The Data Processing Time calculator computes the amount of time needed to process an amount of data (S) at a specified rate (R).
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:
- (S) Size of the file or data object being processed.
- (R) Processing Rate (see Examples below).
Processing Time (T): The calculator returns the duration of the processing (T) in seconds. However, this can be automatically converted to other time units (e.g. minutes, hours, days, months) via the pull-down menu.
The Math / Science
Have you ever wondered how long it would take to process data with a new faster computer or over a faster network? This calculator can help. The formula for data processing time is:
T = S / R
where:
- T = Time to Process the data
- S = Size of the Data Object
- R = Rate of Processing
In the case where data processing is actually data transfer, there are some well established rates. Here is a table of transfer rates that are used by the equation. Not all are implemented.
| Data Rate | Transfer Medium | Data Rate | Transfer Medium | Data Rate | Transfer Medium | |
| 1.5 Mbit/s | ADSL Lite | 44.736 Mbit/s | T3/DS3 | 1.3 Gbit/s | Wireless 802.11ac | |
| 1.544 Mbit/s | T1/DS1 | 54 Mbit/s | Wireless 802.11g | 2.5 Gbit/s | OC48 | |
| 2.048 Mbit/s | E1 / E-carrier | 100 Mbit/s | Fast Ethernet | 5 Gbit/s | USB 3.0 | |
| 4 Mbit/s | ADSL1 | 155 Mbit/s | OC3 | 9.6 Gbit/s | OC192 | |
| 10 Mbit/s | Ethernet | 600 Mbit/s | Wireless 802.11n | 10 Gbit/s | 10 Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.1 | |
| 11 Mbit/s | Wireless 802.11b | 622 Mbit/s | OC12 | 40 Gbit/s | Thunderbolt 3 | |
| 24 Mbit/s | ADSL2+ | 1 Gbit/s | Gigabit Ethernet | 100 Gbit/s | 100 Gigabit Ethernet |
Time Dependent Calculators
- Time required to process an amount of data at a specific data processing rate
- Amount of time required to transfer an amount of data over a different types of networks
- Number of items (unit-less) produced over time
- Length or distance processed (produce or consume) over time
- Area processed (produced, covered or consumed) over time
- Volume processed (produced or consumed) over time
- Weight or mass processed (produced or consumed) over time
- Speedup Factor (aka Amdahl's Law)
- Compute Data Storage Needed
- Network Propagation Delay
Telecommunications Calculators
- Propagation Delay - computes the delay between two routers based on their positions and a transfer rate.
- Nodal Delay - computes the nodal delay based on the queuing, processing, transmission and propagation delay.
- End to End Delay - computes the end to end delay based on the number of nodes and the processing, transmission, and propagation delay.
- RF Velocity of Propagation - computes the RF velocity based on the medium permittivity
- Transmission Delay - computes the delay based on length of packet and transmission rate.
- Data Transfer Time Calculator - computes the time to transfer an amount of data based on the data transfer rate.
- Simplified Propagation Delay - computes the delay between two router based on the distance and the transfer rate.
- Surge Impedance Loading - computes the power loading of a transmission line.
- Amdahl's Law - Compute the total system speedup time based on the improvement of one portion.
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) calculator computes a relative measure of the strength of the received signal (i.e., the information being transmitted) compared to the noise.
- Compute Data Storage Needed - computes the approximate amount of data storage needed based on a period of time and a data rate.
- Network Propagation Delay - computes the propagation delay based on the positions of two routers and the propagation speed.
- Shannon-Hartley Theorem - computes the theoretical upper limit data rate of a channel based on the bandwidth, receiver strength and channel noise.
- Cable dB Loss Budget - computes db loss based on length of fiber run and number of connectors.
- Voltage Resolution (Analog to Digital) - computes the Voltage Resolution of a measured analog signal over the nominal range [VL , VH] with a specified number of conversion bits.