Benchmarks

Although the intention of Smooth Boot was not to improve Minecraft performance, it turns out the mod does make the game load faster.

The run starts on clicking "play" in the Minecraft launcher, and end when the Mojang logo starts fading.

The tests are done on the following setup:

CPU: Intel i7 4770
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060
RAM: 32GB ddr3 1800
Drive: 500 GB WD Blue Sata SSD
OS: Windows 10

Fabric 1.16.4 - No mods - Smooth Boot 1.3.2 Default settings

JRE Version: AdoptOpenJDK 15.0.1+9
JVM Arguments: -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch

Without Smooth Boot: 31s
With Smooth Boot: 18s

Fabric 1.16.4 - All of Fabric 3 2.5.7 (162 mods + 60 libraries) - Smooth Boot 1.3.2 Default settings

JRE Version: AdoptOpenJDK 11.0.9
JVM Arguments: -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch

Without Smooth Boot: 1m24s
With Smooth Boot: 1m16s

To be continued