Time to First Byte

We are working on writing our own guides for this section. In the meantime, this video series from the makers of Perfmatters and Kyle Deusen at The Admin Bar is a primary reference for us.

1. What is a good TTFB?

According to perfmatters, what each tool targets as a good TTFB varies widely among different tools. He suggests that we target a TTFB under 300 ms. We can typically hit a TTFB around 120ms on our sites.