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Website Performance

What's a good Desktop Performance Score?

A good Desktop Performance Score for a local business is 85 or higher. Google Lighthouse desktop performance score (0-100). An excellent Desktop Performance Score — the top tier Karbon Agency grades client campaigns against — is 95 or higher, while 70 marks the minimum acceptable tier.

The three tiers Karbon grades against

TierValueWhat it means
Minimum70The floor. Below this, something is broken.
Recommended85The tier a healthy campaign should hit.
Excellent95Top-tier performance worth defending.

Higher is better for this metric.

Why Desktop Performance Score matters

Desktop users often have higher purchase intent (especially B2B). A strong desktop score ensures these high-value visitors have a fast, smooth experience.

Related benchmarks

Largest Contentful Paint

Good: 2.5s or lower

Interaction to Next Paint

Good: 200ms or lower

Cumulative Layout Shift

Good: 0.10 or lower

Time to First Byte

Good: 800ms or lower

Where does your Desktop Performance Score land?

Karbon Agency grades every client campaign against these exact tiers, live on a dashboard — no guessing, no quarterly PDFs.

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