An aim tester for your setup
Most people use an aim tool to measure themselves. It is just as useful for measuring your equipment. Your skill does not change from one minute to the next, so if you change one thing in your setup and your results move, the setup is the reason.
How to compare two settings
- Fix everything except one thing. Same mouse pad, same window size, same posture. Change only the setting you are testing.
- Run the baseline. Three runs of 30 targets at your current setting. Note the average time and accuracy from the result screen.
- Change the setting and adapt. Do two or three runs that you ignore. Your hand needs a moment to adjust.
- Run the comparison. Three more runs. Compare the two averages.
- Repeat on another day before you commit. One session can mislead.
A difference of less than about 20 ms between the averages is within normal run-to-run variation. Look for a clear, repeatable gap.
Things worth testing
Sensitivity and DPI. High sensitivity makes long movements quick but small corrections twitchy. Low sensitivity does the opposite. Watch the accuracy figure as well as the time. The best setting is usually the one where accuracy stays high without your time rising.
Mouse acceleration. With acceleration on, pointer distance depends on how fast you move as well as how far. Many players aim more consistently with it off. Test both.
Mouse versus trackpad. Trackpads are usually far slower on this test because crossing the board takes more than one swipe.
Surface. A worn or dusty mouse pad can make the sensor skip. If your accuracy improves on a clean surface, that was the problem.
Wired versus wireless. Modern wireless gaming mice are close to wired ones, but older Bluetooth mice can add noticeable delay.
Keep the window size constant
The targets spread across the full test panel. On a wide window the average distance between targets is larger, so your times will be slower. When you compare settings, do not resize the browser between runs.
Read both numbers
A setting that makes you 30 ms faster but drops accuracy from 96 to 82 percent is not an improvement. In a game those missed clicks are missed shots.
When you have settled on a setup, record a clean baseline with the aim test and build on it with aim training. The main aim trainer page covers technique.