Performance Wireless Internet 802.11ac WIFI

Performance Wireless 802.11ac WIFI

AC WIFI implementations can be very fast. Most new higher-end motherboards these days have integrated WIFI, and there are so many standards. One of the more interesting ones is Wireless AC AKA 802.11ac. Motherboards that have such a unit are tested here at Guru3D.com.

Wireless AC draft 802.11ac technology was developed to optimize video streaming experiences. Providing Gigabit Wi-Fi speeds allows content to download faster and large video or music files to sync more quickly. With an increasing number of Wi-Fi devices in the home leading to greater internet consumption, this new wireless draft 802.11ac standard will help you achieve better wireless speeds.

• Our source router is a D-Link DIR-868L compatible with 802.11a, 802.11ac, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n.
• 802.11ac on the D-Link router can achieve a theoretical 1.75Gbps
• The router is located one floor below the office at roughly 10 Meters distance. Our office is a WIFI cluttered mess.

Once installed and connected we can see that the 802.11ac protocol is activated (5 GHz).
 

A custom Ookla test shows our full internet connection speed, 300 Mbit/s download and 30 Mbit/s upload. Our 5G connection is at a steady 867 Mbps range. Obviously WIFI is not nearly as fast as wired Ethernet as many factors like error-correction will bring down that speed. Copying a large file to a PC with an SSD will result in roughly 40 MB/sec performance.

Here we simply download a file from the Guru3D.com Gigabit mirror over Intermet / WIFI. Yes, 35 MB/s is excellent. 

We are close to ten meters away from the router and one level higher with a concrete steel reinforced floor. Also let me state that our office is messy with a lot of surrounding wireless signals. Overall, not bad but we have seen better from ASUS AC WIFI solutions.

Mind you, as good as your motherboard WIFI can be, it's as good as the source router. If you go AC WIFI, try the 5 GHz band and use a different channel like 40 or 42.