Advertised benefits from WebMinds:
Measured expectations (user reports & independent testing): WebMinds NetOptimizer 6.3.24.625
NetOptimizer benchmarks up to 20 public DNS resolvers (including Cloudflare 1.1.1.2, Quad9, and OpenDNS) and automatically replaces your ISP’s DNS with the fastest responding one for your region. Advertised benefits from WebMinds:
We tested WebMinds NetOptimizer 6.3.24.625 on three machines: Results before optimization vs
Results before optimization vs. after:
| Metric | Before | After (v6.3.24.625) | Improvement | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Latency (ping) to Google DNS | 48 ms | 32 ms | 33% | | Bufferbloat grade (Waveform.com) | C | B+ | 2 grades | | DNS lookup speed | 86 ms | 24 ms | 72% | | Packet loss (Zoom call) | 1.2% | 0.1% | 91% reduction |
Conclusion: The most dramatic gains occur on older hardware and congested Wi-Fi networks. On high-end gaming rigs with fiber, the improvement was marginal (5-10%).