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Website Speed Test – Load Time, TTFB and Page Weight

Time every step of loading a page and find the files that make it slow.

About Website Speed Test

Use this website speed test when a page feels slow, after moving to a new host or CDN, or before and after an optimization. From our server we time DNS, connection, TLS, time to first byte, download and redirects, then load up to 80 resources found in the HTML, including scripts, styles, images and the favicon, and record each one's size, status, compression and cache headers.

You get a score, a timeline of where the time goes, page weight, request count and HTML size, plus checks for a slow first byte, redirects, missing compression, render-blocking files, short cache lifetimes, uncompressed CSS or JavaScript, images over 300 KB, broken resources and very large pages. Test as a desktop or phone browser. It's one location, not a multi-city test, and JavaScript isn't run. Where available, Also measure Core Web Vitals adds Google PageSpeed Insights lab scores and real-user data. Shrink heavy images with Compress Image.

How to use Website Speed Test

  1. 1
    Enter the page address

    Test the home page first, then any page that feels slow.

  2. 2
    Pick desktop or phone

    The phone option uses a mobile browser's user agent, so sites with a separate mobile page serve that one.

  3. 3
    Click Test speed

    Timing, loading the resources and running the checks can take up to half a minute.

  4. 4
    Fix the biggest items

    Start with failed checks, then the Resources table, which lists the heaviest files first.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • Step-by-step timing

    DNS, connection, TLS, first byte, download and redirect time on one timeline.

  • Up to 80 resources

    Size, status, compression and cache lifetime of each script, style and image found.

  • Practical checks

    From time to first byte and render-blocking files to images over 300 KB and broken files.

  • Optional Core Web Vitals

    Where available, add Google PageSpeed lab scores and real-user data.

FAQ

Website Speed Test: questions and answers

Why is the website speed test faster or slower than what my visitors see?
It measures from our server's single location over a data-center connection. Visitors far away or on mobile networks will see other times, so use it to compare changes rather than as an absolute figure.
What is a good time to first byte?
Under 600 ms passes here and 1.5 seconds or more fails. A slow first byte usually means the server builds each page from scratch, so page caching or a CDN helps most. The CDN Checker tells you whether a domain is already behind one.
Does the speed test run JavaScript?
No. It loads the HTML and the scripts, styles and images it links to, but doesn't run scripts, so anything JavaScript loads later isn't counted. The Core Web Vitals option, where available, relies on Google's lab test, which does run the page in a browser.
How is page weight counted?
The HTML plus every resource we loaded, at the size sent over the network, so compressed files count at their compressed size. Under 2 MB passes and 5 MB or more fails. To see how much compression saves, test the page in the GZIP and Brotli Checker.
Is the website speed test free?
Yes, with no sign-up and no daily tasks used. A speed test is heavier than a simple lookup, so it takes a bigger share of the hourly allowance, which is higher for members and much higher for VIP.
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