{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "identifier": "https://game-serverhosting.com/benchmarks/minecraft-fork-baseline.json",
  "version": "1.0",
  "name": "Minecraft fork synthetic operating baseline",
  "description": "Aggregate Leaf, Paper and Leaves measurements from one controlled synthetic workload on game-serverhosting infrastructure.",
  "license": "https://game-serverhosting.com/license.xml",
  "date_published": "2026-08-09",
  "date_modified": "2026-08-09",
  "methodology": {
    "design": "Controlled synthetic baseline; the same workload and resource limits were used for every project.",
    "world_seed": "LLH-P11-BASELINE",
    "chunky_radius": 500,
    "chunks_pregenerated": 100,
    "entity_type": "minecraft:cow",
    "entities": 200,
    "plugins": 5,
    "warmup_seconds": 120,
    "measurement_seconds": 300,
    "sample_interval_seconds": 15,
    "resources": {
      "memory_mb": 4096,
      "cpu_percent": 200,
      "disk_mb": 20480
    }
  },
  "metrics": {
    "tps_median": "Median ticks per second across usable runs; Minecraft caps normal TPS at 20.",
    "mspt_median": "Median milliseconds per tick across usable runs.",
    "cpu_process_percent_median": "Median measured game-process CPU utilization across usable runs."
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "project": "leaf",
      "label": "Leaf",
      "measured_at": "2026-08-07T19:00:38+00:00",
      "runs_total": 3,
      "runs_usable": 3,
      "tps_median": 20,
      "mspt_median": 1.4,
      "cpu_process_percent_median": 3.975,
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "project": "paper",
      "label": "Paper",
      "measured_at": "2026-08-07T22:40:29+00:00",
      "runs_total": 3,
      "runs_usable": 3,
      "tps_median": 20,
      "mspt_median": 1.5,
      "cpu_process_percent_median": 3.928,
      "note": null
    },
    {
      "project": "leaves",
      "label": "Leaves",
      "measured_at": "2026-08-09T04:58:21+00:00",
      "runs_total": 5,
      "runs_usable": 5,
      "tps_median": 20,
      "mspt_median": 1.5,
      "cpu_process_percent_median": 4.054,
      "note": "Historical Leaves stalls were traced to a race in the benchmark tool, not a Leaves defect. After readiness serialization, a controlled OVH verification completed 5/5 usable runs with no discarded runs."
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "This is a controlled synthetic baseline, not customer workload or live-player performance.",
    "All projects reached Minecraft's normal 20 TPS ceiling, so TPS does not establish a performance ranking.",
    "The sample does not measure player latency, network conditions, support quality or behaviour under a different plugin, world or entity mix.",
    "Leaf and Paper have three usable runs each; Leaves has five. This baseline does not prove general superiority or predict every server configuration."
  ],
  "privacy": "This summary contains aggregate operating measurements only. Server identifiers, panel identifiers, addresses, raw console output and individual samples are excluded."
}