What the mouse accuracy test measures
This page opens the Aim Test's Precision click mode: 10 targets, one at a time, and every click is counted. It measures how reliably you hit, how fast you get there and how close to the center you land.
- Accuracy: hits ÷ all clicks. A click outside the target is a miss, and so is a click in the short gap before the next target appears.
- Speed: the average time from a target appearing to your hit, shown as Avg reaction on the result card. The panel below it splits that into the time to your first mouse movement and the time from that movement to the hit.
- Precision: the average distance from your clicks to the target's center ("px off center"), and a left or right bias when your clicks land more than 2 px to one side on average.
- Consistency: the spread (standard deviation) of your per-target times. Best is your fastest target.
Accuracy and precision are not the same thing here. Accuracy is whether you hit the target at all; precision is how close to the center you hit. The score uses accuracy and speed. Precision is feedback to help you improve.
How the accuracy test is scored
- After a short 3-2-1 countdown, 10 targets appear one at a time. Each is 52 px wide, placed at random at least 10 px inside the play area. The first appears 0.7 seconds after the countdown, and each next one 0.35 seconds after a hit.
- Your average time per target becomes a speed value from 0 to 100, and your accuracy becomes an accuracy value, using the reference curves below. Values between the listed points are interpolated in a straight line, and values outside them are capped.
- Aim score = round(10 × (0.6 × speed value + 0.4 × accuracy value)), on a 0–1000 scale. Because both values are capped, the highest possible score is 982.
| Avg time per target | Speed value |
|---|---|
| 150 ms or less | 99 |
| 180 ms | 92 |
| 220 ms | 75 |
| 260 ms | 50 |
| 320 ms | 25 |
| 400 ms | 8 |
| 500 ms or more | 1 |
| Accuracy | Accuracy value |
|---|---|
| 60% or less | 20 |
| 72% | 45 |
| 82% | 70 |
| 90% | 88 |
| 95% or more | 97 |
Worked examples. 260 ms per target at 90% accuracy gives values of 50 and 88, so 10 × (30 + 35.2) = 652, which is Elite. 220 ms at 95% scores 838 (Pro). 320 ms at 100% scores only 538 (Marksman): perfect accuracy cannot make up for slow targets, because speed carries 60% of the score.
The percentile on the result card is the score divided by 10. It comes from the same fixed curves and is an estimate, not a ranking against other players. The tiers use these bands:
| Tier | Aim score |
|---|---|
| Rookie | 0–199 |
| Sharpshooter | 200–399 |
| Marksman | 400–599 |
| Elite | 600–774 |
| Pro | 775–899 |
| Godlike | 900–1000 |
How to improve mouse accuracy
Speed and accuracy pull against each other. Fitts showed in 1954 that the time an aimed movement takes rises as the target gets smaller or farther away (Fitts, 1954), so pushing for speed on a fixed target costs hits. In this test one miss in 10 targets drops accuracy to 91%, which pulls the accuracy value down from 97 to 90.
- Get to 10 for 10 first, then speed up. Slow down until you stop missing, then shave time off while keeping every hit.
- Stop, then click. Clicking while the cursor is still moving makes near-misses more likely. Use the bias readout: a steady left or right bias often means you stop short or overshoot in one direction.
- Aim for the center, not the edge. Your px-off-center number shows how much margin you are leaving.
- Consider turning off pointer acceleration in your operating system's mouse settings, so the same hand movement always moves the cursor the same distance.
- Keep one sensitivity long enough to learn it. Frequent changes make it harder to build consistent movements.
- Look at the trend. Compare scores across several sessions on the same mouse and screen rather than chasing a single run.
Source
- Fitts PM. The information capacity of the human motor system in controlling the amplitude of movement. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 1954;47(6):381–391. PubMed 13174710
Mouse Accuracy Test FAQ
- What is a good mouse accuracy test score?
- Scores run from 0 to 1000 on this test's own curves. Averaging 260 ms per target at 90% accuracy scores 652 (Elite), and 220 ms at 95% accuracy scores 838 (Pro). Use it to track your own progress rather than as a ranking.
- Do missed clicks count?
- Yes. Every click that does not land inside the target counts as a miss, including clicks in the short gap between targets. Accuracy is hits divided by all clicks.
- What is the difference between accuracy and precision?
- Here, accuracy means hitting the target at all, and precision means how close to its center you hit. The score uses accuracy and speed; precision is shown as pixels off center and a left or right bias.
- Does DPI or sensitivity matter?
- What matters most is keeping it consistent. There is no single best value: too high and you overshoot small targets, too low and long moves get slow.
- Can I use a touchpad or touchscreen?
- Yes. A tap counts the moment your finger touches the screen, just like a mouse click. Your finger covers part of the target and phone screens are smaller, so compare results made with the same device.
More aim and speed tests
- Aim Test: all four modes (Precision click, Gridshot, Tracking and Flick)
- Aim tracking test
- Click speed test and reaction time test