A ping test is used to check if your computer is connected to a network. It's commonly used to check if a computer is connected to the internet. It also determines whether the computer you are checking is connected to the internet and the delay between two computers. A ping test is run to a server to check the latency between the computer running the ping test and the server.

People who are computer savvy know how to run a ping test without using a utility or tool to run it. They will go to the command on their computer and enter the ping command and name any website in it. The result will display the milliseconds it takes to exchange a packet with the website. It displays four results.

Some internet speed tests also show the results of the ping in establishing a connection to a server. A good internet speed test will try to establish connections with three or four servers. The server which has the lowest connection time is used to run the internet speed test.