Baseline Benchmark (same hardware)
~> siege -b -t30s -c5 http://twit.localhost
** SIEGE 2.68
** Preparing 5 concurrent users for battle.
The server is now under siege...
Lifting the server siege...      done.
Transactions:		        7005 hits
Availability:		      100.00 %
Elapsed time:		       29.08 secs
Data transferred:	       20.26 MB
Response time:		        0.02 secs
Transaction rate:	      240.89 trans/sec
Throughput:		        0.70 MB/sec
Concurrency:		        4.98
Successful transactions:        7005
Failed transactions:	           0
Longest transaction:	        0.29
Shortest transaction:	        0.00
w/ APC
~> siege -b -t30s -c5 http://twit2.localhost
** SIEGE 2.68
** Preparing 5 concurrent users for battle.
The server is now under siege...
Lifting the server siege...      done.
Transactions:		       11105 hits
Availability:		      100.00 %
Elapsed time:		       29.38 secs
Data transferred:	       32.12 MB
Response time:		        0.01 secs
Transaction rate:	      377.98 trans/sec
Throughput:		        1.09 MB/sec
Concurrency:		        4.97
Successful transactions:       11105
Failed transactions:	           0
Longest transaction:	        0.15
Shortest transaction:	        0.00