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Ranker Performance Summary
NETGEAR R8000P
Nighthawk X6S Tri-Band WiFi Router with MU-MIMO

Test Notes:
Revision 10 process using V1.1.3.2_1.1.74 firmware

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# 7 for Total router (39.8)

# 7 for 2.4 GHz Avg. Throughput (4.5)

#5 for 2.4 GHz Avg. Downlink Throughput [47.4043 Mbps]

#4 for 2.4 GHz Avg. Uplink Throughput [51.8739 Mbps]

# 3 for 2.4 GHz Max. Throughput (2.0)

#2 for 2.4 GHz Max. Downlink Throughput [124.9 Mbps]

#2 for 2.4 GHz Max. Uplink Throughput [108.1 Mbps]

# 5 for 2.4 GHz Peak Throughput (5.0)

#4 for 2.4 GHz Peak Downlink Throughput [497.248 Mbps]

#6 for 2.4 GHz Peak Uplink Throughput [236.736 Mbps]

# 6 for 2.4 GHz Range (5.0)

#6 for 2.4 GHz Downlink Range [21.2 Mbps]

#4 for 2.4 GHz Uplink Range [30.4 Mbps]

# 7 for 5 GHz Avg. Throughput (6.0)

#9 for 5 GHz Avg. Downlink Throughput [81.6684 Mbps]

#3 for 5 GHz Avg. Uplink Throughput [199.1 Mbps]

# 6 for 5 GHz Max. Throughput (5.0)

#7 for 5 GHz Max. Downlink Throughput [203.1 Mbps]

#3 for 5 GHz Max. Uplink Throughput [568 Mbps]

# 4 for 5 GHz Peak Throughput (3.5)

#4 for 5 GHz Peak Downlink Throughput [636.506 Mbps]

#3 for 5 GHz Peak Uplink Throughput [680.642 Mbps]

# 5 for 5 GHz Range (6.0)

#9 for 5 GHz Downlink Range [37.7 Mbps]

#3 for 5 GHz Uplink Range [93.3 Mbps]

# 1 for TCP Throughput (1.0)

#1 for WAN to LAN Throughput - TCP [940 Mbps]

#1 for LAN to WAN Throughput - TCP [940 Mbps]

# 2 for HTTP Score (2.5)

#2 for HTTP Score - WAN to LAN [61.4 %]

#3 for HTTP Score - LAN to WAN [50.55 %]

# 1 for Bufferbloat (1.5)

#1 for Bufferbloat Score - Average Downlink [617 Score]

#2 for Bufferbloat Score - Average Uplink [477 Score]

# 3 for CTF Score (3.0)

#3 for CTF Score [58.8 %]

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