Advanced – Non-Functional Testing
Baseline Performance Test – ISTQB Definition
Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team
Official ISTQB Definition
A performance test executed to establish a reference point against which subsequent test results are compared.
In simple words
The first clean run whose numbers become the yardstick for future runs.
Exam tip
Rerun the baseline whenever the environment or workload model changes.
Related terms
- Performance TestingHow fast, how many users, how stable under load — response time, throughput, resource usage.
- Benchmark TestA repeatable test used to compare versions, releases, or products head-to-head.
- Regression TestingAfter any change — bug fix, new feature, config update — you re-run existing tests to make sure nothing that used to work has broken.
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