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Port: 15656 | Image: aghome:bench

Results by Scenario

Cache hit

All queries resolve from server cache — measures peak throughput.

Provider QPS Avg (ms) Lost % Total Qrys Base Mem (MB)
Quad9 426.89 211.94 0.40 13107 286.67
Cloudflare 908.64 95.43 0.30 27425 47.22
Google 935.02 99.54 0.14 28217 45.53
OpenDNS 958.52 97.14 0.14 28879 47.09
Quad9 930.22 94.46 0.27 28071 45.21
Cloudflare 908.84 98.14 0.23 27409 44.51
Google 940.04 95.07 0.23 28399 44.14
OpenDNS 1008.06 93.86 0.09 30483 44.00

Cache miss

Every query requires full upstream resolution — measures worst-case performance. In common-denominator mode some servers report near-zero QPS when plain-DNS upstream forwarding fails.

Provider QPS Avg (ms) Lost % Total Qrys Base Mem (MB)
Quad9 197.06 113.30 0.29 5963 157.64
Cloudflare 196.82 101.46 0.39 5938 47.69
Google 199.59 102.14 0.03 6000 47.46
OpenDNS 199.52 102.80 0.07 6000 49.54
Quad9 147.44 154.16 3.62 4680 47.91
Cloudflare 199.45 100.80 0.10 6000 46.46
Google 199.54 102.90 0.03 6000 46.21
OpenDNS 199.27 102.93 0.17 6000 46.53

Mixed

90% cached + 10% unique domains — simulates real-world mixed workload.

Provider QPS Avg (ms) Lost % Total Qrys Base Mem (MB)
Quad9 909.58 97.90 0.29 27448 260.68
Cloudflare 963.21 96.39 0.15 29029 49.79
Google 954.67 95.19 0.19 28789 49.73
OpenDNS 921.98 99.73 0.18 27808 51.89
Quad9 905.12 98.29 0.25 27343 48.55
Cloudflare 934.29 97.14 0.19 28179 47.61
Google 941.98 94.25 0.23 28407 47.12
OpenDNS 989.14 94.44 0.13 29835 48.58

Blocked

Domains on the sinkhole blocklist — measures filtering throughput.

Provider QPS Avg (ms) Lost % Total Qrys Base Mem (MB)
Quad9 872.66 98.11 0.25 27363 343.28
Cloudflare 850.09 97.62 0.43 25688 51.57
Google 991.09 95.25 0.12 29865 50.00
OpenDNS 964.82 94.95 0.17 29185 52.14
Quad9 895.49 98.55 0.22 27707 48.87
Cloudflare 994.25 93.22 0.16 29965 49.14
Google 900.37 98.59 0.25 27260 46.90
OpenDNS 930.10 96.04 0.23 28079 49.39

Methodology

Transport Protocol Confound

This server uses DoH for best-of-breed mode. Comparisons against servers using different protocols (DoH, DoT, plain) partly reflect protocol overhead. The common-denominator mode forces all servers to plain UDP 53 to isolate server-side performance.

Warmup

Before each scenario, a 5-second dnsperf warmup pass is run to stabilize connections and fill the TCP congestion window. For cache-hit and mixed scenarios, the server cache is also pre-warmed. The measurement window (-l 30) begins only after both warmup phases complete.

Test Parameters

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