The term “DNS latency” itself is somewhat ambiguous here.

I see many timing metrics being used, such as “Query Speed” on
https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-providers
This seems closer to measuring overall internet connection performance
rather than DNS behavior alone.

And “logarithmic percentile histogram” on
https://www.isc.org/blogs/bind-resolver-performance-november-2023/
This is more informative for describing latency, but it feels less relevant
to typical user experiments.

If you search for “Benchmarking Methodology for …”, you’ll find a bunch of
RFCs covering devices, systems, and other components.
So I wonder (and perhaps Cathy may also want to ask): why isn’t there a
standardized benchmarking methodology specifically for DNS or
service providers?

Bashan Zuo
CNNIC


On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM Cathy Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Are there any RFCs or drafts defining DNS query/response latency?
>
> Regards,
> Cathy
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