Network tool
Ping Test
This test sends 20 round trips to our edge network and measures how long each one takes. It starts automatically below and reports minimum, average, median, and maximum latency, plus jitter and packet loss.
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What jitter means here.
Jitter is the average change in latency between one ping and the next, not just the spread between your fastest and slowest round trip. High jitter with a normal average ping is what makes calls choppy or games feel inconsistent even when your connection looks fine on paper.
What ping and jitter mean
Ping measures round-trip latency, how long it takes a small request to reach a destination and come back. Lower is better, and it matters most for anything real-time: video calls, online games, and remote desktop sessions. Jitter measures how much that latency varies from one round trip to the next. A connection can have a low average ping and still feel unstable if jitter is high, because packets arrive at uneven intervals rather than a steady rhythm.
What counts as a good result
Under about 20ms is excellent and typical of a wired connection close to your ISP's network. 20 to 50ms is good for most browsing, streaming, and calls. 50 to 100ms is usable but can start to affect fast-paced games or calls. Above 150ms, delays become noticeable in real-time applications. Jitter under about 5ms is generally not noticeable, higher than that can cause stutter in calls or games even when average ping looks fine.
Why results vary between runs
Latency depends on physical distance to the server, how many network hops your traffic takes, congestion at your ISP or ours, WiFi signal quality, and whether other devices are competing for bandwidth on your network. A VPN typically raises ping because traffic takes a longer path through the VPN server first.
If your ping looks higher than expected
- Connect by ethernet cable instead of WiFi if you can, wireless interference is a common cause of inconsistent ping.
- Pause large downloads, cloud backups, or other devices streaming on your network before testing.
- Disconnect a VPN temporarily to see how much of your latency it's adding.
- Restart your router if results look consistently high across multiple runs at different times of day.