namebench

donwload namebench source code from https://code.google.com/p/namebench/.

build

# tar xzvf namebench-1.3.1-source.tgz # cd namebench-1.3.1/

run namebench via CLI

Graphical results will be generated via CLI after finishing testing.

# ./namebench.py -x namebench 1.3.1 - best source (automatic) on 2013-08-27 01:02:34.400136 threads=40/2 queries=250 runs=1 timeout=3.5 health_timeout=3.75 servers=11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Reading Top 2,000 Websites (Alexa): data/alexa-top-2000-domains.txt (0.7MB) - Reading Cache Latency Test (100% hit): data/cache-hit.txt (0.1MB) - Reading Cache Latency Test (100% miss): data/cache-miss.txt (0.1MB) - Reading Cache Latency Test (50% hit, 50% miss): data/cache-mix.txt (0.1MB) - Generating tests from Top 2,000 Websites (Alexa) (33575 records, selecting 250 automatic) - Selecting 250 out of 33542 sanitized records (weighted mode). Fastest individual response (in milliseconds): ---------------------------------------------- Localhost IPv4   # 0.93007 NTT              ##### 7.96103 Google Public DN ##### 8.41498 IIAJ 4 JP        ##### 8.48103 IIJ4U-11 JP      ##### 8.97908 Miinet-2 JP      ##### 9.29594 DynGuide         ##### 9.51982 Sonet-2 JP       ##### 9.89699 Freebit JP       ###### 10.47587 OpenDNS          ########################## 51.40114 UltraDNS         ##################################################### 105.17502 Mean response (in milliseconds): -------------------------------- Google Public DN ######## 63.80 NTT              ########## 81.55 IIJ4U-11 JP      ############ 98.84 Sonet-2 JP       ############ 99.93 IIAJ 4 JP        ############### 124.72 Freebit JP       ############### 132.14 Miinet-2 JP      ################# 143.20 DynGuide         ################# 150.71 UltraDNS         ################## 159.49 OpenDNS          #################### 171.20 Localhost IPv4   ##################################################### 469.96 Recommended configuration (fastest + nearest): ---------------------------------------------- nameserver 8.8.4.4         # Google Public DNS-2   nameserver 127.0.0.1       # Localhost IPv4   nameserver 129.250.35.250  # NTT   ******************************************************************************** In this test, Google Public DNS-2 is 636.6%: Faster ******************************************************************************** - Saving report to /tmp/namebench_2013-08-27_0112.html - Saving detailed results to /tmp/namebench_2013-08-27_0112.csv

Here is my testing result.