Nobody likes a slow application. In today’s world, most users abandon a website if it does not load within 3s(based on Google’s research). Performance failures can cost millions of dollars to businesses. There is a tremendous need to performance test the right way. In this talk, we will focus on how performance testing is beyond only load testing and how to design realistic performance tests. We will also talk about different types of performance tests and how they can identify specific weaknesses in the system and can prevent performance failures in production.