CPS Test: Mouse Click Speed and Button Check

CPS, clicks per second, is how fast you can click, and it is the usual yardstick in games such as Minecraft PvP. Pick a duration and click the large pad: the clock starts on the first click, and when it runs out the result is clicks ÷ seconds. Thirty-four clicks in five seconds is 6.80 CPS. The best score for each duration is kept in this browser.

Clicks are counted when the button goes down (mousedown), which is slightly earlier than the click event fired on release and is not lost if the pointer drifts off the pad. Only the left button counts, and for one second after the time is up clicks are ignored so that a final burst does not start a new run. Space or Enter also work, but a key held down and auto-repeating does not count.

Typical figures often quoted are about 6 to 7 CPS for ordinary clicking, around 10 for jitter clicking (tensing the arm to vibrate the finger) and more for butterfly clicking with two fingers on one button. A one-second test swings a lot with the timing of the first click, so five or ten seconds is fairer for comparing skill; thirty and sixty seconds measure stamina. Some game servers ban butterfly clicking, macros or shortened debounce settings, so check their rules.

The button and wheel check below is for diagnosing a mouse. Press the left, middle (wheel click), right, back and forward buttons inside the box and roll the wheel up and down; each one detected turns green. If a single press shows up as a double-click, the switch is probably worn and sending two signals, a common fault. Horizontal wheel tilt reaches browsers inconsistently, so it is not checked here.