chrizonix / xinputtest

Xbox 360 Controller (XInput) Polling Rate Checker

Xbox 360 Controller (XInput) Polling Rate Checker

Simple Tool to Check the Latency and Update Rate of a Xbox 360 Controller, or Virtual XInput Device (DualShock 3/4)

Changelog v1.2.0.0 (Latest Version)

• Added Filter for Latencies below 0.5 ms
• Added 64-bit Binaries

Changelog v1.0.0.2 (Download)

• Added Rapid Outlier Detection (thanks to Mahito Sugiyama)
• Added XInput Controller Class (thanks to Minalien)
• Added Jitter Calculation

Why?

I wanted to measure the Latency of my DualShock 3/4 Controllers via USB and Bluetooth, but haven't found a Tool which let me do this. Although you can find Videos and Articles about the Update Rates, I wanted to check them by myself.

I'm using the XInput Library, because most of the Games are using it for Xbox 360 Controllers. And I wanted to measure the Latency that the Game is "seeing". Furthermore it allowed me to test various Controllers, without rewriting Code.

How Does It Work?

This Tool polls the Gamepad Status several thousand Times a Second, and measures the Time between two distinct Gamepad Reports, aggregates the Data (Average, Min, Max), calculates the Jitter and detects Hiccups (Outliers).

Although you might get slightly different Results every Time you run the Test (because of the Distance to your Dongle, Hardware, etc) it's generally a good way to compare the Performance of your Gamepad and/or Bluetooth Devices.

Credits

• Xbox 360 Controller Icon by Mark Davis
• Xbox 360 Controller Input in C++ with XInput by Minalien
• Rapid distance-based Outlier Detection via Sampling by Mahito Sugiyama

xinputtest's Issues

Request: The time between button presses for arcade sticks

Any chance you could add an arcade stick test to see the Hz rating at the moment it uses left stick but button presses would be appreciated, since arcade sticks use DPAD and buttons.

MSVCP120.dll and MSVCR120.dll were not found

I'm having trouble opening the program. It's telling me that one of the libraries is missing.

These are the libraries I have installed on the system

not working for dualsense controller

Not recognizing dualsense controller

Add support for PS 5 DualSense Controller

It would be cool if you add support for the PS 5 DualSense Controller

Overclocking controller issues

I'm having issues with overclocking my controller I've completed all the steps and it shows no error code 577 the box is green, the filter is on, the bterval (i think its called?) has a 1 instead of 5. The issue is is that when I've checked the input lag on DS4windows its still showing 3ms response time on DS4window. I need help please