+#. **DPDK performance tests**
+
+ - *MRR tests* - Maximum Receive Rate tests measure the packet forwarding rate
+ under the maximum load offered by traffic generator over a set trial
+ duration, regardless of packet loss. MRR tests are used for continuous
+ performance trending and for comparison between releases.
+
+ - *MLR tests* - NDR and PDR tests measure the packet forwarding rate using
+ MLRsearch library by traffic generator. All tests that previously used
+ binary search were converted to MLRsearch.
+
+ - *2-node tests* - Set of 2-node tests covering testpmd and l3fwd.
+
+ - Increased coverage of NIC specific tests (Intel-xxv710-da2, Intel-x710)
+
+ - *Generated tests* - Simplified and unified test structure,
+ semi-autogenerated by generator script. Test generator is currently able
+ to create test combinations with various frame size and cores combinations.
+ All existing test cases were converted to new format.
+
+
+Performance Changes
+-------------------
+
+Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput in |csit-release|
+are calculated against the results from |csit-release-1|
+report. Listed mean and standard deviation values are computed based on
+a series of the same tests executed against respective DPDK releases to
+verify test results repeatability, with percentage change calculated for
+mean values.
+
+NDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+NDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
+formats:
+
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-ndr.txt>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-ndr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
+ with Robot Framework result
+ files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+PDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PDR throughput changes between releases are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
+formats:
+
+ - `csv format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `csv format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 1t1c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-1t1c-pdr.txt>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for 2t2c <../_static/dpdk/performance-changes-2t2c-pdr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_
+ with Robot Framework result
+ files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+Comparison Across Testbeds
+--------------------------
+
+Relative performance changes in measured packet throughput on 3-Node Skx testbed
+are calculated against the results measured on 3-Node Hsw testbed.
+
+NDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+NDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
+formats:
+
+ - `csv format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.csv>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for ndr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-ndr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
+ with Robot Framework result
+ files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.
+
+PDR Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+PDR throughput changes between testbeds are available in a CSV and pretty ASCII
+formats:
+
+ - `csv format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.csv>`_,
+ - `pretty ASCII format for pdr <../_static/dpdk/performance-compare-testbeds-3n-hsw-3n-skx-pdr.txt>`_.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Test results have been generated by
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-hsw`_ and
+ `FD.io test executor dpdk performance job 3n-skx`_
+ with Robot Framework result
+ files csit-dpdk-perf-|srelease|-\*.zip
+ `archived here <../_static/archive/>`_.