CyberGhost Test Results

Our latest CyberGhost VPN test showed excellent nearby performance using WireGuard. CyberGhost retained 95.5% of our VPN-off download speed in Sweden and 95.4% in Germany. UK performance reached 79.9%, while US East and Singapore showed much larger long-distance throughput reductions. Across all five tested regions, our fixed-target stability test recorded 0% packet loss and 0% detected latency spikes.

← All VPN testing results

PPG LAB TESTED · PAID PLAN

We tested CyberGhost VPN on Windows using WireGuard across all five Private Proxy Guide core regions. Sweden and Germany both retained more than 95% of our VPN-off download speed, while the UK retained 79.9%. US East and Singapore showed much larger long-distance throughput reductions. All five regions recorded 0% packet loss and 0% detected latency spikes in our fixed-target stability test.

Test date: August 27, 2026 Test ID: PPG-VPN-2026-08-8962 Plan: Paid App version: 8.4.15.14706 Protocol: WireGuard Runner: v0.5.1
95.5%
Best speed retention
Sweden median download
10.6 ms
Sweden latency
+1.5 ms vs baseline
0%
Stability packet loss
Across all five regions
5/5
Geo consensus passed
All PPG core regions

What our CyberGhost VPN test showed

CyberGhost delivered excellent nearby performance. Sweden reached 90.39 Mbps against our 94.67 Mbps VPN-off baseline, corresponding to 95.48% download-speed retention. Germany was almost identical at 90.35 Mbps and 95.44% retention.

The UK retained 79.88% of baseline download throughput. Long-distance performance dropped substantially, with US East retaining 24.09% and Singapore retaining 11.84%.

The stability results were particularly consistent. All five VPN regions recorded 0% packet loss and 0% detected latency spikes, and p95 latency remained within 0–1 ms of the stability median in every region except Sweden, where the difference was also only 1 ms.

CyberGhost VPN speed test results

Our VPN-off baseline was 94.67 Mbps download, 94.68 Mbps upload and 9.09 ms latency. We performed five VPN-off baseline runs and three speed-test runs per CyberGhost region. Median values are used for reporting.

Download speed retained

Sweden95.5%
 
Germany95.4%
 
United Kingdom79.9%
 
US East24.1%
 
Singapore11.8%
 

Quick interpretation

  • Sweden: excellent near-baseline throughput and very low added latency.
  • Germany: almost identical speed retention to Sweden.
  • UK: solid European performance, but a clearer throughput reduction.
  • US East: substantial long-distance speed reduction.
  • Singapore: lowest throughput and highest latency in this batch.
Location Download Upload Speed retained
Sweden 90.39 Mbps 90.56 Mbps 95.48%
Germany 90.35 Mbps 90.53 Mbps 95.44%
United Kingdom 75.62 Mbps 70.60 Mbps 79.88%
US East 22.81 Mbps 22.29 Mbps 24.09%
Singapore 11.21 Mbps 11.19 Mbps 11.84%

Regional latency

Location Regional ping Added latency Ookla jitter
Sweden 10.58 ms +1.49 ms 0.173 ms
Germany 20.70 ms +11.61 ms 0.147 ms
United Kingdom 28.03 ms +18.94 ms 0.319 ms
US East 92.22 ms +83.13 ms 0.204 ms
Singapore 186.33 ms +177.24 ms 0.244 ms

Gaming latency and connection stability

We separate regional latency from tunnel stability. Regional latency comes from the locked Ookla endpoint used for each VPN location. A separate 50-sample fixed-target ICMP test measures median latency, p95 latency, jitter, packet loss and latency spikes.

Important: these measurements describe CyberGhost’s VPN network from our Swedish test environment. They are not direct ping measurements against specific game servers.
Location Stability median p95 Packet loss
Sweden 11 ms 12 ms 0%
Germany 20 ms 21 ms 0%
United Kingdom 28 ms 28 ms 0%
US East 92 ms 93 ms 0%
Singapore 186 ms 187 ms 0%

Stability jitter and spikes

Location Stability jitter Spike rate Result
Sweden 0.122 ms 0% Stable
Germany 0.367 ms 0% Stable
United Kingdom 0.286 ms 0% Stable
US East 0.551 ms 0% Stable
Singapore 0.245 ms 0% Stable

CyberGhost produced a very tight stability profile. The UK stability median and p95 were both 28 ms, while Sweden, Germany, US East and Singapore showed only a 1 ms difference between median and p95. No latency spikes were detected in any of the five regions.

Exit-location validation

CyberGhost completed all five location checks successfully using the runner’s multi-source geolocation consensus model.

Location Requested target Consensus Result
Sweden Sweden / Stockholm SE PASS CONSENSUS
United Kingdom United Kingdom / London GB PASS CONSENSUS
Germany Germany / Frankfurt DE PASS CONSENSUS
US East United States / New York US PASS CONSENSUS
Singapore Singapore / Singapore SG PASS CONSENSUS
Geolocation disagreement example: one external source classified the Sweden exit IP as Finland, while the other geolocation sources and IPLeak placed the same exit IP in Sweden. The final result was therefore PASS_CONSENSUS rather than relying on a single database.

CyberGhost server selection

The CyberGhost Windows adapter attempted automatic location selection first. In this test batch, automatic UI selection could not be verified reliably, so all five regions used the runner’s guided manual fallback.

The tester selected the requested standard CyberGhost location in the running Windows application. The runner then detected the public-IP transition and required the exit-country consensus check to pass before collecting regional benchmark data.

This means the batch is still location-verified, but the connection method should not be interpreted as fully automated CyberGhost server selection.

Location Connection mode IP change detected Geo verification
Sweden Manual fallback 1.38 s PASS
United Kingdom Manual fallback 0.93 s PASS
Germany Manual fallback 0.90 s PASS
US East Manual fallback 2.78 s PASS
Singapore Manual fallback 4.03 s PASS

These values measure how long the runner waited until it detected the public IP change after manual connection. They are diagnostic observations and are not used to rank provider connection speed.

DNS observations

IPLeak.net DNS evidence was collected for the VPN-off baseline and all five CyberGhost regions. The VPN-off baseline explicitly reported zero detected DNS resolvers on both attempts.

Location DNS status VPN DNS observation Reason
Sweden INCONCLUSIVE No resolvers detected No valid baseline resolver set
United Kingdom INCONCLUSIVE No resolvers detected No valid baseline resolver set
Germany INCONCLUSIVE No resolvers detected No valid baseline resolver set
US East INCONCLUSIVE No resolvers detected No valid baseline resolver set
Singapore INCONCLUSIVE No resolvers detected No valid baseline resolver set
What this means: this is not evidence of a CyberGhost DNS leak. IPLeak reported zero resolvers during the VPN-off baseline, so there was no resolver set that could be used for a meaningful leak comparison. We therefore publish INCONCLUSIVE_BASELINE_NO_RESOLVERS_DETECTED rather than Pass or Fail.

IPv4, IPv6 and security observations

  • IPv4 location validation: PASS CONSENSUS across all five PPG core regions.
  • DNS: INCONCLUSIVE BASELINE. IPLeak reported zero resolvers during the VPN-off baseline.
  • IPv6: INCONCLUSIVE BASELINE. The IPv6 lookup hostnames could not be resolved during baseline testing.
  • CyberGhost server selection: guided manual fallback used for all five regions, followed by strict public-IP and geo-consensus verification.
  • Kill switch: not tested in this batch.
IPv6 limitation: the IPv6 lookup attempts failed at DNS resolution before a usable VPN-off baseline could be established. This does not support either an IPv6 leak Pass or Fail conclusion for CyberGhost.

Test evidence

The CyberGhost batch generated raw Ookla measurements, fixed-target stability data, multi-source IP geolocation evidence, IPLeak observations and automatic desktop and Speedtest screenshots.

26/26 Automatic desktop and Speedtest screenshot captures completed.
20 Ookla runs: 5 VPN-off baseline tests plus 15 CyberGhost regional tests.
5/5 Core locations passed multi-source exit-country validation.

How we tested CyberGhost VPN

  • Plan: CyberGhost paid plan.
  • Application: CyberGhost VPN 8.4.15.14706 for Windows.
  • Protocol: WireGuard.
  • Test location: Sweden.
  • Runner: Private Proxy Guide VPN Test Runner v0.5.1.
  • Baseline: 5 VPN-off Ookla runs.
  • Core PPG regions: Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, US East and Singapore.
  • Core-region coverage: 5/5.
  • Speed testing: 3 runs per region, reported using median values.
  • Regional Speedtest locking: enabled.
  • Post-connect stabilization: enabled.
  • Gaming stability: 50 ICMP samples against the fixed PPG stability target.
  • CyberGhost connection mode: guided manual fallback after automatic UI selection could not be verified reliably.
  • Location validation: multi-source geolocation consensus required before each benchmark.
  • IPLeak.net DNS evidence: enabled.
  • Automatic screenshots: enabled.
  • Kill switch: not tested.

Raw CyberGhost speed-test runs

The summary values above use medians. All 20 individual speed-test measurements used in this batch are shown below.

Show all 20 individual speed-test runs

Baseline – VPN disconnected

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 94.67 Mbps 94.51 Mbps 8.759 ms
#2 94.89 Mbps 94.68 Mbps 9.133 ms
#3 94.89 Mbps 94.72 Mbps 9.041 ms
#4 94.54 Mbps 94.75 Mbps 9.195 ms
#5 94.13 Mbps 94.29 Mbps 9.088 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: Telenor Denmark, Søborg.

Sweden

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 90.39 Mbps 90.56 Mbps 10.657 ms
#2 90.42 Mbps 90.29 Mbps 10.575 ms
#3 90.39 Mbps 90.62 Mbps 10.580 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: AltusHost B.V., Stockholm.

United Kingdom

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 74.10 Mbps 70.60 Mbps 28.301 ms
#2 75.62 Mbps 69.74 Mbps 28.028 ms
#3 75.64 Mbps 71.48 Mbps 27.726 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: Structured Communications, London.

Germany

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 90.36 Mbps 90.57 Mbps 20.701 ms
#2 90.07 Mbps 90.13 Mbps 20.437 ms
#3 90.35 Mbps 90.53 Mbps 20.782 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: Plusnet GmbH, Frankfurt am Main.

US East

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 22.63 Mbps 22.29 Mbps 92.760 ms
#2 22.81 Mbps 22.14 Mbps 92.196 ms
#3 22.85 Mbps 22.39 Mbps 92.222 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: Optimum Online, New York, NY.

Singapore

Run Download Upload Ping
#1 11.21 Mbps 11.20 Mbps 186.021 ms
#2 11.21 Mbps 11.19 Mbps 186.647 ms
#3 11.22 Mbps 11.19 Mbps 186.332 ms

Locked Ookla endpoint: PT. Indosat Tbk, Singapore.

CyberGhost VPN test conclusion

CyberGhost delivered excellent European throughput in this standardized batch. Sweden retained 95.48% of baseline download speed and Germany retained 95.44%, making both routes effectively near-baseline on our roughly 95 Mbps connection.

UK performance remained solid at 79.88% retention. Long-distance throughput was much lower, with US East retaining 24.09% and Singapore 11.84%. This reinforces why PPG tests the same VPN across geographically different routes rather than publishing one generic speed figure.

Stability was one of the strongest parts of the CyberGhost result. Every region recorded 0% packet loss and 0% detected spikes, and p95 latency remained extremely close to the median throughout the five-region test.

All five requested exit countries also passed multi-source geolocation consensus. The CyberGhost Windows client itself required guided manual server selection in this batch because automatic UI selection could not be verified reliably, but each connection was independently checked before benchmark data was collected.

DNS and IPv6 remain inconclusive because valid VPN-off baselines could not be established for those specific checks. We therefore make no DNS-leak or IPv6-leak Pass/Fail claim from this batch. The dataset covers CyberGhost’s paid Windows app using WireGuard and does not establish performance for OpenVPN, specialized streaming or gaming servers, specific game endpoints or kill-switch behavior.

← Back to all VPN testing results