Free Global Website Performance Test

It measures the full connection waterfall for a URL, DNS lookup, TCP connect, TLS handshake, Time To First Byte, and HTML transfer, from Novaverb's Germany probe or selected community probes placed across world regions.

The speed check runs only from Germany. This performance test can additionally run from community probes in multiple world regions, letting you compare connection timing across geographies rather than from one fixed vantage point.

No. Each number reflects network and server connection timing only. It does not run a browser, so it cannot measure Largest Contentful Paint, layout shift, interactivity, JavaScript execution, or anything about how the page visually renders.

It is the ordered breakdown of a request: DNS resolves the hostname, TCP establishes the connection, TLS negotiates encryption, TTFB captures server wait, and HTML transfer downloads the initial document. Each stage exposes where time is spent.

Each probe is a separate physical location, so distance to your server and CDN edge changes DNS, connection, and transfer times. Regions far from your hosting or without nearby edge nodes will consistently show higher latency.

Aim for under roughly 500 milliseconds in your primary markets and reasonably consistent numbers elsewhere. Large gaps between regions usually indicate missing CDN coverage or origin-only serving for distant users, which a content delivery network can flatten.

Put a CDN in front of your origin so static assets and cached HTML serve from edge nodes near users. Also enable modern protocols and caching so far-away regions are not paying full origin round-trips.

Treat each number as a single sample from one probe at one moment, subject to transient network conditions. Run repeated checks and compare trends across regions rather than drawing conclusions from any isolated measurement.

Not exactly. Probes approximate network paths but are not your actual visitors on their devices, browsers, and connections. Use this for comparing server and network delivery across regions, and pair it with field data for true real-user performance.

Search visitors and crawlers connect from many places, and slow delivery in a target market delays first byte and rendering there. Consistent low-latency delivery worldwide supports faster pages, better user experience, and the speed signals that aid rankings.