TPTEST

TPTEST is a simplistic application designed to provide you with a quick method of assessing the speed of your Internet connection. The application measures the speed of the transferred data between your computer and a test server, which is actually lower than the connection speed.

The application has two different modes of operation, addressed to beginners and more experienced users, respectively. The standard mode provides a set of recommended settings that only require a user to press a button in order to initiate the test, while the advanced mode offers much more customization options.

TPTEST can run tests for both TCP and UDP transfers, for the data you send and / or receive. What it actually does is send packets to the test server, measure the time it takes to receive a response and determine the throughput speed.

There are various test servers that you can choose from and the testing operation might take some while depending on the one you select. Once the process is completed, the results can be viewed within the main window of the application, along with statistics on the maximum speed reached during the test.

As mentioned before, the advanced mode is intended for more experienced users, giving them the freedom to choose the bandwidth test servers and providing more test alternatives, namely for sending data, receiving packets or 'full duplex' (a combined test that returns the slowest bandwidth speed).

In addition to this, you can adjust the number of packets per second, change the packet size, the allocated test time and the sending speed (or 'datarate').

The results depend on the connection speed and the network congestion and include details regarding the sending and receiving time, the number of packets, the size of the transmitted data and the transfer speed. Their accuracy highly depends on the set parametes, since larger number of packets might overload the network.

TPTEST can prove useful to any computer user who wants to test the Internet connection. Supporting both the TCP and UDP protocols, it helps you find out the roundtrip data transfer times and evaluate the transmission speed.