AdequateRecord Pro™ (ActiveRecord) Benchmark Example lifted from @tenderlove http://tenderlovemaking.com/2014/02/19/adequaterecord-pro-like-activerecord.html

benchmark.rb

require 'active_support'
require 'active_record'

p ActiveRecord::VERSION::STRING

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection adapter: 'sqlite3', database: ':memory:'
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.instance_eval do
  create_table(:people) { |t| t.string :name }
end

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base; end

person = Person.create! name: 'Aaron'

id   = person.id
name = person.name

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.report('find')         { Person.find id }
  x.report('find_by_name') { Person.find_by_name name }
end