Qlik enables organizations to analyze disparate data sources using a visual interface.
Performance is essential to enable users to explore their data intuitively. Data is cached in memory. As users make new selections, everything based on the selection is recalculated and the visualization is updated. If a page takes longer than a second or two to update, users will lose their train of thought, and their patience.
Qlik worked with Intel to benchmark the performance of the new Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8168 processor, and compared its performance to the previous generation Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2699 v4, and the previous generation v3. The test used an internal Qlik benchmark that performs over 80 selections at the same time, simulating user interactions. The data set comprised 1 billion records of sales data, representing different customers in different countries. The calculations involved processing the data but excluding a single week from the data presented. Reports included the sales by year, the top ten customers with their sales total, and gross margins by product category shown using a treemap (a grid of proportionally sized boxes). The scenario stresses the processor’s CPU and memory.
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