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Testing input lag via timer vs human benchmark

Posted: 22 Feb 2015, 18:14
by dunebeetle
I was testing a old Panasonic HDTV against a 120hz monitor I have with human benchmark
http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/

And I averaged about 111 ms faster on the 120hz monitor


But when I tested with timer here:
http://tft.vanity.dk/

It measured the difference at only 50 ms.



Any theories on what's going on here?

Re: Testing input lag via timer vs human benchmark

Posted: 22 Feb 2015, 21:32
by sharknice
dunebeetle wrote:I was testing a old Panasonic HDTV against a 120hz monitor I have with human benchmark
http://www.humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime/

And I averaged about 111 ms faster on the 120hz monitor


But when I tested with timer here:
http://tft.vanity.dk/

It measured the difference at only 50 ms.



Any theories on what's going on here?

The tests themselves have input lag. So you can't really compare between different tests.

Re: Testing input lag via timer vs human benchmark

Posted: 22 Feb 2015, 21:42
by flood
back when human benchmark was flash i got more or less the same result on it as i did on a custom program i made myself to do the same thing at >1000fps

anyway using timers is really unreliable for measuring input lag


also if you have aero on, 120hz has less vsync lag than 60hz