When you connect to a new network, perhaps after changing the ADSL provider, the computer often uses the DNS predefined by your provider. Sometimes it happens that, after typing the address we are interested in, nothing happens for a few seconds: often this problem is due to a DNS problem. This usually takes very little time, but relying on a non-performing DNS server can cause slowdowns in opening pages . When you connect to any Internet page, and enter the address, your computer connects to a DNS server (abbreviation for Domain Name System ).Īt this point the DNS server retrieves the IP address for the address you typed.įor example, when you connect to your computer contacts the DNS server, which transforms the alphanumeric address into an IP address. In the specific case it transforms it into the address 31.13.86.8. What is DNS Benchmark for?ĭNS Benchmark is , as the name implies, a benchmark program , or a test bench, which measures the speed and reliability of the DNS through which you connect to the Internet in comparison with a list (predefined or calibrated on your location) of DNS.

Using a high- performance DNS allows you to improve browsing speed .ĭNS Benchmark , the free program that I present to you in this lesson, helps you to understand if your DNS is the fastest and among those available or if there are valid alternatives that you can use to optimize your Internet connection.Īs an alternative to DNS Benchmark you can also use DNS Jumper or Namebench .

The DNS is, as I explained in the lesson on what are the DNS server , a sort of intermediary to your browser , seeking in their archives what is the IP address for a given domain you typed in the browser and respond to the browser. There are many factors that affect the speed and response of a connection.Īmong them, there is certainly the speed of the DNS that your computer relies on. DNS Benchmark is a free , easy-to-use program that allows you to test the speed of available DNS and locate the fastest one .

Google dns benchmark utility