Benchmarking the performance of a .set operation on a text field across browsers using watir-webdriver in ruby

set_text_chrome_native.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'
require 'watir-webdriver'
require 'bench'

d = Selenium::WebDriver.for :chrome, native_events: true
b = Watir::Browser.new d
b.goto 'bing.com'

benchmark 'set chrome native' do
  b.text_field(name: 'q').set 'ghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh'
end

run 10

b.close

set_text_chrome_non_native.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'
require 'watir-webdriver'
require 'bench'

b = Watir::Browser.new :chrome
b.goto 'bing.com'

benchmark 'set chrome non-native' do
  b.text_field(name: 'q').set 'ghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh'
end

run 10

b.close

set_text_firefox.rb

require 'selenium-webdriver'
require 'watir-webdriver'
require 'bench'

b = Watir::Browser.new :firefox
b.goto 'bing.com'

benchmark 'set firefox' do
  b.text_field(name: 'q').set 'ghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh'
end

run 10

b.close