Benchmarks are often used to help new customers to figure out the following * How a particular database stacks up compared to other databases available * Helps size up configurations required to do particular tasks * Helps identify "configurations" which can help deliver the metrics required by customers * High water mark benchmarks helps identify problems before actual customers hit into those issues

We will discuss what we found as strengths and limitations with current versions of PostgreSQL while using them with such benchmarks. These often reflect real life scenarios of what customers face while using PostgreSQL as their primary database platform.