datatables.net speed test — 20 Oct 2026

Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 15:17 UTC. Grade A (92/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.

https://datatables.net/

20 October 2026 at 15:17 UTC · Free test · report pt_0773c1d772c6
Grade
A
92/100
Performance95/100
Structure88/100

14 audit(s) passed, 2 need work

First byte (TTFB)349 msmeasured from this server
Fully loaded1.74 sfirst byte + slowest asset
Requests19document + assets
Page weight324.9 KBcompressed transfer
HTML document4.3 KBbr
ProtocolHTTP/3cloudflare
Third-party161.6 KBother hosts

Where the first byte went

  • DNS lookup 75 ms 21%
  • TCP connect 5 ms 1%
  • Server wait 269 ms 77%

Measured on the connection that fetched the HTML. Every other request on the page waits for the end of this bar before it can start.

How this page compares

First bytefaster than 65% of 4,999 pages tested here349 ms against a median of 449 ms
Page weightlighter than 70% of 4,999 pages tested here324.9 KB against a median of 650.5 KB
Fully loadedfaster than 56% of 4,999 pages tested here1.74 s against a median of 1.84 s
Requestssends fewer requests than 80% of 4,999 pages tested here19 against a median of 26

Every report published here is in this comparison, so it is a reference population of pages tested from one server - not a benchmark of the whole web.

What these numbers mean

  • The first byte arrived in 349 ms. That is workable, and the cheapest win left is caching or a warmer connection.
  • The page transfers 324.9 KB over 19 request(s). Javascript files are 69% of it, so defer what is not needed for the first screen, and drop tags nobody uses.
  • The HTML itself arrives br-compressed.
  • It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
  • 50% of the weight comes from other hosts (analytics, fonts, embeds), which also means their slow day becomes your slow day.
  • The largest element painted at 1.00 s, inside the 2.5 s Google calls good.
  • Layout shift is 0.130 (good is under 0.1): something without a reserved size is loading late - an image, an ad, or a font swap.
  • The main thread was blocked for 299 ms, so taps and scrolling wait while scripts run.

Fix first: Render-blocking resources - Add defer or async to scripts that do not change the first paint, inline the critical CSS, and load the rest with media="print" plus an onload swap.

Read on one shared server, not a visitor's phone: use it to compare pages against each other, not as a promise about every connection. We fix what these tests find.

Screenshot

What the page looks like

Loaded in headless Chromium on this server. Click an image to open it full size.

Desktop screenshot of datatables.net
Desktop 1366 × 768 · 175.7 KB · page is 4855 px tall
Mobile screenshot of datatables.net
Mobile 390 × 844 · 95.9 KB · page is 6000 px tall

Browser render

The same URL loaded in a real browser, so these are the readings curl cannot produce. The grade above is still built from the server measurements.

Largest contentful paint1.00 sgood is under 2.5 s
Cumulative layout shift0.130under 0.1 is stable
Total blocking time299 mslong tasks during load
First contentful paint1.00 sfirst content on screen
Browser page weight842.5 KB32 request(s), scripts included
Largest contentful paint1.00 s
Goodgood under 2.5 s, poor over 4 s
Cumulative layout shift0.130
Needs improvementgood under 0.1, poor over 0.25
Total blocking time299 ms
Needs improvementgood under 200 ms, poor over 600 ms

Page weight by type

What the page is made of

Javascript 5 requests
223.6 KB 69%
Images 11 requests
66.7 KB 21%
Css 2 requests
30.3 KB 9%

Transfer size, compressed as sent. 19 request(s) in total, 324.9 KB across all of them.

Top issues

Render-blocking resources

high impact

7 render-blocking resource(s) in the document head (5 script(s), 2 stylesheet(s)). The page cannot paint until each one arrives.

Fix: Add defer or async to scripts that do not change the first paint, inline the critical CSS, and load the rest with media="print" plus an onload swap.

Strict-Transport-Security

low impact

HSTS is not set, so the first visit on a hostile network can still be downgraded to HTTP.

Fix: Send Strict-Transport-Security with a max-age of at least six months. Add includeSubDomains once every subdomain is HTTPS.

Waterfall

Slowest requests

JAVASCRIPTcdn.datatables.net/v/dt/moment-2.29.4/jszip-3.10.1/dt-3.0…
1.39 s
JAVASCRIPTdatatables.net/media/js/dynamic.php
1.06 s
IMAGESdatatables.net/media/images/favicon.ico
986 ms
JAVASCRIPTdatatables.net/media/js/index.js
982 ms
IMAGESdatatables.net/media/images/favicon.svg
954 ms
IMAGESdatatables.net/media/images/bluesky.svg
947 ms
CSScdn.datatables.net/v/dt/moment-2.29.4/jszip-3.10.1/dt-3.0…
943 ms
JAVASCRIPTdatatables.net/media/js/site.js
928 ms
IMAGESdatatables.net/media/images/index-used-by.png
928 ms
IMAGESdatatables.net/media/images/logo.svg
928 ms

Each bar is one request's own response time, scaled to the slowest. Assets were fetched in parallel, so the bars overlap in real time rather than stacking. first party third party

RequestTypeStatusTimeSize
https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/moment-2.29.4/jszip-3.10.1/dt-3.0.0/b-4.0.0/cv-1.0.0/cc-2.0.0/date-2.0.0/e-3.0.0/r-4.0.0/sl-4.0.0/datatables.min.js 3rd partyjavascript2001.39 s146.2 KB
https://datatables.net/media/js/dynamic.phpjavascript2001.06 s179 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/favicon.icoimages200986 ms356 B
https://datatables.net/media/js/index.js?_=a35c625de2a145fc91c18c50560f4551sjavascript200982 ms5.3 KB
https://datatables.net/media/images/favicon.svgimages200954 ms625 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/bluesky.svgimages200947 ms397 B
https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/moment-2.29.4/jszip-3.10.1/dt-3.0.0/b-4.0.0/cv-1.0.0/cc-2.0.0/date-2.0.0/e-3.0.0/r-4.0.0/sl-4.0.0/datatables.min.css 3rd partycss200943 ms15.4 KB
https://datatables.net/media/js/site.js?_=a35c625de2a145fc91c18c50560f4551javascript200928 ms71.4 KB
https://datatables.net/media/images/index-used-by.pngimages200928 ms59.7 KB
https://datatables.net/media/images/logo.svgimages200928 ms1.5 KB
https://datatables.net/media/images/quick-start/vite.svgimages200928 ms750 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/github.svgimages200928 ms743 B
https://datatables.net/media/js/mode.js?_=a35c625de2a145fc91c18c50560f4551javascript200928 ms496 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/quick-start/js.svgimages200928 ms468 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/rss.svgimages200928 ms243 B
https://datatables.net/media/images/quick-start/react.svgimages200928 ms211 B
https://datatables.net/media/css/site.css?_=98bad98bc597059d5b738219e81f288dcss200927 ms14.8 KB
https://datatables.net/media/images/apple-touch-icon.pngimages200927 ms1.8 KB
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