TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 Gigabit Router Review

Test Method & Specifications

Test system:

• Supermicro C7Z97-OCE
• Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3
• Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz
• Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
• Sapphire R7 240 2GB
• BeQuiet Dark Power Pro 850W
• Asus PCE-AC68 Dual-Band wireless adaptor

We would like to thank our sponsors for supplying us with the equipment needed to perform these tests.

Drives used:

• Angelbird SSD2go Pocket USB 3.0 SSD

Software used:

• PassMark PerformanceTest Suite
• LAN Speed Test

Testing a router’s performance is a pretty straight forward process from my point of view. I will first test the wired network performance with several tests followed by the wireless performance on each available band.

When testing the wireless performance I will adjust the distance between the router and the receiving WiFi connection from short over medium to long distance.

For both the wired and wireless tests, I’ll be using both static and variable package sizes. The final test will be of the built-in USB ports and file-sharing, if existing. These test together should give us a fair image of what the router is capable of.

Specifications