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Minecraft Server Ping Test

Measure your real latency to every Prism Nodes datacenter, straight from your browser. The location with the lowest ping will give you and your players the least lag — pick it when you deploy.

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  • United States
    Ashburn, Virginia
    US East
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  • United States
    New York, New York
    US Northeast
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  • United States
    Los Angeles, California
    US West
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  • United States
    Dallas, Texas
    US Central
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  • United States
    Miami, Florida
    US Southeast
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  • Canada
    Montreal, QC
    Canada East
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  • United Kingdom
    London, GB
    EU West
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  • Germany
    Frankfurt, DE
    EU Central
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  • Netherlands
    Amsterdam, NL
    EU West
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  • Singapore
    Singapore
    Asia
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  • Australia
    Sydney, AU
    Australia
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Each location is pinged several times; we keep and show the lowest round-trip time and update it live whenever a faster reading comes in. Latency is measured over a WebSocket round-trip from your device, so it reflects your real network path — in-game Minecraft ping is usually similar or slightly lower.

Why latency matters

Ping is the round-trip time between you and the server. Lower ping means blocks break, hits register, and redstone reacts faster — the difference between a crisp server and a laggy one. For most players anything under about 60 ms feels instant, and under 100 ms is very good. If you run a community, the best choice is the region that is closest to the majority of your players.

How to read the results

Each row shows the lowest measured round-trip time to that datacenter and a signal-strength indicator. Greener bars mean lower latency. The test runs a short burst of pings and keeps the best reading, then keeps sampling briefly in the background. Numbers vary with your ISP, Wi-Fi versus wired, and current network load, so run it a couple of times for a stable picture.

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