[cleanbrowsing]

Pushed a shell script to compare all of them from your location:

https://github.com/cleanbrowsing/dnsperftest

  $ sh ./dnstest.sh |sort -k 22 -n
               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  cloudflare     1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    4 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms      1.30
  norton         2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms      2.00
  neustar        2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    1 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    22 ms     3.90
  cleanbrowsing  11 ms   23 ms   11 ms   11 ms   11 ms   11 ms   11 ms   13 ms   12 ms   11 ms     12.50
  google         4 ms    4 ms    3 ms    21 ms   21 ms   61 ms   3 ms    21 ms   21 ms   22 ms     18.10
  opendns        2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    39 ms   2 ms    75 ms   2 ms    21 ms   39 ms   13 ms     19.70
  comodo         22 ms   23 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   23 ms     22.20
  quad9          10 ms   37 ms   10 ms   10 ms   10 ms   145 ms  10 ms   10 ms   10 ms   20 ms     27.20
  yandex         177 ms  216 ms  178 ms  182 ms  186 ms  177 ms  183 ms  174 ms  186 ms  222 ms    188.10
  adguard        199 ms  210 ms  200 ms  201 ms  202 ms  202 ms  199 ms  200 ms  198 ms  201 ms    201.20

[talldan]

From Perth, Western Australia:

                  test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
    cloudflare2nd  94 ms   81 ms   81 ms   79 ms   97 ms   90 ms   85 ms   89 ms   84 ms   78 ms     85.80
    cloudflare     74 ms   316 ms  69 ms   83 ms   77 ms   69 ms   85 ms   69 ms   82 ms   74 ms     99.80
    neustar        98 ms   100 ms  99 ms   102 ms  107 ms  113 ms  113 ms  112 ms  106 ms  100 ms    105.00
    adguard        154 ms  133 ms  133 ms  91 ms   94 ms   133 ms  96 ms   95 ms   98 ms   99 ms     112.60
    norton         132 ms  138 ms  117 ms  118 ms  131 ms  147 ms  133 ms  143 ms  141 ms  141 ms    134.10
    cleanbrowsing  154 ms  142 ms  140 ms  137 ms  155 ms  178 ms  158 ms  115 ms  77 ms   111 ms    136.70
    quad9          187 ms  170 ms  168 ms  154 ms  156 ms  156 ms  165 ms  164 ms  170 ms  174 ms    166.40
    opendns        258 ms  128 ms  121 ms  135 ms  125 ms  317 ms  124 ms  266 ms  131 ms  119 ms    172.40
    google         148 ms  264 ms  153 ms  137 ms  225 ms  274 ms  74 ms   258 ms  136 ms  279 ms    194.80
    google2nd      149 ms  284 ms  159 ms  223 ms  257 ms  412 ms  125 ms  254 ms  134 ms  268 ms    226.50
    comodo         273 ms  290 ms  303 ms  286 ms  308 ms  280 ms  314 ms  302 ms  263 ms  299 ms    291.80
    yandex         511 ms  567 ms  482 ms  442 ms  516 ms  443 ms  477 ms  471 ms  449 ms  454 ms    481.20

[kyledrake]

Are you using Telstra by chance? They have the worst routing I've ever seen. I've had huge problems getting good routes for their customers. I've had better luck with "IInet" customers.

I would be curious to see what the ping ms is for status.neocities.org, ideally it's coming from Sydney and not the states.

[talldan]

Not sure, actually! I'm just staying with someone at the moment. They're coincidentally changing broadband provider to this tomorrow - https://node1.com.au/

[Arkanosis]

Thanks.

Paris, France (OVH ADSL link FWIW):

    test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
    cloudflare2nd  9 ms    9 ms    10 ms   9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms      9.10
    cloudflare     9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    10 ms   9 ms    10 ms   10 ms   9 ms    9 ms    9 ms      9.30
    google2nd      16 ms   14 ms   8 ms    17 ms   21 ms   9 ms    9 ms    23 ms   14 ms   14 ms     14.50
    google         32 ms   10 ms   9 ms    16 ms   14 ms   22 ms   9 ms    22 ms   15 ms   14 ms     16.30
    quad9          17 ms   18 ms   18 ms   19 ms   17 ms   18 ms   18 ms   17 ms   18 ms   19 ms     17.90
    cleanbrowsing  19 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   18 ms   19 ms     18.20
    opendns        8 ms    9 ms    9 ms    9 ms    24 ms   109 ms  9 ms    9 ms    8 ms    8 ms      20.20
    comodo         23 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   23 ms   22 ms   22 ms   23 ms   22 ms   23 ms     22.40
    neustar        25 ms   25 ms   25 ms   26 ms   24 ms   25 ms   25 ms   27 ms   25 ms   25 ms     25.20
    norton         25 ms   26 ms   25 ms   35 ms   25 ms   25 ms   25 ms   26 ms   25 ms   26 ms     26.30
    yandex         101 ms  91 ms   54 ms   46 ms   54 ms   72 ms   54 ms   45 ms   47 ms   55 ms     61.90
    adguard        63 ms   239 ms  71 ms   65 ms   73 ms   63 ms   66 ms   60 ms   58 ms   58 ms     81.60

Results for Yandex and AdGuard do vary a lot between runs, but are consistently worse than all the others.

[darklajid]

Singapore, work:

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  neustar        2 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms      2.50
  norton         2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms      2.80
  quad9          3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms      2.80
  cloudflare     2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    2 ms      2.90
  cloudflare2nd  3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms      3.10
  google2nd      2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    5 ms    14 ms   3 ms    2 ms    6 ms    3 ms    2 ms      4.10
  google         2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    5 ms    6 ms    200 ms  3 ms    5 ms    2 ms    2 ms      22.90
  opendns        3 ms    2 ms    2 ms    191 ms  3 ms    272 ms  2 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms      48.30
  cleanbrowsing  177 ms  177 ms  178 ms  178 ms  178 ms  177 ms  177 ms  177 ms  176 ms  177 ms    177.20
  adguard        185 ms  186 ms  185 ms  185 ms  194 ms  185 ms  186 ms  185 ms  185 ms  185 ms    186.10
  yandex         255 ms  248 ms  282 ms  281 ms  224 ms  201 ms  213 ms  285 ms  213 ms  215 ms    241.70
  comodo         262 ms  262 ms  263 ms  263 ms  272 ms  261 ms  262 ms  262 ms  261 ms  262 ms    263.00

[ddacunha]

Made a couple of changes to add median value and local DNS (via ViewQuest).

  ./dnstest.sh| column -s\, -t
  DNS            test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average    Median
  cloudflare     3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3.10 ms    3 ms
  cloudflare2nd  3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3.00 ms    3 ms
  google         4 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms    2 ms    6 ms    2 ms    4 ms    3.30 ms    3 ms
  google2nd      2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    6 ms    201 ms  2 ms    4 ms    2 ms    2 ms    22.50 ms   2 ms
  quad9          5 ms    4 ms    4 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    2 ms    4 ms    3.30 ms    3 ms
  opendns        2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    5 ms    3 ms    236 ms  2 ms    54 ms   2 ms    2 ms    31.00 ms   2 ms
  norton         3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    4 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3.10 ms    3 ms
  cleanbrowsing  178 ms  179 ms  178 ms  182 ms  176 ms  178 ms  177 ms  177 ms  177 ms  177 ms  177.90 ms  178 ms
  yandex         200 ms  319 ms  281 ms  213 ms  293 ms  215 ms  281 ms  287 ms  281 ms  215 ms  258.50 ms  281 ms
  adguard        185 ms  189 ms  185 ms  186 ms  186 ms  185 ms  186 ms  186 ms  186 ms  186 ms  186.00 ms  186 ms
  neustar        3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2.80 ms    3 ms
  comodo         271 ms  262 ms  263 ms  265 ms  290 ms  264 ms  262 ms  266 ms  263 ms  262 ms  266.80 ms  264 ms
  local          0 ms    6 ms    3 ms    1 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    1.00 ms    0 ms

[zaarn]

For DNS performance the average is probably not the correct measurement stick. It's vulnerable to sudden spikes or timeouts which happen a lot in UDP traffic.

I recommend measuring the median and p0.5, p99.5 and maybe p99.99 values with a lot of data points. That eliminates any packet issues and laves you with the performance you can expect for 50%, 0.5%, 99.5% and 99.99% of your DNS traffic.

[WhyNotHugo]

Buenos Aires [City], Argentina

                      test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
    10.2.129.10       21 ms   1000 ms 1000 ms 25 ms   1000 ms 1000 ms 27 ms   1000 ms 28 ms   1000 ms   610.10
    10.2.129.11       28 ms   26 ms   25 ms   25 ms   82 ms   31 ms   24 ms   28 ms   24 ms   26 ms     31.90
    cloudflare        26 ms   25 ms   26 ms   24 ms   26 ms   25 ms   24 ms   24 ms   25 ms   25 ms     25.00
    google            25 ms   25 ms   25 ms   27 ms   81 ms   25 ms   24 ms   26 ms   24 ms   24 ms     30.60
    quad9             158 ms  160 ms  156 ms  158 ms  157 ms  158 ms  163 ms  159 ms  159 ms  160 ms    158.80
    opendns           149 ms  32 ms   32 ms   269 ms  34 ms   232 ms  32 ms   152 ms  87 ms   34 ms     105.30
    norton            156 ms  152 ms  163 ms  156 ms  174 ms  158 ms  157 ms  163 ms  161 ms  163 ms    160.30
    cleanbrowsing     32 ms   36 ms   34 ms   35 ms   33 ms   31 ms   33 ms   156 ms  33 ms   37 ms     46.00
    yandex            271 ms  283 ms  297 ms  288 ms  287 ms  302 ms  277 ms  295 ms  294 ms  296 ms    289.00
    adguard           291 ms  290 ms  290 ms  294 ms  285 ms  288 ms  287 ms  297 ms  284 ms  294 ms    290.00
    neustar           160 ms  150 ms  164 ms  161 ms  159 ms  156 ms  159 ms  159 ms  156 ms  159 ms    158.30
    comodo            169 ms  170 ms  171 ms  162 ms  166 ms  161 ms  169 ms  162 ms  165 ms  166 ms    166.10

[ohiovr]

thanks for the script, I added my isp (spectrum) and my own server (localbind)

Central Ohio

                    test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  localbind         1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms      1.00
  norton            34 ms   34 ms   33 ms   34 ms   33 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms     33.80
  cloudflare        35 ms   33 ms   34 ms   33 ms   34 ms   34 ms   36 ms   33 ms   34 ms   33 ms     33.90
  neustar           36 ms   34 ms   35 ms   33 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   35 ms   33 ms     34.20
  spectrum          37 ms   37 ms   36 ms   36 ms   36 ms   36 ms   35 ms   36 ms   35 ms   47 ms     37.10
  opendns           33 ms   33 ms   33 ms   54 ms   33 ms   33 ms   33 ms   45 ms   41 ms   34 ms     37.20
  127.0.1.1         2 ms    36 ms   77 ms   3 ms    118 ms  2 ms    2 ms    80 ms   2 ms    71 ms     39.30
  google            34 ms   33 ms   35 ms   44 ms   51 ms   51 ms   33 ms   44 ms   33 ms   44 ms     40.20
  comodo            43 ms   41 ms   42 ms   42 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms     41.40
  cleanbrowsing     48 ms   48 ms   133 ms  48 ms   45 ms   46 ms   45 ms   48 ms   48 ms   61 ms     57.00
  quad9             88 ms   87 ms   90 ms   89 ms   89 ms   88 ms   90 ms   90 ms   88 ms   93 ms     89.20
  yandex            149 ms  176 ms  152 ms  148 ms  149 ms  155 ms  149 ms  161 ms  155 ms  201 ms    159.50
  adguard           158 ms  202 ms  157 ms  165 ms  161 ms  156 ms  155 ms  158 ms  155 ms  155 ms    162.20

[JohnKacz]

Welp glad to know I was trying to dig www.pornhub.com on my work network.

[corobo]

Worse than that, you were running scripts without knowing what they do

[nothrabannosir]

To be fair, every single time I install an emacs or vim plugin, npm lib, ruby gem, pip package, or anything close, so do I.

Really the only code I audit is a 2 page script on HN because I feel someone might judge me if I don't. But even then, I sort of gave up after the first page.

Computer security is so fubar, it's not even funny.

[LinuxBender]

I used to teach people not to pipe curl to bash. Now I just add sudo -n tests to my scripts and see if they have passwordless sudo. It turns out, a lot of people have passwordless sudo.

[cleanbrowsing]

Good point. Removed it from the default tested domains.

[ddacunha]

Glad I pulled after it was removed. In some countries (incl. Singapore) this domain is banned & blocked. Plus off-course I ran it from work...

[ori_b]

I'm seeing much closer results:

    cloudflare     32 ms   33 ms   34 ms   39 ms   36 ms   35 ms   29 ms   57 ms   48 ms   33 ms     37.60
    google         43 ms   38 ms   37 ms   60 ms   34 ms   30 ms   30 ms   50 ms   32 ms   67 ms     42.10
    quad9          30 ms   139 ms  25 ms   35 ms   49 ms   36 ms   34 ms   32 ms   27 ms   47 ms     45.40
    opendns        32 ms   33 ms   28 ms   69 ms   32 ms   91 ms   37 ms   75 ms   67 ms   39 ms     50.30
    norton         35 ms   33 ms   33 ms   31 ms   39 ms   34 ms   22 ms   25 ms   24 ms   33 ms     30.90
    cleanbrowsing  36 ms   48 ms   40 ms   49 ms   56 ms   35 ms   36 ms   49 ms   49 ms   46 ms     44.40
    yandex         217 ms  233 ms  203 ms  199 ms  215 ms  380 ms  210 ms  204 ms  258 ms  205 ms    232.40
    adguard        98 ms   95 ms   101 ms  97 ms   104 ms  129 ms  103 ms  110 ms  95 ms   111 ms    104.30
    neustar        32 ms   30 ms   32 ms   35 ms   31 ms   34 ms   29 ms   28 ms   138 ms  34 ms     42.30
    comodo         55 ms   52 ms   51 ms   52 ms   47 ms   48 ms   58 ms   59 ms   48 ms   48 ms     51.80

[cleanbrowsing]

Run it with "sort -k 22 -n" to to get it listed in order of performance:

*norton is faster for you:

    norton         35 ms   33 ms   33 ms   31 ms   39 ms   34 ms   22 ms   25 ms   24 ms   33 ms     30.90
    cloudflare     32 ms   33 ms   34 ms   39 ms   36 ms   35 ms   29 ms   57 ms   48 ms   33 ms     37.60
    google         43 ms   38 ms   37 ms   60 ms   34 ms   30 ms   30 ms   50 ms   32 ms   67 ms     42.10
    neustar        32 ms   30 ms   32 ms   35 ms   31 ms   34 ms   29 ms   28 ms   138 ms  34 ms     42.30
    cleanbrowsing  36 ms   48 ms   40 ms   49 ms   56 ms   35 ms   36 ms   49 ms   49 ms   46 ms     44.40
    quad9          30 ms   139 ms  25 ms   35 ms   49 ms   36 ms   34 ms   32 ms   27 ms   47 ms     45.40
    opendns        32 ms   33 ms   28 ms   69 ms   32 ms   91 ms   37 ms   75 ms   67 ms   39 ms     50.30
    comodo         55 ms   52 ms   51 ms   52 ms   47 ms   48 ms   58 ms   59 ms   48 ms   48 ms     51.80
    adguard        98 ms   95 ms   101 ms  97 ms   104 ms  129 ms  103 ms  110 ms  95 ms   111 ms    104.30
    yandex         217 ms  233 ms  203 ms  199 ms  215 ms  380 ms  210 ms  204 ms  258 ms  205 ms    232.40

[qznc]

I had my own script. CloudFlare and CleanBrowsing are great, but my ISP (Telekom) still wins.

  Tested 20 domains 5 times each
                Median    MAD
  NortonDNS      38 ms   + 3 ms
  CleanBrowsing  25 ms   +22 ms
  CloudFlare     24 ms   + 2 ms
  AdGuard        36 ms   + 6 ms
  Yandex         60 ms   +53 ms
  Comodo         46 ms   +11 ms
  Google         39 ms   +12 ms
  Quad9          39 ms   +26 ms
  OpenDNS        35 ms   +11 ms
  NeuStar        37 ms   + 2 ms
  Telekom        20 ms   +10 ms
  (system)        5 ms   + 9 ms

[redsparrow]

Berlin, Vodafone Kabel Deutschland (Cable):

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  cloudflare2nd  13 ms   13 ms   11 ms   12 ms   16 ms   12 ms   11 ms   12 ms   11 ms   12 ms     12.30
  cloudflare     14 ms   11 ms   18 ms   12 ms   47 ms   16 ms   12 ms   12 ms   11 ms   11 ms     16.40
  opendns        11 ms   29 ms   10 ms   29 ms   30 ms   12 ms   11 ms   30 ms   29 ms   11 ms     20.20
  norton         20 ms   21 ms   20 ms   21 ms   23 ms   20 ms   22 ms   19 ms   20 ms   21 ms     20.70
  neustar        22 ms   23 ms   21 ms   22 ms   23 ms   19 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   21 ms     21.70
  cleanbrowsing  23 ms   23 ms   22 ms   25 ms   23 ms   24 ms   27 ms   26 ms   22 ms   24 ms     23.90
  quad9          21 ms   26 ms   25 ms   27 ms   28 ms   26 ms   31 ms   23 ms   22 ms   26 ms     25.50
  google2nd      23 ms   37 ms   22 ms   26 ms   36 ms   25 ms   26 ms   29 ms   24 ms   27 ms     27.50
  google         32 ms   31 ms   31 ms   26 ms   32 ms   36 ms   26 ms   28 ms   22 ms   29 ms     29.30
  comodo         36 ms   36 ms   35 ms   38 ms   37 ms   36 ms   37 ms   36 ms   36 ms   35 ms     36.20
  yandex         37 ms   79 ms   36 ms   37 ms   47 ms   35 ms   41 ms   40 ms   35 ms   71 ms     45.80
  adguard        41 ms   53 ms   54 ms   42 ms   142 ms  56 ms   47 ms   72 ms   49 ms   66 ms     62.20

[culot]

I added Charter (71.10.216.1) to the list, and in Mid-michigan via Charter, they consistently come out ahead by a clear margin for me:

  charter        15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   16 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   30 ms     16.60
  norton         22 ms   23 ms   30 ms   28 ms   23 ms   23 ms   22 ms   21 ms   22 ms   31 ms     24.50
  neustar        24 ms   26 ms   23 ms   25 ms   25 ms   23 ms   28 ms   23 ms   23 ms   39 ms     25.90
  cloudflare     25 ms   27 ms   33 ms   62 ms   26 ms   26 ms   27 ms   27 ms   27 ms   26 ms     30.60
  comodo         37 ms   37 ms   36 ms   38 ms   38 ms   36 ms   38 ms   38 ms   38 ms   37 ms     37.30
  quad9          33 ms   33 ms   45 ms   46 ms   51 ms   40 ms   33 ms   34 ms   35 ms   34 ms     38.40
  opendns        44 ms   40 ms   41 ms   59 ms   30 ms   32 ms   30 ms   38 ms   40 ms   33 ms     38.70
  google         36 ms   40 ms   22 ms   31 ms   18 ms   138 ms  21 ms   32 ms   30 ms   30 ms     39.80
  cleanbrowsing  62 ms   77 ms   65 ms   64 ms   67 ms   74 ms   63 ms   63 ms   63 ms   63 ms     66.10
  adguard        128 ms  131 ms  125 ms  124 ms  124 ms  134 ms  127 ms  134 ms  124 ms  132 ms    128.30
  yandex         160 ms  154 ms  160 ms  154 ms  165 ms  163 ms  153 ms  152 ms  159 ms  157 ms    157.70

Norton, Neustar, and Cloudflare consistently vie for the top spots next to Charter on all of the runs I've done. Occasionally Google mixes it up for the #2 spot as well, but Neustar, Norton, and Cloudflare just edge them out most of the time.

[akarambir]

From New Delhi(Airtel), India

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  cloudflare     35 ms   58 ms   89 ms   14 ms   14 ms   42 ms   44 ms   35 ms   13 ms   29 ms     37.30
  cloudflare2nd  17 ms   16 ms   39 ms   57 ms   26 ms   42 ms   42 ms   64 ms   41 ms   64 ms     40.80
  google         93 ms   98 ms   184 ms  246 ms  277 ms  122 ms  97 ms   91 ms   241 ms  82 ms     153.10
  google2nd      60 ms   44 ms   43 ms   363 ms  90 ms   103 ms  110 ms  210 ms  10 ms   28 ms     106.10
  quad9          284 ms  255 ms  204 ms  479 ms  292 ms  270 ms  282 ms  298 ms  279 ms  283 ms    292.60
  opendns        35 ms   50 ms   34 ms   207 ms  42 ms   221 ms  34 ms   94 ms   36 ms   35 ms     78.80
  norton         70 ms   80 ms   80 ms   90 ms   73 ms   38 ms   38 ms   43 ms   42 ms   44 ms     59.80
  cleanbrowsing  271 ms  275 ms  283 ms  455 ms  333 ms  389 ms  406 ms  273 ms  235 ms  238 ms    315.80
  yandex         263 ms  285 ms  304 ms  262 ms  403 ms  172 ms  298 ms  562 ms  222 ms  340 ms    311.10
  adguard        346 ms  388 ms  317 ms  457 ms  243 ms  325 ms  396 ms  386 ms  394 ms  328 ms    358.00
  neustar        130 ms  213 ms  196 ms  140 ms  281 ms  205 ms  73 ms   114 ms  104 ms  169 ms    162.50
  comodo         277 ms  332 ms  252 ms  275 ms  298 ms  267 ms  302 ms  293 ms  277 ms  193 ms    276.60

[ashkulz]

From Mumbai, India:

                   test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
    cloudflare     3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    123 ms  3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    6 ms      15.10
    cloudflare2nd  3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    3 ms    2 ms    3 ms    2 ms    2 ms    3 ms      2.60
    google         61 ms   61 ms   61 ms   61 ms   64 ms   273 ms  61 ms   64 ms   61 ms   62 ms     82.90
    google2nd      1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms    66 ms   62 ms   2 ms    64 ms   1 ms    1 ms      20.00
    quad9          124 ms  126 ms  124 ms  124 ms  124 ms  118 ms  127 ms  121 ms  125 ms  179 ms    129.20
    opendns        2 ms    2 ms    2 ms    57 ms   5 ms    261 ms  2 ms    245 ms  2 ms    2 ms      58.00
    norton         4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    5 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    3 ms    4 ms      4.00
    cleanbrowsing  225 ms  232 ms  235 ms  214 ms  232 ms  225 ms  219 ms  245 ms  233 ms  218 ms    227.80
    yandex         136 ms  139 ms  142 ms  138 ms  140 ms  141 ms  136 ms  142 ms  142 ms  142 ms    139.80
    adguard        205 ms  205 ms  196 ms  196 ms  217 ms  211 ms  212 ms  197 ms  205 ms  211 ms    205.50
    neustar        233 ms  232 ms  236 ms  235 ms  233 ms  243 ms  246 ms  242 ms  232 ms  227 ms    235.90
    comodo         132 ms  134 ms  133 ms  133 ms  133 ms  130 ms  130 ms  130 ms  131 ms  145 ms    133.10

[ebarock]

Fredericton, Canada:

               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  cloudflare     38 ms   38 ms   38 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   38 ms   37 ms     37.40
  cloudflare2nd  38 ms   37 ms   37 ms   38 ms   37 ms   38 ms   38 ms   38 ms   37 ms   37 ms     37.50
  cleanbrowsing  37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   45 ms   38 ms   37 ms   37 ms     37.90
  neustar        37 ms   38 ms   38 ms   38 ms   38 ms   39 ms   37 ms   40 ms   38 ms   38 ms     38.10
  google2nd      39 ms   37 ms   37 ms   37 ms   45 ms   43 ms   38 ms   40 ms   38 ms   38 ms     39.20
  google         38 ms   37 ms   75 ms   37 ms   46 ms   38 ms   37 ms   40 ms   37 ms   37 ms     42.20
  comodo         38 ms   41 ms   100 ms  42 ms   38 ms   38 ms   40 ms   43 ms   39 ms   39 ms     45.80
  quad9          59 ms   62 ms   57 ms   58 ms   65 ms   67 ms   70 ms   71 ms   133 ms  206 ms    84.80
  norton         147 ms  280 ms  154 ms  38 ms   39 ms   38 ms   40 ms   37 ms   40 ms   38 ms     85.10
  adguard        119 ms  118 ms  128 ms  112 ms  118 ms  114 ms  119 ms  119 ms  116 ms  122 ms    118.50
  yandex         145 ms  147 ms  142 ms  144 ms  148 ms  174 ms  136 ms  141 ms  143 ms  141 ms    146.10
  opendns        172 ms  63 ms   245 ms  158 ms  146 ms  159 ms  279 ms  140 ms  163 ms  150 ms    167.50

[alvis]

London, with BT fibre

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  cloudflare2nd  4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    3 ms    3 ms    3 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms      3.70
  cloudflare     4 ms    3 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms      3.90
  quad9          4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms    4 ms      4.00
  norton         5 ms    5 ms    5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    5 ms    5 ms    5 ms    5 ms    5 ms      5.10
  neustar        5 ms    11 ms   5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    6 ms    5 ms      5.90
  google2nd      3 ms    4 ms    4 ms    5 ms    13 ms   3 ms    11 ms   15 ms   4 ms    5 ms      6.70
  google         4 ms    5 ms    4 ms    14 ms   5 ms    9 ms    4 ms    16 ms   4 ms    4 ms      6.90
  opendns        5 ms    4 ms    4 ms    17 ms   6 ms    13 ms   5 ms    16 ms   5 ms    6 ms      8.10
  comodo         10 ms   11 ms   13 ms   10 ms   12 ms   11 ms   11 ms   11 ms   10 ms   19 ms     11.80
  yandex         41 ms   34 ms   38 ms   39 ms   42 ms   147 ms  40 ms   52 ms   43 ms   37 ms     51.30
  adguard        51 ms   102 ms  70 ms   66 ms   49 ms   51 ms   60 ms   50 ms   52 ms   82 ms     63.30
  cleanbrowsing  71 ms   72 ms   72 ms   72 ms   72 ms   72 ms   70 ms   73 ms   71 ms   72 ms     71.70

[_cereal]

Italy, TIM:

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  cloudflare     23 ms   19 ms   20 ms   20 ms   21 ms   21 ms   23 ms   22 ms   22 ms   20 ms     21.10
  cloudflare2nd  23 ms   23 ms   20 ms   20 ms   24 ms   20 ms   23 ms   23 ms   24 ms   23 ms     22.30
  google         20 ms   22 ms   22 ms   41 ms   20 ms   43 ms   21 ms   45 ms   20 ms   36 ms     29.00
  neustar        41 ms   34 ms   33 ms   43 ms   35 ms   47 ms   45 ms   35 ms   41 ms   33 ms     38.70
  quad9          38 ms   47 ms   33 ms   32 ms   39 ms   51 ms   35 ms   50 ms   44 ms   39 ms     40.80
  google2nd      23 ms   20 ms   20 ms   20 ms   20 ms   214 ms  21 ms   38 ms   23 ms   23 ms     42.20
  norton         47 ms   44 ms   42 ms   45 ms   46 ms   42 ms   44 ms   47 ms   46 ms   44 ms     44.70
  cleanbrowsing  48 ms   50 ms   47 ms   46 ms   48 ms   48 ms   46 ms   49 ms   46 ms   49 ms     47.70
  opendns        39 ms   41 ms   41 ms   47 ms   40 ms   197 ms  33 ms   50 ms   42 ms   34 ms     56.40
  comodo         58 ms   56 ms   58 ms   59 ms   56 ms   58 ms   55 ms   56 ms   55 ms   65 ms     57.60
  yandex         69 ms   67 ms   63 ms   62 ms   71 ms   65 ms   71 ms   65 ms   75 ms   125 ms    73.30
  adguard        90 ms   88 ms   80 ms   93 ms   76 ms   78 ms   79 ms   161 ms  86 ms   79 ms     91.00

[bittersweet]

Amsterdam:

  test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  cloudflare     28 ms   37 ms   25 ms   28 ms   28 ms   24 ms   25 ms   24 ms   26 ms   26 ms     27.10
  cloudflare2nd  24 ms   25 ms   29 ms   28 ms   34 ms   31 ms   21 ms   27 ms   33 ms   34 ms     28.60
  google         29 ms   35 ms   37 ms   33 ms   18 ms   34 ms   39 ms   50 ms   84 ms   15 ms     37.40
  google2nd      15 ms   27 ms   25 ms   30 ms   42 ms   28 ms   22 ms   28 ms   27 ms   28 ms     27.20
  quad9          61 ms   55 ms   32 ms   37 ms   28 ms   30 ms   24 ms   20 ms   20 ms   21 ms     32.80
  opendns        48 ms   50 ms   46 ms   68 ms   61 ms   186 ms  43 ms   56 ms   50 ms   43 ms     65.10
  norton         35 ms   167 ms  32 ms   36 ms   32 ms   36 ms   33 ms   48 ms   47 ms   38 ms     50.40
  cleanbrowsing  31 ms   34 ms   35 ms   33 ms   34 ms   30 ms   24 ms   23 ms   24 ms   27 ms     29.50
  yandex         48 ms   53 ms   54 ms   47 ms   59 ms   67 ms   47 ms   52 ms   52 ms   91 ms     57.00
  adguard        17 ms   20 ms   23 ms   17 ms   19 ms   25 ms   139 ms  22 ms   25 ms   21 ms     32.80
  neustar        26 ms   34 ms   31 ms   28 ms   26 ms   29 ms   33 ms   24 ms   25 ms   34 ms     29.00
  comodo         38 ms   38 ms   46 ms   41 ms   37 ms   34 ms   28 ms   33 ms   37 ms   38 ms     37.00

[redm]

Oddly, I also got the best performance from Norton. An MTR shows Norton at 5 hops, Google at 8 hops and Cloudflare at 7. I might even accept slower speeds for added privacy, luckily I don't have to.

               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  norton         5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    5 ms    6 ms    6 ms    5 ms    6 ms      5.50
  neustar        6 ms    6 ms    6 ms    6 ms    6 ms    5 ms    6 ms    5 ms    6 ms    6 ms      5.80
  cloudflare     7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms      7.00
  cleanbrowsing  16 ms   31 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms   16 ms     17.50
  google         14 ms   5 ms    5 ms    13 ms   5 ms    121 ms  5 ms    14 ms   12 ms   12 ms     20.60
  opendns        11 ms   5 ms    5 ms    18 ms   5 ms    131 ms  5 ms    12 ms   12 ms   5 ms      20.90
  comodo         34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   34 ms   33 ms   34 ms   34 ms   33 ms   33 ms   34 ms     33.70
  quad9          45 ms   46 ms   49 ms   44 ms   44 ms   44 ms   44 ms   56 ms   45 ms   45 ms     46.20
  yandex         144 ms  148 ms  148 ms  146 ms  153 ms  143 ms  148 ms  180 ms  148 ms  148 ms    150.60
  adguard        156 ms  167 ms  150 ms  149 ms  151 ms  146 ms  147 ms  148 ms  189 ms  147 ms    155.00

[cleanbrowsing]

What ISP/city you tested it from?

[Assossa]

Thanks, this is a very useful script. I added my pi-hole (using neustar as upstream) to the script and found it adds about 2ms to the initial queries. After I ran the script a second time, the pi-hole average was half of neustar, so pi-hole must do some amount of caching.

                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  pihole(cached) 14 ms   20 ms   1 ms    4 ms    15 ms   16 ms   1 ms    15 ms   1 ms    2 ms      8.90
  neustar        12 ms   16 ms   15 ms   11 ms   15 ms   11 ms   13 ms   15 ms   12 ms   13 ms     13.30
  norton         11 ms   16 ms   11 ms   13 ms   14 ms   15 ms   15 ms   10 ms   13 ms   16 ms     13.40
  pihole         17 ms   14 ms   14 ms   20 ms   18 ms   15 ms   19 ms   15 ms   1 ms    18 ms     15.10
  cleanbrowsing  14 ms   17 ms   14 ms   16 ms   16 ms   13 ms   16 ms   26 ms   13 ms   14 ms     15.90
  opendns        11 ms   11 ms   12 ms   23 ms   12 ms   11 ms   11 ms   28 ms   27 ms   15 ms     16.10
  google         12 ms   15 ms   11 ms   27 ms   12 ms   26 ms   15 ms   30 ms   12 ms   28 ms     18.80
  cloudflare     43 ms   40 ms   42 ms   42 ms   44 ms   41 ms   41 ms   42 ms   43 ms   43 ms     42.10
  comodo         45 ms   46 ms   43 ms   43 ms   47 ms   44 ms   47 ms   45 ms   43 ms   45 ms     44.80
  quad9          82 ms   91 ms   79 ms   117 ms  160 ms  111 ms  82 ms   82 ms   80 ms   91 ms     97.50
  adguard        153 ms  161 ms  161 ms  155 ms  164 ms  154 ms  154 ms  156 ms  177 ms  158 ms    159.30
  yandex         159 ms  158 ms  163 ms  160 ms  170 ms  268 ms  159 ms  159 ms  160 ms  192 ms    174.80

[jhatax]

From Oakland on Comcast:

  $ sh ./dnstest.sh | sort -k 22 -n
                 test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  cloudflare     27 ms   40 ms   45 ms   41 ms   42 ms   41 ms   41 ms   47 ms   41 ms   41 ms     40.60
  norton         41 ms   42 ms   47 ms   48 ms   45 ms   42 ms   46 ms   42 ms   44 ms   13 ms     41.00
  google         42 ms   41 ms   40 ms   42 ms   41 ms   69 ms   42 ms   13 ms   45 ms   41 ms     41.60
  cleanbrowsing  43 ms   44 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms   41 ms   40 ms   45 ms   41 ms   41 ms     41.80
  neustar        44 ms   41 ms   42 ms   42 ms   42 ms   41 ms   40 ms   43 ms   42 ms   44 ms     42.10
  comodo         41 ms   41 ms   46 ms   41 ms   42 ms   45 ms   42 ms   42 ms   43 ms   42 ms     42.50
  quad9          41 ms   40 ms   41 ms   42 ms   41 ms   44 ms   45 ms   45 ms   44 ms   46 ms     42.90
  opendns        45 ms   46 ms   45 ms   44 ms   43 ms   235 ms  46 ms   49 ms   48 ms   47 ms     64.80
  adguard        81 ms   81 ms   80 ms   80 ms   81 ms   81 ms   80 ms   85 ms   89 ms   81 ms     81.90
  yandex         198 ms  292 ms  294 ms  292 ms  293 ms  292 ms  186 ms  399 ms  291 ms  293 ms    283.00

[solarmist]

Comcast in Mountain View, CA.

                   test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
    quad9          39 ms   39 ms   38 ms   39 ms   39 ms   39 ms   39 ms   40 ms   41 ms   38 ms     39.10
    cloudflare     41 ms   41 ms   39 ms   40 ms   39 ms   41 ms   39 ms   39 ms   39 ms   39 ms     39.70
    norton         41 ms   40 ms   40 ms   41 ms   41 ms   39 ms   44 ms   39 ms   40 ms   40 ms     40.50
    comodo         39 ms   40 ms   39 ms   39 ms   54 ms   38 ms   40 ms   40 ms   42 ms   40 ms     41.10
    neustar        49 ms   44 ms   42 ms   42 ms   43 ms   40 ms   40 ms   38 ms   38 ms   38 ms     41.40
    opendns        41 ms   39 ms   39 ms   49 ms   39 ms   85 ms   39 ms   39 ms   12 ms   41 ms     42.30
    google         39 ms   39 ms   41 ms   39 ms   39 ms   70 ms   13 ms   65 ms   40 ms   39 ms     42.40
    cleanbrowsing  59 ms   46 ms   44 ms   46 ms   40 ms   79 ms   40 ms   47 ms   48 ms   51 ms     50.00
    adguard        80 ms   80 ms   80 ms   81 ms   84 ms   80 ms   79 ms   81 ms   80 ms   80 ms     80.50
    yandex         183 ms  229 ms  185 ms  186 ms  234 ms  186 ms  187 ms  189 ms  185 ms  189 ms    195.30

[dhekimian]

Something isn't right with those results. Since the lowest average is above 20ms, can you share the results of a traceroute to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 or any of the DNS servers in the list?

It looks like your results are skewed due to your local network. (On laggy WiFi perhaps?)

[DavideNL]

I see great differences in the top 5 fastest dns-servers on my Macbook, when running the script a couple of times with like a few minutes in between; Sometimes cloudflare is fastest, sometimes cloudflare is very slow, etc.

So the results everyone posts here are pretty useless i believe (since it's just a single test.)

[chrisweekly]

When using WPT to benchmark network latency from a given location, a rule of thumb I adopted during my years as a webperf engineer was to repeat the test 9x. Using an odd number ensured the median run was an actual test, and 9 seemed sufficient to iron out the inevitable temporal inconsistencies, while allowing the overall test suite to finish in a reasonable time. The fastest value was sometimes more interesting / useful than the median though.

[alacombe]

from interior BC:

  % bash ./dnstest.sh
               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
  cloudflare     32 ms   28 ms   29 ms   25 ms   35 ms   26 ms   26 ms   36 ms   26 ms   27 ms     29.00
  cloudflare2nd  29 ms   26 ms   25 ms   32 ms   30 ms   29 ms   26 ms   27 ms   167 ms  84 ms     47.50
  google         31 ms   29 ms   29 ms   30 ms   30 ms   97 ms   31 ms   76 ms   29 ms   38 ms     42.00
  google2nd      29 ms   39 ms   34 ms   38 ms   29 ms   97 ms   31 ms   41 ms   29 ms   37 ms     40.40
  quad9          31 ms   31 ms   30 ms   39 ms   30 ms   36 ms   33 ms   68 ms   29 ms   36 ms     36.30
  opendns        34 ms   30 ms   28 ms   113 ms  70 ms   105 ms  27 ms   80 ms   78 ms   49 ms     61.40
  norton         73 ms   88 ms   71 ms   78 ms   70 ms   78 ms   80 ms   83 ms   85 ms   79 ms     78.50
  cleanbrowsing  73 ms   82 ms   80 ms   75 ms   73 ms   197 ms  73 ms   71 ms   75 ms   75 ms     87.40
  yandex         211 ms  250 ms  209 ms  213 ms  215 ms  469 ms  202 ms  218 ms  206 ms  237 ms    243.00
  adguard        75 ms   73 ms   75 ms   73 ms   73 ms   75 ms   71 ms   71 ms   72 ms   233 ms    89.10
  neustar        73 ms   69 ms   78 ms   80 ms   77 ms   81 ms   72 ms   82 ms   87 ms   84 ms     78.30
  comodo         32 ms   31 ms   1536 ms 36 ms   1538 ms 1686 ms 46 ms   35 ms   1532 ms 1531 ms   800.30

[Brosper]

Warsaw, Poland

               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average

cloudflare 21 ms 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms 15 ms 18 ms 15 ms 14 ms 16 ms 13 ms 15.40 cloudflare2nd 23 ms 16 ms 14 ms 14 ms 18 ms 12 ms 13 ms 12 ms 16 ms 15 ms 15.30 google 16 ms 16 ms 13 ms 40 ms 47 ms 35 ms 12 ms 35 ms 35 ms 59 ms 30.80 google2nd 23 ms 57 ms 11 ms 34 ms 43 ms 14 ms 15 ms 39 ms 14 ms 31 ms 28.10 quad9 14 ms 199 ms 22 ms 14 ms 551 ms 190 ms 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 198 ms 123.10 opendns 48 ms 14 ms 19 ms 51 ms 35 ms 162 ms 13 ms 36 ms 48 ms 12 ms 43.80 norton 48 ms 38 ms 38 ms 42 ms 43 ms 42 ms 38 ms 43 ms 38 ms 46 ms 41.60 cleanbrowsing 37 ms 33 ms 37 ms 38 ms 38 ms 36 ms 33 ms 38 ms 36 ms 35 ms 36.10 yandex 62 ms 91 ms 57 ms 59 ms 66 ms 343 ms 53 ms 53 ms 61 ms 64 ms 90.90 adguard 42 ms 34 ms 34 ms 32 ms 46 ms 34 ms 59 ms 114 ms 100 ms 50 ms 54.50 neustar 42 ms 42 ms 37 ms 43 ms 38 ms 42 ms 39 ms 48 ms 42 ms 42 ms 41.50 comodo 54 ms 53 ms 55 ms 51 ms 50 ms 51 ms 59 ms 51 ms 54 ms 50 ms 52.80

[cov21]

The performance is depending on how many concurrent user are using their service.

[beaconfield]

This is cool; thanks for the script.

[yellowapple]

Results for Reno, NV on AT&T:

Round One:

                   test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
    cloudflare     0 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    11 ms   0 ms    0 ms    8 ms    0 ms    0 ms      4.00
    cloudflare2nd  8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.00
    neustar        8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.00
    norton         8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.00
    quad9          9 ms    8 ms    9 ms    8 ms    9 ms    8 ms    8 ms    9 ms    8 ms    10 ms     8.60
    opendns        8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    45 ms   9 ms    8 ms    8 ms    45 ms   27 ms   10 ms     17.60
    google2nd      8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    26 ms   8 ms    67 ms   8 ms    27 ms   8 ms    26 ms     19.40
    cleanbrowsing  14 ms   16 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   14 ms   15 ms   52 ms   15 ms   26 ms     19.70
    comodo         27 ms   28 ms   27 ms   27 ms   28 ms   27 ms   27 ms   27 ms   29 ms   27 ms     27.40
    google         8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    166 ms  8 ms    27 ms   8 ms    27 ms     27.60
    adguard        159 ms  154 ms  160 ms  155 ms  153 ms  156 ms  158 ms  156 ms  156 ms  152 ms    155.90
    yandex         189 ms  191 ms  188 ms  184 ms  189 ms  208 ms  188 ms  179 ms  182 ms  225 ms    192.30

Round 2:

                   test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
    norton         8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.00
    neustar        8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    9 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.10
    cloudflare2nd  8 ms    10 ms   8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    14 ms   8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      8.80
    cloudflare     8 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    7 ms    51 ms   7 ms    7 ms    0 ms    12 ms     11.30
    google         8 ms    9 ms    8 ms    28 ms   8 ms    26 ms   8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    8 ms      11.90
    google2nd      8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    26 ms   8 ms    27 ms   8 ms    27 ms   8 ms    8 ms      13.60
    cleanbrowsing  14 ms   27 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms   14 ms   14 ms   15 ms   15 ms   15 ms     15.90
    opendns        8 ms    8 ms    8 ms    45 ms   9 ms    48 ms   8 ms    45 ms   8 ms    8 ms      19.50
    quad9          9 ms    27 ms   10 ms   17 ms   10 ms   32 ms   18 ms   27 ms   21 ms   26 ms     19.70
    comodo         27 ms   28 ms   27 ms   28 ms   27 ms   27 ms   28 ms   27 ms   27 ms   28 ms     27.40
    adguard        155 ms  149 ms  162 ms  157 ms  154 ms  157 ms  155 ms  152 ms  166 ms  163 ms    157.00
    yandex         180 ms  179 ms  191 ms  185 ms  189 ms  183 ms  185 ms  184 ms  189 ms  222 ms    188.70

Weird how much the results seem to fluctuate between rounds. Either way, Norton, Neustar, and Cloudflare seem to be consistently fast (~ 8ms averages), while Google and Quad9 are inconsistently fast. Comodo, Clean Browsing, and OpenDNS are consistently decent, while AdGuard and Yandex are consistently slow.

Unrelated note: Clean Browsing looks pretty neat, though I'm curious about how it manages to enforce any kind of "safe search" setting through DNS alone.

[always_good]

From Guadalajara via Totalplay:

                   test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average
    cloudflare     24 ms   22 ms   23 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   22 ms   30 ms   33 ms     24.20
    norton         72 ms   34 ms   33 ms   35 ms   34 ms   45 ms   33 ms   32 ms   32 ms   32 ms     38.20
    cloudflare2nd  25 ms   24 ms   22 ms   28 ms   24 ms   22 ms   24 ms   27 ms   25 ms   172 ms    39.30
    cleanbrowsing  33 ms   58 ms   34 ms   35 ms   33 ms   33 ms   33 ms   51 ms   55 ms   34 ms     39.90
    opendns        31 ms   30 ms   31 ms   67 ms   31 ms   68 ms   32 ms   57 ms   32 ms   32 ms     41.10
    neustar        105 ms  33 ms   33 ms   33 ms   33 ms   56 ms   33 ms   32 ms   33 ms   37 ms     42.80
    google2nd      46 ms   53 ms   57 ms   46 ms   53 ms   55 ms   48 ms   55 ms   48 ms   66 ms     52.70
    google         68 ms   53 ms   46 ms   64 ms   79 ms   56 ms   47 ms   54 ms   46 ms   82 ms     59.50
    comodo         71 ms   73 ms   71 ms   72 ms   97 ms   73 ms   88 ms   74 ms   73 ms   75 ms     76.70
    quad9          73 ms   144 ms  72 ms   92 ms   72 ms   111 ms  71 ms   73 ms   71 ms   75 ms     85.40
    yandex         213 ms  273 ms  333 ms  386 ms  244 ms  304 ms  184 ms  277 ms  294 ms  287 ms    279.50
    adguard        304 ms  243 ms  1190 ms 288 ms  388 ms  294 ms  399 ms  286 ms  289 ms  234 ms    391.50

[yAnonymous]

Nice script, but 10 runs aren't enough to give reliable results. Not even close.

[prakashrj]

from Bhimavaram, India

  sh ./dnstest.sh |sort -k 22 -n
               test1   test2   test3   test4   test5   test6   test7   test8   test9   test10  Average 
  yandex         56 ms   56 ms   56 ms   57 ms   5 ms    57 ms   58 ms   5 ms    58 ms   58 ms     46.60
  comodo         58 ms   6 ms    56 ms   57 ms   53 ms   56 ms   56 ms   56 ms   56 ms   56 ms     51.00
  google2nd      55 ms   54 ms   56 ms   57 ms   55 ms   57 ms   55 ms   60 ms   55 ms   59 ms     56.30
  opendns        54 ms   55 ms   56 ms   56 ms   56 ms   57 ms   59 ms   57 ms   57 ms   56 ms     56.30
  google         58 ms   58 ms   56 ms   56 ms   55 ms   56 ms   55 ms   56 ms   57 ms   57 ms     56.40
  norton         55 ms   56 ms   59 ms   56 ms   57 ms   56 ms   56 ms   57 ms   55 ms   57 ms     56.40
  cleanbrowsing  59 ms   56 ms   57 ms   57 ms   56 ms   61 ms   57 ms   59 ms   55 ms   54 ms     57.10
  quad9          62 ms   55 ms   56 ms   60 ms   56 ms   57 ms   55 ms   57 ms   56 ms   57 ms     57.10
  cloudflare2nd  59 ms   57 ms   60 ms   56 ms   57 ms   58 ms   58 ms   59 ms   54 ms   56 ms     57.40
  adguard        57 ms   59 ms   60 ms   58 ms   57 ms   59 ms   60 ms   61 ms   60 ms   61 ms     59.20
  neustar        62 ms   59 ms   56 ms   58 ms   61 ms   61 ms   64 ms   61 ms   59 ms   57 ms     59.80
  cloudflare     257 ms  241 ms  55 ms   139 ms  168 ms  163 ms  123 ms  157 ms  58 ms   58 ms     141.90