www.roche.com speed test — 20 Oct 2026
Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 14:21 UTC. Grade D (66/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.
Where the first byte went
- DNS lookup 64 ms 8%
- TCP connect 10 ms 1%
- Server wait 718 ms 91%
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
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What these numbers mean
- The first byte took 792 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 1.43 MB over 26 request(s). Javascript files are 77% 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.
- 49% of the weight comes from other hosts (analytics, fonts, embeds), which also means their slow day becomes your slow day.
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.
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The headless browser did not capture this page when the test ran, so only the server measurements are shown.
Page weight by type
What the page is made of
Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 1.43 MB across all of them.
Top issues
Server response time (TTFB)
high impactThe first byte arrived after 792 ms. Of that, 718 ms was the server thinking and 74 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.
Render-blocking resources
high impact3 render-blocking resource(s) in the document head (2 script(s), 1 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
medium impactThe page transfers 1.43 MB across 26 request(s), with the document itself at 65.4 KB.
Fix: Work through the heaviest assets first: images, then fonts, then third-party scripts.
Cache static assets
medium impact2 asset(s) answer without a Cache-Control max-age, so browsers revalidate them on every visit.
Fix: Version filenames on change and serve them with a long max-age plus immutable. That is what makes a returning visitor fast.
Third-party weight
medium impact3 third-party host(s) serve 709.7 KB 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
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
| Request | Type | Status | Time | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1920x1281/57c05427f8/roche_279863.jpeg/m/320x256/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 14.8 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/4000x2668/5a5b318674/06-pred-antibiotics-s2498-1.jpeg/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 14.5 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1920x1281/498f54a39b/roche_250293-1.png/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 12.5 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/5721x3117/ace7ed36c5/adobestock_801309508-1.jpg/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 8.1 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1920x1308/1d18bf4bc9/roche-homepage-innovation.png/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 26.7 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/4000x2668/18d3512fe6/roche-new-cec-bod-backgrounds-2024_oc_0375.jpg/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 5.12 s | 20.9 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/manifest.webmanifest | other | 200 | 5.11 s | 249 B |
| https://component-library.roche.com/feat/monorepo/build/roche-component-library.bundle.js?version=1792505805736 3rd party | javascript | 200 | 1.02 s | 260.7 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/4000x2668/59d6da7011/pred-coverage-chemistry-lab-3527.jpeg/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 1.02 s | 13.9 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/2560x1440/87a27ec847/roche-image-1.jpg/m/320x180/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 994 ms | 20.1 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/3913x3913/3c732d2f62/3n0a7335.jpg/m/320x320/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 966 ms | 34.5 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1920x1281/08978aa800/roche_270503.jpeg/m/320x256/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 961 ms | 21.6 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1258x1258/b054f93002/profile-thomas-1.jpg/m/320x320/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 961 ms | 16.7 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/764x509/f2848a283b/corporate-narrative-image.webp/m/320x0/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 945 ms | 15.3 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/1920x1281/8abca57422/roche_270585.jpeg/m/320x256/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 943 ms | 12.6 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/d04f358d-18fe2e32ca8ae2ecd682.js | javascript | 200 | 941 ms | 65.1 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/e43edeba-36d8e1177fb70fda3943.js | javascript | 200 | 940 ms | 120.8 KB |
| https://assets.roche.com/f/176343/745x621/c9d521bf39/image-12.png/m/320x480/filters:format(webp):quality(90)/ 3rd party | images | 200 | 937 ms | 39.5 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/864083f9-7c66c5ee53500098f367.js | javascript | 200 | 935 ms | 22.3 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/favicon-32x32.png?v=7f5356ff0eaba89671bed4a1828ef379 | images | 200 | 934 ms | 1.1 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/app-7bc2b56bdd7f81de02c3.js | javascript | 200 | 907 ms | 291.4 KB |
| https://assets.adobedtm.com/9215900255c9/17f1b4dd3439/launch-bb453ba32d52.min.js 3rd party | javascript | 200 | 905 ms | 177.1 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/10e4eb51-1f1685909ba3d6830be7.js | javascript | 200 | 905 ms | 151.0 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/08967585-45e86ebb2d9534e3481c.js | javascript | 200 | 905 ms | 30.8 KB |
| https://www.roche.com/webpack-runtime-38c1a122d9ae9ea89e1c.js | javascript | 200 | 905 ms | 1.9 KB |
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