godnsbench isn't testing pings but DoH / DoT (and DoH is expensive due to the TCP, TLS, and HTTP overhead [0]). OP did share a ping report (which paints a diffe

godnsbench isn't testing pings but DoH / DoT (and DoH is expensive due to the TCP, TLS, and HTTP overhead [0]). OP did share a ping report (which paints a different picture): https://check-host.net/check-ping?host=https://sky.rethinkdns.com https://check-host.net/check-ping?host=https://sky.rethinkdn... Sending one DNS query per HTTP connection (which is what the OP claims is "real world") is not how "real world" DoH clients are supposed to be written or work. So it is unlikely to be representative of "real world" delays. In fact, in my tests, other public DNS resolvers don't fair any better with one query per connection, either. [0] For example, a TLS handshake transfers 1.5KB to 4KB, while a typical DNS query is 30B to 70B & responses are 70B to 150B.