The PCMag speed test

https://pcm-intl.speedtestcustom.com/ The PCMag speed test 0 4/5 stars ★★★★☆ Hans van der Graaf

While we like this clone better than the original, the PCMag speed test is not a recommended speed test, mainly because this speed test is a clone of Ookla's Speedtest.

PCMag
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Ookla
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Ookla's Speedtest and its clones are accurate, use a lot of data and take a relatively long time to complete.

These three features account for 70% of the overall score we give to a speed test. It is therefore not surprising that almost all clones of Ookla's Speedtest have the same overall score.

For a proper comparison between PCMag vs Ookla, we will focus on the differences between PCMag's speed test and Ookla's.

Since there are so many Ookla clones, we have created a separate list of Ookla clones for this purpose.

The PCMag speed test is owned by Ziff Davis.

Note that Ziff Davis also is the owner of Speedtest.net.

The PCMag speed test is a standard Ookla clone styled in PCMag's red When you visit this speed test, you should not be afraid of ... red.

Pros

The PCMag speed test has the following pros:

  1. Significant less cookies than Ookla (2 instead of 21)
  2. Ad-free
  3. Focus on the Go button with one tab
  4. Zero Wave errors (instead of 2)

Cons

The PCMag speed test has the following cons:

  1. No link to Ookla's privacy policy

When to use PCMag

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then read our advice for a better speed than this Ookla clone.

How we tested

We have tested the PCMag speed test in a standardized way to determine the overall score. For the scoreboard (PCMag versus Ookla) we count the number of pros and cons.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

  1. Abort/pause possible: no
  2. Ad-free: yes
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 101.6 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: yes
  5. Correct back button behavior: no
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 37.84 (based on the Ziff Davis privacy policy)
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 0
  8. Number of cookies: 2
  9. Number of measured features: 5
  10. Number of Wave errors: 0
  11. Observatory score: 0
  12. Tingtun score: 100
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 775,62 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 112 seconds