www.upstart.com speed test — 20 Oct 2026

Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 14:55 UTC. Grade C (75/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.

https://www.upstart.com/

20 October 2026 at 14:55 UTC · Free test · report pt_2e3132d25fa3
Grade
C
75/100
Performance79/100
Structure70/100

11 audit(s) passed, 5 need work

First byte (TTFB)638 msmeasured from this server
Fully loaded1.64 sfirst byte + slowest asset
Requests26document + assets
Page weight1.93 MBcompressed transfer
HTML document46.4 KBbr
ProtocolHTTP/3cloudflare

Where the first byte went

  • DNS lookup 57 ms 9%
  • TCP connect 25 ms 4%
  • Server wait 556 ms 87%

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 byteslower than 66% of 4,999 pages tested here638 ms against a median of 448 ms
Page weightheavier than 80% of 4,999 pages tested here1.93 MB against a median of 650.3 KB
Fully loadedfaster than 61% of 4,999 pages tested here1.64 s against a median of 1.84 s
Requestssends more requests than 100% of 4,999 pages tested here26 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 took 638 ms. Everything else waits for that number, so the server is where to start: caching, a slow query, or an overloaded host.
  • The page transfers 1.93 MB over 26 request(s). Images files are 83% of it, so resize and recompress the largest images before anything else.
  • The HTML itself arrives br-compressed.
  • It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
  • The largest element painted at 540 ms, inside the 2.5 s Google calls good.
  • Layout stayed still (CLS 0.001), so nothing jumps under the reader's cursor.
  • The main thread was blocked for 276 ms, so taps and scrolling wait while scripts run.

Fix first: Server response time (TTFB) - Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.

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 www.upstart.com
Desktop 1366 × 768 · 273.6 KB · page is 6000 px tall
Mobile screenshot of www.upstart.com
Mobile 390 × 844 · 90.8 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 paint540 msgood is under 2.5 s
Cumulative layout shift0.001under 0.1 is stable
Total blocking time276 mslong tasks during load
First contentful paint540 msfirst content on screen
Browser page weight4.44 MB180 request(s), scripts included
Failed requests3blocked or unreachable
Largest contentful paint540 ms
Goodgood under 2.5 s, poor over 4 s
Cumulative layout shift0.001
Goodgood under 0.1, poor over 0.25
Total blocking time276 ms
Needs improvementgood under 200 ms, poor over 600 ms

Page weight by type

What the page is made of

Images 11 requests
1.60 MB 83%
Javascript 14 requests
296.3 KB 15%

Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 1.93 MB across all of them.

Top issues

Server response time (TTFB)

high impact

The first byte arrived after 638 ms. Of that, 556 ms was the server thinking and 82 ms was connection setup. A first byte under 400 ms is what a visitor feels as instant.

Fix: Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.

Image delivery and format

high impact

2 image(s) over 200 KB and 0 large image(s) still served as JPEG or PNG.

Fix: Serve WebP or AVIF with a JPEG fallback, size images to the space they occupy, and lazy-load anything below the fold. Images are usually more than half of a slow page.

Render-blocking resources

high impact

15 render-blocking resource(s) in the document head (1 script(s), 14 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.

Total page weight

high impact

The page transfers 1.93 MB across 26 request(s), with the document itself at 46.4 KB.

Fix: Work through the heaviest assets first: images, then fonts, then third-party scripts.

Avoid extra redirects

medium impact

1 redirect hop(s) before the page load started, each one a full round trip before the first byte.

Fix: Link to the canonical URL (and make sure http, the apex domain and www all point at it) so no visitor pays a redirect first.

Waterfall

Slowest requests

JAVASCRIPTwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/app/%5…
1.00 s
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/heloc.9…
958 ms
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/hero.3c…
939 ms
JAVASCRIPTwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/8732-6…
938 ms
JAVASCRIPTwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/7957-7…
932 ms
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/equalHo…
932 ms
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/arrowRi…
929 ms
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/sdl.b70…
922 ms
JAVASCRIPTwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/3171-1…
921 ms
IMAGESwww.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/heroMob…
918 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://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/app/%5Bcode%5D/layout-733895c98df287fd.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript2001.00 s1.8 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/heloc.9eb753c3.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200958 ms6.1 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/hero.3c576826.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200939 ms454.6 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/8732-6324c005499b535c.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200938 ms60.1 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/7957-7f5fa6f4295ca766.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200932 ms4.2 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/equalHousingIcon.249d52af.pngimages200932 ms2.8 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/arrowRight.6a36da12.svg?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200929 ms189 B
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/sdl.b70ce73a.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200922 ms19.7 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/3171-144bb9ac0b3076c4.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200921 ms90.9 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/heroMobile.8eb9429e.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200918 ms35.1 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/personalLoans.abfa8fd8.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200918 ms19.2 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/cashLine.8caa701f.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200918 ms10.0 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/4507-4728997c66e9fdab.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200918 ms3.9 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/9041-40844ac2478455a5.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200916 ms7.8 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/main-app-a7bae7e01949dfbf.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200916 ms217 B
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/ccpa-opt-out.783b3784.svgimages200911 ms781 B
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/9077-e1c425afc408f4ca.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200905 ms5.6 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/cashLineIcon.b2d317ec.svg?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200889 ms2.2 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/8653-97767a8619a8b1c7.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200886 ms2.4 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/3037-16a11b4a47cdb5a1.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200885 ms25.4 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/7697-1a2990cbb34ac169.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200885 ms15.1 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/media/loanStepsHero.2c6124e2.webp?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRimages200883 ms1.06 MB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-e64c0ef818aa7a9f.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200883 ms62.0 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/2010-7fef4842ff0ce92e.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200883 ms13.5 KB
https://www.upstart.com/static-tofu/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-cb8d3123bc9546f7.js?dpl=dpl_KfGQ7u8hq1vgowh49Sg88ss8imXRjavascript200883 ms3.4 KB
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