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value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.9 s

52/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value5.8 s

15/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value11.0 s

6/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value5,360 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.116

85/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value36.4 s

0/100

10%

bench.anandtech.com

138 ms

gtm.js

66 ms

mobile.min.js

64 ms

atfonts.css

65 ms

css

124 ms

Our browser made a total of 81 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 48% of them (39 requests) were addressed to the original Bench.anandtech.com, 25% (20 requests) were made to Images.anandtech.com and 5% (4 requests) were made to Platform.twitter.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (498 ms) relates to the external source Cmp.inmobi.com.

Content Size

638.2 kB

After Optimization

525.8 kB

In fact, the total size of Bench.anandtech.com main page is 638.2 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 340.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-78%

Potential reduce by 80.0 kB

Original 102.6 kB
After minification 87.8 kB
After compression 22.6 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 14.8 kB, which is 14% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 80.0 kB or 78% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 13.3 kB

Original 340.6 kB
After minification 327.4 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Bench Anand Tech images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-7%

Potential reduce by 12.6 kB

Original 172.4 kB
After minification 172.1 kB
After compression 159.8 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-29%

Potential reduce by 6.6 kB

Original 22.6 kB
After minification 22.0 kB
After compression 15.9 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Bench.anandtech.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 6.6 kB or 29% of the original size.

Requests Now

After Optimization

The browser has sent 74 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Bench Anand Tech. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Issues

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Areas of Improvement

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

High

Issues were logged in the Issues panel in Chrome Devtools

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

Language Detected

EN
Language Claimed

N/A
Encoding

UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Bench.anandtech.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Bench.anandtech.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

bench.anandtech.com

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Bench Anand Tech. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks:

Report Summary

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

AnandTech: Hardware News and Tech Reviews Since 1997

Page Load Speed

First Response

Resources Loaded

Page Rendered

About Website

Key Findings

Performance Metrics

Measured Metrics

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

SI (Speed Index)

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Network Requests Diagram

bench.anandtech.com

gtm.js

mobile.min.js

atfonts.css

css

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Content Size

After Optimization

HTML Optimization

Image Optimization

JavaScript Optimization

CSS Optimization

Requests Breakdown

Requests Now

After Optimization

Network Requests Diagram

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mobile.min.js

atfonts.css

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dynamic.js

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