These are the so-called Jeff Dean numbers that computer scientists should understand when tuning for performance (for example, you can see that pulling data from the L1 cache is much faster than retrieving it over the Internet). The nanosecond conversion slows me down, so here’s a chart in the spirit of “don’t make me think”

L1 cache reference
          0.5 ns | 0.0005 us  | 0.0000005 ms | 0.0000000005 s
Branch mispredict
            5 ns | 0.005 us   | 0.000005 ms  | 0.000000005 s
L2 cache reference
            7 ns | 0.007 us   | 0.000007 ms  | 0.000000007 s
Mutex lock/unlock
           25 ns | 0.025 us   | 0.000025 ms  | 0.000000025 s
Main memory reference
          100 ns | 0.1 us     | 0.0001 ms    | 0.0000001 s
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy
        3,000 ns | 3 us       | 0.003 ms     | 0.000003 s
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network
       20,000 ns | 30 us      | 0.03 ms      | 0.00003 s
Read 1 MB sequentially from memory
      250,000 ns | 250 us     | 0.25 ms      | 0.00025 s
Round trip within same datacenter
      500,000 ns | 500 us     | 0.5 ms       | 0.0005 s
Disk seek
   10,000,000 ns | 10,000 us  | 10 ms        | 0.01 s
Read 1 MB sequentially from disk
   20,000,000 ns | 20,000 us  | 20 ms        | 0.02 s
Send packet CA->Netherlands->CA
  150,000,000 ns | 150,000 us | 150ms        | 0.15 s

If the above table formatting does not work for you, maybe you’ll prefer this one:

ACTION                                 ns   |   us    |   ms
L1 cache reference                      0.5 |  0.0005 | 0.0000005
Branch mispredict                         5 |   0.005 | 0.000005
L2 cache reference                        7 |   0.007 | 0.000007
Mutex lock/unlock                        25 |   0.025 | 0.000025
Main memory reference                   100 |     0.1 | 0.0001
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy          3,000 |       3 | 0.003
Send 2K bytes over 1Gbps             20,000 |      30 | 0.03
Read 1MB  from memory               250,000 |     250 | 0.25
Roundtrip within same datacenter    500,000 |     500 | 0.5
Disk seek                        10,000,000 |  10,000 | 10
Read 1MB sequentially from disk  20,000,000 |  20,000 | 20
Send packet CA->NL->CA          150,000,000 | 150,000 | 150