www.dndbeyond.com/en speed test — 20 Oct 2026

Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 14:27 UTC. Grade D (67/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/en

20 October 2026 at 14:27 UTC · Free test · report pt_5c58f5517895
Grade
D
67/100
Performance74/100
Structure56/100

9 audit(s) passed, 7 need work

First byte (TTFB)708 msmeasured from this server
Fully loaded1.65 sfirst byte + slowest asset
Requests26document + assets
Page weight2.32 MBcompressed transfer
HTML document300.3 KBgzip
ProtocolHTTP/3server not sent
Third-party1.42 MBother hosts

Where the first byte went

  • DNS lookup 83 ms 12%
  • TCP connect 66 ms 9%
  • Server wait 559 ms 79%

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 70% of 4,999 pages tested here708 ms against a median of 448 ms
Page weightheavier than 84% of 4,999 pages tested here2.32 MB against a median of 650.3 KB
Fully loadedfaster than 61% of 4,999 pages tested here1.65 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 708 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 2.32 MB over 26 request(s). Images files are 87% of it, so resize and recompress the largest images before anything else.
  • The HTML itself arrives gzip-compressed.
  • It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
  • 61% 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 1.34 s, inside the 2.5 s Google calls good.
  • Layout stayed still (CLS 0.038), so nothing jumps under the reader's cursor.
  • The main thread was blocked for 400 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.

Mobile screenshot of www.dndbeyond.com
Mobile 390 × 844 · 100.3 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 paint1.34 sgood is under 2.5 s
Cumulative layout shift0.038under 0.1 is stable
Total blocking time400 mslong tasks during load
First contentful paint948 msfirst content on screen
Browser page weight11.27 MB224 request(s), scripts included
Failed requests2blocked or unreachable
Largest contentful paint1.34 s
Goodgood under 2.5 s, poor over 4 s
Cumulative layout shift0.038
Goodgood under 0.1, poor over 0.25
Total blocking time400 ms
Needs improvementgood under 200 ms, poor over 600 ms

Page weight by type

What the page is made of

Images 25 requests
2.02 MB 87%

Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 2.32 MB across all of them.

Top issues

Server response time (TTFB)

high impact

The first byte arrived after 708 ms. Of that, 559 ms was the server thinking and 149 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

5 image(s) over 200 KB and 3 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

44 render-blocking resource(s) in the document head (1 script(s), 43 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 2.32 MB across 26 request(s), with the document itself at 300.3 KB.

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

Third-party weight

medium impact

2 third-party host(s) serve 1.42 MB of this page. Each one is another DNS lookup, TLS handshake and point of failure you do not control.

Fix: Self-host the libraries you can, drop the tags you cannot justify, and preconnect the ones you keep.

Waterfall

Slowest requests

IMAGESwizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/feats
943 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/WoW-Subclasses-16x9
919 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-PlayDND3
912 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-DnD_horizontal_…
904 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Subscriptions-H…
900 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homeapge-Maps-Logo-V2b
898 ms
IMAGESwizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/monsters
895 ms
IMAGESwww.dndbeyond.com/avatars/48763/493/638809278615622299.jpeg
894 ms
IMAGESwww.dndbeyond.com/avatars/9193/755/637200909525723425.jpeg
893 ms
IMAGEScdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Gold-Border
893 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://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/feats 3rd partyimages200943 ms1.2 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/WoW-Subclasses-16x9?maxW=648&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200919 ms50.9 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-PlayDND3?maxW=343&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200912 ms208.2 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-DnD_horizontal_logo?maxH=32&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200904 ms5.6 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Subscriptions-Hero-Tier?maxW=400&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200900 ms266.6 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homeapge-Maps-Logo-V2b?maxH=150&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200898 ms84.9 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/monsters 3rd partyimages200895 ms2.8 KB
https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/48763/493/638809278615622299.jpegimages200894 ms194.7 KB
https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/9193/755/637200909525723425.jpegimages200893 ms42.7 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Gold-Border?maxW=1920&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200893 ms27.1 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-PlayDND1?maxW=343&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200891 ms158.0 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Arcana-Unleashed-Logo?maxH=160&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200890 ms20.9 KB
https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/25098/972/637854763136224645.jpegimages200887 ms147.9 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/class 3rd partyimages200886 ms2.9 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Subscriptions-Background%20(1)?maxW=1920&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200885 ms75.9 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Shar1?maxW=375&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200885 ms13.7 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/species 3rd partyimages200885 ms2.3 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Community-Creators-Background?maxW=1920&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200884 ms26.7 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-PlayDND2?maxW=343&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200883 ms255.1 KB
https://cdn.media.amplience.net/i/wizardsprod/Homepage-Subscriptions1?maxW=400&qlt=default&fmt=auto 3rd partyimages200877 ms239.2 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/equipment 3rd partyimages200870 ms1.7 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/magical-items_1 3rd partyimages200869 ms1.7 KB
https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/10434/136/637248073409717512.jpegimages200868 ms238.5 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/background 3rd partyimages200859 ms2.0 KB
https://wizardsprod.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/spells_1 3rd partyimages200855 ms2.3 KB
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