The average looks fine, but p99 is 4 seconds
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A checkout API shows an average response time of 300 ms (milliseconds), but the p99 (the time that 99% of requests beat) is 4 seconds. What is the best reading?
- Most requests are fast, but about 1 in 100 is very slow; find out which requests and why
- Performance is fine because the average is low
- The test is broken, because p99 cannot be so far from the average
- The server is overloaded for every request
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