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"""
Memory Update Performance Evaluation
====================================

Demonstrates measuring performance when memory updates are enabled.
"""

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.db.sqlite import SqliteDb
from agno.eval.performance import PerformanceEval
from agno.models.openai import OpenAIChat

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Database
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
db = SqliteDb(db_file="tmp/memory.db")


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Benchmark Function
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def run_agent():
    agent = Agent(
        model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-5.2"),
        system_message="Be concise, reply with one sentence.",
        db=db,
        update_memory_on_run=True,
    )

    response = agent.run("My name is Tom! I'm 25 years old and I live in New York.")
    print(f"Agent response: {response.content}")

    return response


# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create Evaluation
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
response_with_memory_updates_perf = PerformanceEval(
    name="Memory Updates Performance",
    func=run_agent,
    num_iterations=5,
    warmup_runs=0,
)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Run Evaluation
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":
    response_with_memory_updates_perf.run(print_results=True, print_summary=True)

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Run the Example

# Clone and setup repo
git clone https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
cd agno/cookbook/09_evals/performance

# Create and activate virtual environment
./scripts/demo_setup.sh
source .venvs/demo/bin/activate

python response_with_memory_updates.py