ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless-AC Dual-band Router - Thrilling Media Streamer
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Chariot and QCheck Performance Testing (5GHz Band)
Average Downlink Throughput (Mbps) - Chariot | Average Uplink Throughput (Mbps) - Chariot | Downlink TCP Throughput of 1MB (Mbps) | Uplink TCP Throughput of 1MB (Mbps) | UDP Streaming (kbps) | Time to transfer 1GB Zip file |
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2m | |||||
161.763 | 155.851 | 123.077 | 112.676 | 999.656 (0.0%) | 31 seconds |
10m | |||||
169.292 | 154.718 | 131.148 | 121.212 | 999.336 (0.0%) | 32 seconds |
25m | |||||
162.310 | 142.248 | 114.286 | 115.942 | 998.040 (0.0%) | N.A. |
2m with WPA2-Personal | |||||
168.382 | 148.298 | 117.647 | 126.984 | 997.841 (0.0%) | N.A. |
They say that every dark cloud has a silver lining. And the ASUS RT-AC66U's redeeming trait can be credited to its astounding 5GHz performance. True that this is our first 802.11ac router, but still, the wireless results acquired by the AC66U practically blew all the older 802.11n-based routers away. In a nutshell, ASUS' offering managed a laudable average downlink speed of 160Mbps (and above) for our tests, measured at 2 meters, 10 meters, and 25 meters. This is a mighty impressive record, considering that it clocked an average of 162.310Mbps at the furthest range of 25 meters as well. The router's excellent flair on the 5GHz band was similarly translated into its data transfer speeds. For example, to took only 31 seconds to transfer a 1GB file from the host computer to the notebook client situated two meters away, with the AC66U acting as a gateway. The router hardly broke a sweat when the distance was increased to 10 meters, with a recorded time of 32 seconds. This was about 6.5x faster than what the 2.4GHz band could achieve.
Likewise, its uplink performance was equally notable. At 25 meters, the 802.11ac router almost doubled the data speeds of what the other N-based routers could manage. ASUS' promise of "high-powered amplification and beam packaging" seems to have paid off as well, judging by the almost lossless UDP streams sustained from 2 to 25 meters. And assuming that 802.11ac adapters are as capable in receiving wireless transmissions like the secondary AC66U configured in bridge mode for our test scenario, this router's AC-mode is most definitely one to watch, and definitely one which would serve your HD video streaming needs well.
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