Load testing is the simplest form of performance testing. A load test is usually conducted to understand the behavior of the system under a specific expected load. This load can be the expected concurrent number of users on the application performing a specific number of transactions within the set duration. This test will give out the response time of all the important business critical transactions. The database, application server, etc. are also monitored during the test which assists in identifying bottlenecks in the application software and the underlying hardware.