size> - **OS:** Linux 6.16.4 (Bazzite Fedora 42) - **Compiler:** GCC/Clang <version>, C++20 - **Build Flags:** -O3 -flto -march=x86-64-v3 -mavx2 - **SDL Version:** SDL3 (latest) ### Benchmark Methodology - **Duration:** 20 minutes total - **Repetitions:** 5 runs per benchmark (median reported) - **Warm-up:** 30 seconds per test - **Isolation:** Tests run sequentially, system idle - **Profiling:** Callgrind with 1% sampling ### Data Collection - **Metrics Collection:** Automated via test scripts - **Storage:** $PROJECT_ROOT/test_results/ directory - **Baseline:** Updated monthly - **History:** 6 months retained ### Reliability - **FPS Variance:** 2.9% CoV (excellent) - **CPU Variance:** 5.1% CoV (good) - **Memory Variance:** 1.2% CoV (excellent) **Overall:** Results are highly reliable and reproducible.
Section 8: Appendices
## Appendix A: Raw Metrics ### AI System Benchmark (Raw Data)
Entities: 10000 FPS: 62.3 CPU: 5.8% Update Time: 12.4ms Batch Processing: 2.1ms Behavior Updates: 8.3ms Memory Usage: 45 MB Thread Safety: Mutex-protected Double Buffer: Enabled Cache Efficiency: 92%
<Include raw data for all systems> ## Appendix B: Callgrind Full Output
Appendix C: Test Scripts
All benchmark tests are located in:
- •
tests/test_scripts/run_ai_system_benchmark.sh - •
tests/test_scripts/run_collision_benchmark.sh - • <list all benchmark scripts>
Run full suite:
./run_all_tests.sh --benchmarks-only
Appendix D: Baseline History
| Date | AI FPS | Collision Checks | Event Throughput |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-15 | 62.3 | 125,000 | 8,500 |
| 2024-12-15 | 61.8 | 120,000 | 8,200 |
| 2024-11-15 | 59.2 | 110,000 | 7,000 |
Step 7: Format Report
Output Formats:
1. Markdown (Default)
Save to:
docs/performance_reports/performance_report_YYYY-MM-DD.md
Advantages:
- •Easy to read in text editor
- •Version control friendly
- •Can be converted to other formats
2. HTML (Optional)
Convert markdown to HTML:
# If pandoc available pandoc performance_report.md -o performance_report.html \ --standalone \ --css=report_style.css \ --metadata title="HammerEngine Performance Report"
Advantages:
- •Interactive charts (if using JavaScript)
- •Better for web viewing
- •Professional appearance
3. PDF (Optional)
Convert markdown to PDF:
# If pandoc + LaTeX available pandoc performance_report.md -o performance_report.pdf \ --pdf-engine=xelatex \ --variable geometry:margin=1in \ --variable fontsize=11pt \ --metadata title="HammerEngine Performance Report"
Advantages:
- •Professional document
- •Easy to share with stakeholders
- •Print-ready
Step 8: Generate Summary Output
Console Output:
=== HammerEngine Benchmark Report Generated === Report Date: 2025-01-15 14:30:22 Benchmarks Analyzed: 6 systems Metrics Collected: 42 data points Baseline Comparison: Available (2024-12-15) Performance Status: ✓ EXCELLENT Key Highlights: ✓ AI System: 10,000 entities @ 62.3 FPS ✓ Collision: 125,000 checks/sec ✓ Pathfinding: 8.5ms avg calculation ⚠ Event Dispatch: +8% latency (monitor) Report Generated: 📄 Markdown: docs/performance_reports/performance_report_2025-01-15.md 🌐 HTML: docs/performance_reports/performance_report_2025-01-15.html 📑 PDF: docs/performance_reports/performance_report_2025-01-15.pdf Report Size: 2.3 MB (includes charts and raw data) Generation Time: 2m 15s Next Steps: 1. Review optimization opportunities (Section 4) 2. Address update thread budget overrun 3. Monitor event dispatch latency trend 4. Update baseline after validating improvements --- Report ready for distribution
Usage Examples
When the user says:
- •"generate performance report"
- •"create benchmark report"
- •"document current performance"
- •"prepare performance analysis"
- •"make stakeholder report"
Activate this Skill automatically.
Report Customization Options
Ask user for:
- •
Report Scope:
- • All systems (default)
- • Specific systems only (specify which)
- •
Detail Level:
- • Executive summary only
- • Full detailed report (default)
- • Technical deep-dive (includes callgrind)
- •
Output Formats:
- • Markdown (always included)
- • HTML
- •
Include Sections:
- • Executive Summary
- • System Analysis
- • Trends
- • Callgrind Hotspots (if available)
- • Optimization Recommendations
- • Raw Data Appendices
- •
Comparison:
- • vs Baseline only
- • vs Historical baselines (trend)
- • vs Industry standards
Performance Expectations
- •Data Collection: 1-2 minutes
- •Analysis: 30-60 seconds
- •Report Generation: 30-60 seconds
- •Total Time: 2-4 minutes
Manual equivalent: 45-60 minutes
Integration with Workflow
Use this Skill:
- •After completing benchmark runs
- •Before milestone releases
- •For monthly performance tracking
- •When preparing stakeholder updates
- •To document optimization efforts
- •Before/after major refactoring
File Management
Reports are saved to:
docs/performance_reports/ ├── performance_report_2025-01-15.md ├── performance_report_2025-01-15.html ├── performance_report_2025-01-15.pdf └── latest_report.md (symlink to most recent)
Cleanup old reports:
# Keep last 12 months, archive older
find docs/performance_reports/ -name "*.md" -mtime +365 -exec mv {} archive/ \;
Quality Assurance
Report includes:
- •✓ All benchmark systems analyzed
- •✓ Statistical validity checks (min 3 data points)
- •✓ Trend analysis (if historical data available)
- •✓ Clear status indicators (✓/⚠/❌)
- •✓ Actionable recommendations
- •✓ Professional formatting
- •✓ Version information (git commit, date)
- •✓ Reproducibility information (test environment)
Advanced Features
ASCII Charts
Generate simple ASCII charts for trends:
FPS Trend: 68 ┤ ╭─ 66 ┤ ╭─╯ 64 ┤ ╭─╯ 62 ┤ ╭─╯ 60 ┤ ╭─╯ 58 ┤╭─╯ └─────────────
Sparklines
Compact trend indicators:
- •AI FPS: ▁▂▃▅▆█ (improving)
- •Collision: ███▇▅▃ (degrading)
Color Coding (in HTML/PDF)
- •🟢 Green: Exceeds targets
- •🟡 Yellow: Meets targets
- •🟠 Orange: Below targets (warning)
- •🔴 Red: Critical issues
Error Handling
If no benchmark data found:
- •Report: "No benchmark data available. Run benchmarks first:"
- •Show command:
./run_all_tests.sh --benchmarks-only
If baseline missing:
- •Note in report: "No baseline for comparison. This will serve as baseline."
- •Save current metrics as baseline
If incomplete data:
- •Note missing systems in report
- •Generate partial report
- •Recommend running missing benchmarks
Exit Codes
- •0: Report generated successfully
- •1: No benchmark data found
- •2: Report generation failed
- •3: Partial report (missing data)
Time Savings
Manual Process: ~45-60 minutes
- •Collect metrics: 10 min
- •Calculate statistics: 15 min
- •Format tables: 10 min
- •Write analysis: 15 min
- •Generate charts: 10 min
With This Skill: ~2-4 minutes
- •Automated collection
- •Automated analysis
- •Automated formatting
Total Time Saved: ~40-55 minutes per report