> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://training-docs.cerebras.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Throughput Spike After Saving Checkpoints

If you notice a throughput spike after saving checkpoints, this is a known artifact of reporting throughput on the user node, caused by the asynchronous nature of execution on Wafer-Scale Cluster. For more details and understanding of this behavior, please refer to [Measure throughput of your model](../../fundamentals/measure-throughput-of-your-model).