MariaDB runs 64% faster on IBM POWER8 systems than on Intel systems with the same hardware configuration. Quru performed benchmark tests of MariaDB on POWER8 and found the database could process 1.2 million queries per second. Quru further optimized MariaDB for the POWER8 architecture, achieving a 93% performance gain over the Intel platform. This high performance allows more applications and databases to be consolidated on POWER8 systems, reducing data center costs through lower hardware and space needs.