Reaction & Speed Benchmarks

Which benchmark do you need?

The reaction time test measures how quickly you click after the screen turns green and averages several rounds. Most people land between 200 and 300 ms; gamers often reach the 150s. It is the simplest check of your own reflexes and of input lag on a new mouse, keyboard or monitor, since a change in setup shows up as a change in your average.

Two variations test the same reflex in different ways. The F1 reaction test replays a Formula 1 start: five red lights come on one per second and go out after a random hold, and you react to the lights going out. The Stroop test adds a mental step: colour words printed in the wrong colour, where you must answer the ink colour and the delay the words cause is your Stroop effect.

The CPS test counts clicks per second over 1 to 100 seconds and is the standard way to compare clicking techniques. The jitter click test is a 10 second version with a consistency score for jitter clicking, and the right click CPS test counts the right button only. The spacebar clicker does the same for the spacebar, and the tap BPM counter turns steady tapping into a tempo. The FPS test and the UFO test move the question from you to the machine: frame rate, motion blur and skipped frames, all capped by the monitor's refresh rate.

Fixed-length click tests

If you already know the length you want, each common one has its own page with typical scores for that length: the 1 second CPS test for pure burst speed, the 5 second CPS test that leaderboards use, the 10 second CPS test and 15 second click test with a consistency score, and the 30 second, 60 second and 100 second click tests for stamina. Your best score per length is shared with the main CPS test, so practice on any page counts.

What counts as a good score

• Reaction time: under 200 ms is fast, 200 to 250 ms is average for adults, over 300 ms is slow or a sign of a laggy display or input.
• CPS: 5 to 7 over 5 seconds with normal clicking (one or two less over a minute), 8 to 12 with jitter clicking, 15 or more with butterfly or drag clicking on a suitable mouse. Right click scores run about one CPS lower.
• Stroop effect: 50 to 150 ms is typical on a button test; accuracy under 80% makes the timing meaningless.
• Typing: about 40 WPM is average, 60 is good, 100 and above is very fast.
• Spacebar: similar to CPS; most people manage 6 to 10 presses per second.
• FPS: the test should hold the refresh rate of your monitor (60, 120, 144, 240 Hz). A lower, unstable number means the browser or the computer is struggling.

How to get a fair result

Use a wired mouse and keyboard if you have them, close other tabs and programs, and run several rounds; the first attempt is almost always the slowest. For reaction time, sit the same way each time and compare only with results from the same device, because the monitor and mouse add their own delay. Turn off pointer acceleration and any mouse macro before a CPS test if you want a number that matches what others report.

Typing, memory and auto clickers

The typing speed test gives words per minute and accuracy on common words; the typing hub has 1 minute, 5 minute, WPM and English sentence versions. The chimp test and the other memory tests measure working memory span rather than reflexes. The auto clicker test measures the real rate of an auto clicker and tells a program from a finger by how regular its clicks are.

Checking the hardware behind the score

If your reaction time is much slower on one computer than another, run the refresh rate test and the polling rate test. A 60 Hz display or a 125 Hz mouse adds tens of milliseconds compared with a 144 Hz screen and a 1000 Hz mouse.