How to Measure Machine Learning Performance

Learn about Machine Learning Performance, including how to measure it, and leverage it in dashboards and visualizations with Metabase.

What is Machine Learning Performance?

Machine learning performance metrics are a set of metrics that tell you about various classification performance indicators. These metrics aim to identify how well machine learning is working on coming up with predictions, gathering information, and how specific your machine learning can be. The machine learning we use is almost never 100% accurate; achieving that level of accuracy would take up a lot of resources. The true purpose of these metrics is just to make sure your machine learning is at a usable standard.

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How to calculate Machine Learning Performance

There are several different calculations you can use to assess the reliability of your machine learning. You’ll need to understand your machine learning’s true and false positives and negatives based on actual and predicted classifications. Some examples of calculations you can do to achieve this are: Recall (or sensitivity) - How many times a positive prediction was made by a model. Accuracy - How the model performs across all classes Precision - The quality of a positive prediction made by a model. Logarithmic loss - How close a prediction probability is to its true value.

Other KPIs to measure related to Machine Learning Performance

  • Issue Resolution Time — how long issues take from report to resolution, best tracked with medians and percentiles.
  • Production Incidents — how many incidents hit production per period, broken out by severity.
  • Queue Time — how long work waits before anyone acts on it — often the biggest share of lead time.
  • Regressions Open/Closed — regressions found versus fixed per period — whether quality is gaining or losing ground.
  • Release Burndown — remaining scope against time for a release, with scope changes made visible.
  • Security Vulnerabilities — open vulnerabilities by severity and age across your stack.
  • Service Line Health Impact — how infrastructure and service issues translate into business-line health.
  • Soak Testing — system stability under sustained load over extended periods.
  • Static Code Analysis — findings from automated code scans — defects, smells, and security issues.

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