Speedtest 8

Speedtest 8 is an application capable of testing your Internet connection to let you know how fast you can download and upload data. It's an app specially designed for desktops, tablets, notebooks and laptops running Windows 10, 8.1 and 8.

The tool can be downloaded from the Windows Store and integrated into the Start Screen or Menu of your PC. At startup, it asks for your location, which is necessary for automatically detecting the nearest server to connect to, in order to best determine your Internet connection speed.

However, you're not obligated to allow this, so you can pick the nearest server from a drop-down menu. Afterward, just click the play button to initialize the speed testing.

Once it's over, Speedtest8 offers to upload your statistics to its website to be able to create a global ranking of the user community (by country), so you can find out the difference between your Internet connection speed and others worldwide. Nevertheless, once again, this isn't mandatory, so you can decline the offer.

The download and upload rate is measured in megabytes per second and recorded to your PC's history (not uploaded online). If you perform multiple tests between various points in time, you can revisit past results in the history area to find out the download and upload rate, along with the date and time of each test for comparison purposes. This way, you can find out if your speed increased or decreased over time.

Even if you don't submit your statistics to the developer's website, you can still check out the online rankings to find out which server countries delivered the best results for Internet speed. These results can be filtered to display the fastest downloaders or uploaders on all servers or just a specific one.

All things considered, Speedtest 8 offers a simple and straightforward solution for testing your Internet speed between different points in time to compare results. On the other hand, it doesn't show detailed information about your Internet connection.