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title: CDM benchmarks
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# CDM benchmarks

The benchmarking instructions in this part of the documentation give you a method to validate performance of your CDM deployment.

The benchmarking techniques we present are a lightweight example, and are not a substitute for load testing a production deployment. Use our benchmarking techniques to help you get started with the task of constructing your own load tests.

Remember, [the CDM is a reference implementation and not for production use](../../start/start-here.html#cdm-sandbox). When you [create a project plan](../../start/start-here.html#planning), you'll need to think about how you'll put together production-quality load tests that accurately measure your own deployment's performance.

## CDM Benchmarking checklist

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Become familiar with CDM benchmarking](intro.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Install third-party software](sw.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Generate test users](testusers.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Benchmark the authentication rate](authrate.html)

* [icon: square-o, set=fa][Benchmark the OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow](oauth2.html)