dns-bench/README.md

Comparing speed of bind-dig, ldns-drill and hickory-resolve DNS clients. Server is Unbound.

Summary

hickory-dns/target/release/resolve -n 127.0.0.1:2253 -t A domain.tld ran

• 1.97 ± 0.28 times faster than /usr/sbin/drill -p 2253 -Q A domain.tld @127.0.0.1
• 5.63 ± 1.16 times faster than bind9/bin/dig/dig -p 2253 +short A domain.tld @127.0.0.1

Notes

Custom build of drill gives 2x slower speed, that one in results.txt is from Void packages.