InfluxDB has achieved writes greater than 1 million values per second in a minimal configuration of 4 m4.4xlarge instances, with the ability to sustain this performance through batched HTTP protocol usage and without requiring triple replication of data, resulting in disk space savings. The company tested various configurations on AWS M4 instances, including a larger cluster that reached 1.5 million writes per second, demonstrating InfluxDB's potential for high-performance distributed databases. This achievement is notable as it surpasses common benchmark goals in the industry and sets InfluxDB apart from other distributed databases.