Bandwidth
The amount of data you can squeeze through a connection is often titled "bandwidth". You can test network bandwidth with iperf.
Common real life connection speed
Here's a list of select link speeds in bit/s and byte/s for comparison. The table contains estimates of real life net data rates, not the theoretical maximum data rate.
Units:
- b = bit
- B = byte
- 1Kb = 1000 bit
- 1KB = 1000Byte
- 1KiB1 = 1kB = 1024 Byte.
- 1MB/s = 1E62 byte per second
| Technology | bit/s | byte/s |
|---|---|---|
| USB2 | 33MiB | |
| USB3 | ||
| GbE | ||
| 10 GbE | ||
| SMBv2 | ||
| SATA 6G |
Common applications
If the bandwidth needed is not symmetrical, ↓ means downstream (server→client) and ↑ means upstream (client→server). This is always per User.
Gaming bandwidth
| Platform | Game | bit/s | Packets/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Battlefield 4 | ↓150Kb5 | |
| PC | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
[2]
1E6 in scientific/engineering notation means 1·106 = 1 000 000
[4]
Source: support.teamspeak.com