Ping Test & Packet Loss Test
Send one ping a second, watch latency live and see your jitter and packet loss. Ideal for checking a connection before a game or a call.
- Current
- –ms
- Average
- –ms
- Jitter
- –ms
- Best
- –ms
- Worst
- –ms
- Packet loss
- –%
Ping (ms)Lost ping
Your ping is
How to use the ping test
- Press Start ping test. WiFi Speed Insight sends a small request to a nearby server once a second and times the round trip.
- After 30 pings you get a verdict. Tick Keep monitoring to leave it running and catch dropouts that only happen now and then.
- Red bars on the graph are lost pings. A few in a row usually mean a WiFi dropout.
What is a good ping?
| Ping | What it feels like |
|---|---|
| Under 30 ms | Excellent. Great for competitive games like Valorant, CS2 and Fortnite. |
| 30–60 ms | Good. Smooth gaming and calls. |
| 60–100 ms | Fair. Fine for browsing and calls; fast shooters may feel slightly delayed. |
| 100–150 ms | Slow. Noticeable lag in games and talk-over on calls. |
| Over 150 ms | Poor. Expect rubber-banding in games. |
Jitter should stay under about 20 ms, and packet loss should be 0%. Even 1–2% loss causes stutter in games and robotic voices on calls. For the full explanation read ping and jitter explained.
How to lower your ping
- Use an Ethernet cable, or move closer to the router and switch to the 5 GHz band.
- Stop downloads, streams and cloud backups on other devices while you play.
- If ping only jumps when the connection is busy, that’s bufferbloat. Run the bufferbloat test to confirm it.
Our step-by-step guide how to reduce ping for gaming covers every fix, from router settings to game servers.
How this differs from the ping command: browsers can’t send ICMP pings, so WiFi Speed Insight times small HTTPS requests instead. Results run a few milliseconds higher than the ping command but track the same changes, and a request that doesn’t return within 2 seconds counts as lost.
Ping test FAQ
What causes packet loss?
Usually weak or crowded WiFi, a faulty cable, an overloaded router, or a problem on your provider’s network. Test once on WiFi and once with a cable: if the loss disappears on the cable, the problem is your WiFi.
Why is my ping high but my speed fast?
Speed and ping measure different things. A fast connection can still have high ping if the server is far away, your WiFi is busy, or the router queues traffic (bufferbloat). Speed is how much data, ping is how quickly it starts.
Is 20 ms ping good?
Yes, 20 ms is excellent for every kind of online game and for video calls.
Can I run a ping test on my phone?
Yes. This page works in any mobile browser on Android and iPhone, with no app to install.
Guides for this tool
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Ping Test
Ping & Jitter Explained
What ping, jitter and packet loss mean, and what's a good ping for gaming. Read guide -
Ping Test
How to Reduce Ping for Gaming
11 fixes for lag, from a cable and server region to router settings. Read guide -
Bufferbloat
What Is Bufferbloat? (And How to Fix It)
Why calls freeze when someone downloads, and the router setting that fixes it. Read guide