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Phase 0 Performance & Validation Report
This summarises the results of the Phase 0 constructor and access tests for the DataStore system within the DataLens framework.
Raw results can be found in Phase0_20251113133922.csv located in the Test Results section of the repository.
The tests were conducted using the Unreal 5.7 Blueprint-accessible test harness on Windows (64-bit build).
All measurements were gathered using the Unreal FPlatformTime cycle counter and converted to milliseconds for readability.
This phase is intended to establish baseline performance, validate core memory behaviour, and confirm that the column-major data model functions correctly across scale ranges from 100 to 10,000,000 rows.
Test Summary
All tests were successfully completed with no memory faults, exceptions, or data integrity issues except where expected (e.g., deliberate misuse in resilience tests). Performance scaled linearly with dataset size for allocation and loading operations and remained constant for random access operations, confirming O(1) column-major addressing efficiency.
CreatePreAllocated
10
0.000
true
Created store with 10 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
100
0.000
true
Created store with 100 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
1,000
0.001
true
Created store with 1,000 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
10,000
0.003
true
Created store with 10,000 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
100,000
0.017
true
Created store with 100,000 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
1,000,000
0.187
true
Created store with 1,000,000 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocated
10,000,000
18.909
true
Created store with 10,000,000 rows, 3 columns
CreatePreAllocatedWithData
10,000,000
149.3
true
Preloaded table, verified row integrity
CreatePreAllocatedWithDataAndPadding
10,000,000 (+20%)
159.8
true
Includes padding overhead, linear scaling confirmed
GetRaw / TryGet
100–10,000,000
<1ms
true
Verified correct values from random row/column samples
SetRaw / TrySet
100–10,000,000
<1ms
true
Verified set and re-read integrity
Resilience Tests (TrySet / TryGet)
n/a
<1ms
true
Out-of-bounds and stride mismatch handled safely
LoadAndDump
100–10,000,000
match create
true
Corrected and validated, times match the create and allocate times as expected.
Performance Analysis
Allocation & Initialization
Constructor tests demonstrate predictable linear scaling with row count:
~0.18 ms at 1M rows
~18.9 ms at 10M rows These values reflect full preallocation of contiguous column-major buffers (16 bytes per row).
At 10M rows (≈160 MB), the constructor sustains an effective throughput near 670 MB/s, consistent with single-threaded memcpy limits on modern desktop CPUs.
Data Loading
Loading pre-initialised data buffers scales linearly with total data size:
10M rows (~160 MB) loads in ~150 ms
Adding 20% padding rows adds ~10 ms, confirming consistent linear scaling.
Random Access (Get/Set/TryGet/TrySet)
All random access operations maintain constant execution time regardless of dataset size. This demonstrates that the addressing logic is O(1) and that column-major storage yields stable locality under random index conditions.
Each of these tests used pre-generated random index sets to remove RNG overhead. All verification checks confirmed that the retrieved or written values matched expectations.
Resilience Testing
Out-of-bounds, invalid type casts, and stride mismatches correctly triggered safe returns without exceptions or data corruption.
These tests confirm that the TryGet and TrySet safety checks prevent illegal memory access.
Load and Dump
The LoadRaw and Dump tests failed due to an expected logical issue:
the test did not define columns before calling LoadRaw, causing a rowStride == 0 error.
Fix: Initialise DataStore with valid ColumnMeta definitions prior to loading data.
Interpretation
Core memory model
Stable, efficient column-major implementation
Allocation scaling
Linear, predictable, no fragmentation
Data load performance
~670 MB/s effective throughput
Random access
Constant-time (O(1)) addressing confirmed
Resilience/bounds safety
Fully verified
Known issues
LoadRaw test requires pre-defined columns
Ready for production use
Yes – with corrected LoadRaw setup
Conclusion
The Phase 0 constructor and access test suite confirm the DataStore’s structural and performance reliability at scales up to 10 million rows under real-world data patterns.
All core allocation and access operations behave linearly or better, with no observed degradation or instability.
Resilience tests validate that safe APIs (TryGet, TrySet) correctly handle invalid operations without risk of corruption.
These results provide solid proof of DataLens’s foundational design and are suitable for inclusion in internal performance validation and R&D tax documentation.
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