CPS Test: Click Speed Test

About this tool

CPS stands for clicks per second: how many times you can press a mouse button, tap a screen or press a key in one second, averaged over a fixed time. This CPS test counts every valid press in the click area, starts the clock on your first click, stops it exactly when the chosen time runs out, and divides the total by the length of the test. It runs entirely in your browser, works with a mouse, trackpad or touch screen, and keeps a personal best for each combination of test length and click type on your own device.

How to use the CPS test

1. Pick a test length: 1, 5, 10, 30 or 60 seconds. Short tests measure a burst; long tests measure how well you hold a pace.
2. Pick what counts as a click. Left click is the usual test and also counts taps on a touch screen. Right click counts only the right mouse button, and the browser menu that a right click normally opens is blocked inside the click area only. Keyboard mode counts Space and Enter.
3. Click the area to start. Your first click is counted and starts the timer, so there is no countdown to react to.
4. Keep clicking until the time is up. The counter, time left, live rate and per-second chart update as you go. Clicks after the time is up are ignored.
5. Read your result, then press Restart to try again. Changing the length or click type also starts a fresh test.

How CPS is calculated

The page records the time of each press with the browser's high-resolution clock, performance.now(). The first press sets time zero. A press counts if it happens before the full test length has passed, measured from that first press. When the time is up the result is:

CPS = clicks counted / test length in seconds

The result is rounded to two decimal places. The divisor is always the full test length, not the time of your last click, so stopping early lowers your score. The chart splits the test into one-second slots and shows how many presses landed in each, which makes it easy to see whether you started fast and faded. In the 1-second test the slots are 0.2 seconds wide so the chart still shows a shape.

Presses are read from pointer events, which cover mouse, pen and touch input through one pointerdown event per press. The browser may also fire compatibility mouse events after a tap; this page ignores those, so a single tap is never counted twice. Each finger touching the screen is a separate pointer, so a two-finger tap counts as two presses.

Worked example

Choose 5 seconds and Left click, then press the button 37 times before the timer reaches zero. The result is 37 / 5 = 7.40 CPS. The same 37 clicks in the 10-second test would give 3.70, because the divisor is the full test length. For comparison, 9 clicks in the 1-second test is 9.00 CPS, 74 clicks in 10 seconds is 7.40 CPS, and 412 clicks in 60 seconds is 6.87 CPS.

Measuring CPS fairly

• Compare like with like. Personal bests are kept separately for each test length and click type, because a 1-second burst is not comparable with a 60-second run, and different fingers and buttons give different results.
• Mind the short-test rounding. In the 1-second test, one extra click changes the result by 1.00 CPS. In the 10-second test it changes it by 0.10, and in the 60-second test by about 0.02. Longer tests are steadier.
• Use one input at a time. Mixing a mouse button with screen taps, or using several fingers on a touch screen, is not the same test.
• Keyboard presses are kept apart. Pressing two keys alternately is easier than clicking one button, so keyboard mode scores are stored separately and labelled as keyboard results.

To help you read a result, the page shows a rating from its own bands: under 5 CPS is Relaxed, 5 to under 7 is Steady, 7 to under 9 is Quick, 9 to under 11 is Fast, 11 to under 14 is Very fast and 14 or more is Exceptional. These bands were chosen for this page. They are not averages, percentiles or records from any survey or population data.

Clicking techniques

Players commonly describe a few techniques for clicking faster. This page does not rank them or claim speeds for them:

• Regular clicking: pressing the button with one fingertip in the normal way.
• Jitter clicking: tensing the hand, wrist or forearm so the clicking finger vibrates rapidly on the button. It relies on muscle tension, which is a reason to take care with it.
• Butterfly clicking: alternating two fingers, usually the index and middle finger, on the same button.
• Drag clicking: sliding a fingertip across the button so friction makes it bounce and register several clicks in one movement. Whether this works depends heavily on the mouse and its button surface.

Some game servers and communities set their own rules about clicking techniques, auto clickers and macros. Check the rules wherever you play.

Hardware: switches, debounce and double clicks

A mouse button closes a small mechanical or optical switch. Mechanical contacts can bounce, briefly making and breaking contact several times in one press, so mouse firmware filters out very quick repeat signals; this filtering is called debounce. A worn or faulty switch can chatter and send two clicks for one press, which is a common cause of an unwanted double click. This test cannot tell a real click from chatter, so a faulty mouse can inflate your score. To check yours, click slowly, once at a time, and watch the counter: if it sometimes jumps by two, the switch may be double clicking.

CPS in Minecraft PvP

Click speed is often discussed by Minecraft players. In Java Edition, version 1.9 (the Combat Update, released on February 29, 2016) added an attack cooldown: a meter that reduces damage when you attack before it is full, according to the Minecraft Wiki. The wiki describes this cooldown as a Java Edition mechanic. Because of it, clicking as fast as possible is not the same as attacking well in current Java Edition melee combat, where timing matters more. Raw CPS still matters to players on game modes or versions without that cooldown, and a CPS test is a simple way to practise and track consistency.

Look after your hands

Fast clicking is a repetitive movement. The NHS describes repetitive strain injury (RSI) as pain caused by repeated movement of part of the body, with symptoms such as aching, stiffness, tingling, numbness or cramp in the hands, wrists or arms. Take breaks between runs, do not force a technique that hurts, and stop if you feel pain or tingling. This is general information, not medical advice; if symptoms do not go away or get worse, speak to a health professional.

Common mistakes

• Comparing a 1-second score with a 10-second score. They measure different things.
• Expecting right click on a touch screen. Touch screens have no right button, so right-click mode needs a mouse or a trackpad set up for secondary click.
• Holding Space in keyboard mode. Auto-repeat is ignored; each press must be a new key press.
• Assuming every click registered. If the counter misses presses, check for a worn switch or a mouse with very long debounce.

Use cases

Use this page to warm up before a game, track your consistency over weeks, compare two mice, compare left and right click, or check whether a mouse is double clicking. For your keyboard, the Keyboard Tester shows every key press and how many keys you can hold at once. To time practice sessions use the Timer and Stopwatch, and to check your display try the Screen Resolution Checker.