How to use it
- Enter the transferred file size.
- Enter the measured duration and optional overhead percentage.
- Calculate effective and estimated raw rates.
Network Throughput Calculator
Measure effective data throughput from an observed file size and transfer duration.
About the Network Throughput Calculator
Throughput describes the effective rate at which useful file data moved during an observed interval.
How it works
Effective Mbps equals file bits divided by duration. When overhead is supplied, the calculator divides by the remaining useful fraction to estimate a raw rate.
Example
Moving 1 decimal GB in 10 seconds is 800 Mbps effective throughput; with 20% overhead, the estimated raw rate is 1,000 Mbps.
Notes
The overhead adjustment is a simple ratio and does not model retransmissions, compression, burst behavior or measurement uncertainty.