CPS Test

A CPS test measures your click speed in clicks per second: the number of clicks you make divided by the length of the test. To take the test above, choose a duration and a button, then click inside the box as fast as you can. The timer starts on your first click and your CPS appears when time runs out.

How to use the CPS test

1. Pick a Duration: 1s, 5s, 10s, 30s or 60s. The default is 5 seconds.
2. Pick a Button: Left button or Right button.
3. Click inside the box with the chosen button. The first click starts the timer and counts as click number one.
4. Keep clicking until Time left reaches zero.
5. Read your result, then press Try again for another round.

While you click, the large number shows your running click count and the CPS readout updates live. When the round ends you see the final score to two decimals and a summary such as "47 clicks in 5 seconds". Best this session holds your highest CPS until you leave or reload the page.

Clicks with the wrong button are ignored, so a stray right click during a left click run does not inflate the score. Changing the duration or the button resets the current round.

Which duration to pick: 1, 5, 10, 30 or 60 seconds

Each duration measures something different, so results from two durations are not comparable.

CPS test, 1 second

The 1 second test is all burst. With so few clicks, a single extra click changes the result by a whole CPS, and the click that starts the timer counts too. Expect this number to be your highest and your least repeatable.

CPS test, 5 seconds and 10 seconds

Five seconds is long enough to smooth out luck and short enough that fatigue barely shows. If you only run one test, run this one. Ten seconds starts to show whether you can hold a rhythm, and most people score slightly lower than on five.

30 and 60 seconds

Long runs are about endurance. Your score drops as your forearm tires, and how much it drops tells you more than the number itself. A small gap between your 5 second and 60 second results means your technique is efficient.

Stop if you feel pain or tingling. A long test is not worth a strained wrist.

Right click CPS test

Switch Button to Right button to measure your right click speed. Only right clicks count in this mode, and the context menu is suppressed inside the box, so you can click without a menu popping up.

Right click CPS is nearly always lower than left click CPS. The middle finger does less fast clicking in daily use, and the right button on some mice has a slightly different feel. Games that use the right button for blocking, placing, or aiming reward a decent right click speed, which is the main reason to train it.

Testing both buttons is also a quick hardware check. If one button scores far lower and feels mushy or misses presses, the switch under it may be wearing out.

Clicking techniques compared

How you click matters more than which mouse you own. These are the four methods you will see mentioned, with rough ranges that players commonly report. Individual results vary a lot.

Regular clicking

This is the normal way to click and the only one that reflects everyday use. Keep your finger resting on the button and use small movements; lifting the finger high wastes time.

Jitter clicking

Jitter clicking trades comfort for speed. The vibration comes from sustained muscle tension, which is tiring and makes it hard to aim at the same time. Keep sessions short and stop at the first sign of discomfort.

Butterfly clicking

Two fingers, usually the index and middle finger, take turns on one button, which roughly doubles the rate either finger could reach alone. It works best on mice with a wide, light button. Some mice register extra clicks when hit this way, which blurs the line between technique and hardware quirk.

Drag clicking

In drag clicking, a slightly grippy finger dragged down the button makes it chatter against the switch. It depends heavily on the surface texture of the mouse and the type of switch, and many mice cannot do it at all. It adds wear the mouse was not built for, so treat it as a trick, not a habit.

Some game servers limit click rate or ban certain methods. Check the rules before you rely on any of these in competitive play.

A very high score may be your mouse, not you

A worn mouse switch can "bounce" and send two clicks for a single press. In a CPS test those extra clicks look exactly like real ones, so a failing mouse can post a better score than a healthy one.

Be suspicious if any of these apply:

• Your score jumped sharply from one day to the next with no change in technique.
• You get a noticeably higher CPS on one particular mouse using plain, one-finger clicking.
• Single clicks sometimes open files or select whole words elsewhere on your computer.

You can verify it in a minute. Open the double click test and click slowly, one click at a time. Any double click it flags during slow, deliberate clicking is coming from the switch, not from your finger. If it finds some, the guide on why your mouse is double clicking covers the causes and fixes.

How to improve your click speed

• Warm up. Run two or three easy rounds before going for a best.
• Relax your grip. A tense hand clicks slower and tires sooner. Rest your wrist and let the finger do the work.
• Shorten the motion. Keep the fingertip in contact with the button and press only as far as the switch needs.
• Train the duration you care about. Burst speed and endurance improve separately. Practise 10 second runs if that is what your game demands.
• Track one number. Use the same duration, button, and mouse each time so your results are comparable.
• Rest. Short daily sessions beat one long one, and pain is a signal to stop.

Speed is only part of clicking well. If your game also needs you to land those clicks on something small, practise with the mouse accuracy test. For games that use held clicks, the mouse drag test checks whether your button keeps a hold without letting go.

To check every button, the scroll wheel, and polling rate in one place, run the full mouse test on the home page.