GRCs DNS Benchmark
GRCs DNS Benchmark performs a detailed analysis and comparison of the operational performance and reliability of any DNS nameservers at once.
What is GRCs DNS Benchmark?
GRCs DNS Benchmark performs a detailed analysis and comparison of the operational performance and reliability of any set of up to 200 DNS nameservers (sometimes also called resolvers) at once. When the Benchmark is started in its default configuration, it identifies all DNS nameservers the users system is currently configured to use and adds them to its built-in list of publicly available “alternative” nameservers. Each DNS nameserver in the benchmark list is carefully “characterized” to determine its suitability for use as a DNS resolver. This characterization includes testing each nameserver for its “redirection” behavior: whether it returns an error for a bad domain request, or redirects a users web browser to a commercial marketing-oriented page. While such behavior may be acceptable to some users, others may find this objectionable.
When the benchmark is run, the current performance and apparent reliability of the DNS nameservers the system is currently using is compared among themselves, and also against the current performance and apparent reliability of the benchmarks list of all additional alternative nameservers.
Results are continuously displayed and updated while the benchmark is underway, with a dynamically sorted and scaled bar chart, and a tabular chart display showing the cached, uncached and “dotcom” DNS lookup performance of each nameserver. These values are determined by carefully querying each nameserver for the IP addresses of the top 50 most popular domain names on the Internet and also by querying for nonexistent domains.
Once the benchmark finishes, the results are heuristically and statistically analyzed to present a comprehensive yet simplified and understandable English-language summary of all important findings and conclusions.
Last Updated:Apr 21, 2019 at 13:41(715.41 days ago)
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Supported Languages
- English
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Said about GRCs DNS Benchmark as an alternative
GRC DNS Benchmark is a tool built for this purpose.
although it's discontinued, it is functional and stable enough to offer you the fastest dns benchmark test available.
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- nameservers
- lookup
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madnuttah liked GRCs DNS Benchmark
Crashes on W10 right before showing results of benchmarking. Use Namebench instead.