WP Media Uploader Performance Test Setup

How we test

• Desktop system: 2012 mac-mini – 2.7GHz I7 CPU 16G Memory 256G SSD
• Uploads times from uploading to a Hostgator Hatchling Plan
• CPU Usage graph from uploading to a Stablehost Starter plan
• Internet connection with over 200Mbps upload speed
• Upload speed limiting via RT-AC68U Router QoS

Webserver configuration

• max_file_uploads 50
• upload_max_filesize 250M
• post_max_size 250M

All performance testing is performed twice; once with the upload bandwidth limited to 12Mbps and once with upload bandwidth limited to 100Mbps.