Redis Performance Test - Azure Redis vs. Local Install

RedisPerfTest.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using StackExchange.Redis;

namespace RedisPerfTest
{
    class Program
    {
        const string AZURE_REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING = "[HOSTNAME].redis.cache.windows.net,ssl=false,password=[PASSWORD],allowAdmin=true";
        const string LOCAL_REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING = "localhost:6379,ssl=false,allowAdmin=true";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //var cacheConnection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(AZURE_REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING);
            var cacheConnection = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(LOCAL_REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING);

            Console.WriteLine("Starting Redis Perf Test");

            for (int c = 0; c < 3; c++)
            {
                FlushCacheDb(cacheConnection); // Flush the cache databases before we start the test.
                var cache = cacheConnection.GetDatabase();

                var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();

                // Set Cache Items
                for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                    var cacheKey = i.ToString();
                    var cacheItem = i;
                    cache.StringSet(cacheKey, (int)cacheItem, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(90));
                }

                // Retrieve Cache Items
                for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
                {
                    var cacheKey = i.ToString();
                    var cacheItem = (int)cache.StringGet(cacheKey);
                }

                stopwatch.Stop();

                Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Iteration {0} - Elapsed Seconds/Milliseconds: {1} / {2}", c, stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds, stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds));
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Finished Redis Perf Test");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        static void FlushCacheDb(ConnectionMultiplexer cacheConnection)
        {
            var endpoints = cacheConnection.GetEndPoints(true);
            foreach (var endpoint in endpoints)
            {
                var server = cacheConnection.GetServer(endpoint);
                server.FlushAllDatabases();
            }
        }
    }
}