DNS Performance Test
Shell script to test the performance of the most popular DNS resolvers from your location.
Includes by default:
- CloudFlare 1.1.1.1
- Level3 4.2.2.1
- Google 8.8.8.8
- Quad9 9.9.9.9
- Freenom 80.80.80.80
- OpenDNS
- Norton
- CleanBrowsing
- Yandex
- AdGuard
- Neustar
- Comodo
- NextDNS
Required
You need to install bc and dig.
For Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install bc dnsutils
For macOS using homebrew:
$ brew install bc bind
Utilization
$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/cleanbrowsing/dnsperftest/
$ cd dnsperftest
$ bash ./dnstest.sh
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average
cloudflare 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.10
google 22 ms 1 ms 4 ms 24 ms 1 ms 19 ms 3 ms 56 ms 21 ms 21 ms 17.20
quad9 10 ms 19 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 55 ms 15.40
opendns 39 ms 2 ms 2 ms 20 ms 2 ms 72 ms 2 ms 39 ms 39 ms 3 ms 22.00
norton 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms 1.80
cleanbrowsing 11 ms 14 ms 11 ms 11 ms 10 ms 10 ms 11 ms 36 ms 11 ms 13 ms 13.80
yandex 175 ms 209 ms 175 ms 181 ms 188 ms 179 ms 178 ms 179 ms 177 ms 208 ms 184.90
adguard 200 ms 200 ms 200 ms 199 ms 202 ms 200 ms 202 ms 200 ms 199 ms 248 ms 205.00
neustar 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 1.90
comodo 21 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms 24 ms 22.00
To sort with the fastest first, add sort -k 22 -n at the end of the command:
$ bash ./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
To test using the IPv6 addresses, add the IPv6 option:
$ bash ./dnstest.sh ipv6| sort -k 22 -n
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average
cleanbrowsing-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
cloudflare-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 5 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.40
quad9-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 21 ms 3.00
8.8.8.8 7 ms 1 ms 16 ms 1 ms 1 ms 24 ms 1 ms 8 ms 1 ms 7 ms 6.70
neustar-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 60 ms 6.90
opendns-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 62 ms 1 ms 1 ms 29 ms 1 ms 9.90
google-v6 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 14 ms 67 ms 1 ms 7 ms 8 ms 61 ms 18.90
adguard-v6 52 ms 55 ms 52 ms 53 ms 52 ms 56 ms 52 ms 55 ms 52 ms 57 ms 53.60
yandex-v6 177 ms 178 ms 178 ms 179 ms 179 ms 178 ms 179 ms 178 ms 178 ms 223 ms 182.70
To test both IPv6 and IPv4, add the "all" option:
$ bash ./dnstest.sh all| sort -k 22 -n
test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9 test10 Average
cleanbrowsing 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
cleanbrowsing-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
cloudflare-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
neustar 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
nextdns 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
quad9-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.00
cloudflare 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.10
quad9 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1.10
google 1 ms 1 ms 6 ms 1 ms 1 ms 6 ms 1 ms 7 ms 9 ms 7 ms 4.00
8.8.8.8 6 ms 1 ms 25 ms 1 ms 1 ms 6 ms 1 ms 7 ms 1 ms 7 ms 5.60
neustar-v6 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 64 ms 7.30
opendns-v6 7 ms 1 ms 21 ms 8 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 6 ms 1 ms 29 ms 7.60
opendns 1 ms 1 ms 27 ms 27 ms 1 ms 67 ms 1 ms 6 ms 1 ms 27 ms 15.90
comodo 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 4 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 150 ms 16.20
google-v6 7 ms 6 ms 33 ms 7 ms 7 ms 87 ms 7 ms 8 ms 8 ms 25 ms 19.50
level3 27 ms 26 ms 25 ms 27 ms 27 ms 25 ms 27 ms 27 ms 25 ms 28 ms 26.40
norton 28 ms 26 ms 28 ms 26 ms 26 ms 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms 27.00
adguard-v6 52 ms 54 ms 55 ms 56 ms 52 ms 52 ms 52 ms 53 ms 53 ms 54 ms 53.30
adguard 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms 58 ms 60 ms 58 ms 60 ms 60 ms 58 ms 60 ms 58.80
freenom 140 ms 140 ms 140 ms 145 ms 135 ms 140 ms 140 ms 140 ms 140 ms 134 ms 139.40
yandex-v6 178 ms 179 ms 178 ms 179 ms 178 ms 178 ms 178 ms 179 ms 179 ms 205 ms 181.10
yandex 178 ms 178 ms 177 ms 179 ms 178 ms 174 ms 180 ms 178 ms 179 ms 222 ms 182.30
For Windows users using the Linux subsystem
If you receive an error $'\r': command not found, convert the file to a Linux-compatible line endings using:
tr -d '\15\32' < dnstest.sh > dnstest-2.sh
Then run bash ./dnstest-2.sh