Comparing Asus N66U DDWRT - Netgear R7000 Stock - Netgear R7000 DDWRT 23550M-R01 Wireless Router Speeds


                     

Decided to upgrade router to Netgear R7000 AC1900 router due to good newegg deal and I tested the speeds on iPhone 5S, 13" Macbook Pro and Hackintosh Desktop. I used speedtest.net for all measurements. Tests were done in Phoenix, AZ with Cox Internet in apartment complex (lots of interference). I tested 2.4 and 5.0 GHZ for all + Powerline on Hackintosh

Some errors to point out - for some reason forgot to test 2.4GHz on Asus N66U DDWRT

First going to start with Netgear R7000 - DDWRT 23550M-R01

Hackintosh 2.4GHz

Hackintosh 5.0GHz

Hackintosh Powerline

iPhone 5S 2.4GHz

iPhone 5S 5.0GHz

Macbook Pro 2.4GHz

Macbook Pro 5.0GHz


Next Netgear R7000 Stock - V1.0.3.24_1.1.20 (Latest firmware)

Hackintosh 2.4GHz

Hackintosh 5.0GHz

Hackintosh Powerline

iPhone 5S 2.4GHz

iPhone 5S 5.0GHz

Macbook Pro 2.4GHz

Macbook Pro 5.0GHz

Lastly, Asus N66U with DDWRT installed

Hackintosh 5.0GHz

Hackintosh Powerline

HTPC LAN

iPhone 5S 2.4GHz

iPhone 5S 5.0GHz

Macbook Pro 2.4GHz

Macbook Pro 5.0GHz


I then put all the data into Graph. For some reason stock R7000 2.4GHz were much faster than others. I rarely use 2.4GHz and the options of DDWRT are necessary for my setup so I will stick with DDWRT on R7000. I don't have any AC devices to test that function yet.