Histograms and Percentiles - New Relic Style
Blog post from New Relic
A new feature introducing histograms and percentiles is now available to provide a more detailed analysis of web application performance by allowing users to see which transactions are responsible for slow outlier performance. Unlike averages, which can be skewed by outliers, percentile charts show the average, median, 95th, and 99th percentiles, helping users identify issues like caching problems that affect specific customer segments. Histograms offer insights into the distribution of response times, enabling users to investigate the details of specific transactions. These tools are free for all customers and can be accessed for both individual web transactions and overview pages, although app-level support requires an agent upgrade. The author, Takuko Takezawa, a Solution Consultant at New Relic, emphasizes that the views expressed are personal and not representative of New Relic's official stance.