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title: "Catchpoint metrics vs Navigation Timing API events"
slug: "catchpoint-metrics-vs-navigation-timing-api-events"
updated: 2023-01-06T15:49:51Z
published: 2023-01-06T15:49:51Z
canonical: "docs.catchpoint.com/catchpoint-metrics-vs-navigation-timing-api-events"
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# Catchpoint metrics vs Navigation Timing API events

## Overview

Catchpoint uses the **Navigation Timing JavaScript API** to measure the performance of a web page as experienced by real users.

The Navigation Timing API is an interface that provides web applications with timing-related information from browsers and breaks down the events required to retrieve and display web pages in a browser and provides a timestamp for each event.

## Calculation Diagram

Calculation of various Catchpoint metrics using different performance timing JavaScript objects are provided below:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/cb4af8f9-6751-4fd2-b39c-07aae832badb/Images/Documentation/204354886-timing-overview.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-13T12%3A42%3A23Z&se=2026-10-13T13%3A42%3A23Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=y9N%2B0zujv%2BOO0k%2FcxDRzsdpKfdLwufKLoTxUMnxFmTU%3D)

| **Catchpoint Metric** | **Calculation using Navigation Timing Events** |
| --- | --- |
| **CONNECT (MS)** | performance.timing.secureConnectionStart - performance.timing.connectStart |
| **SSL (MS)** | performance.timing.connectEnd - performance.timing.secureConnectionStart |
| **FULL CONNECT (MS)** | performance.timing.connectEnd - performance.timing.connectStart |
| **WAIT (MS)** | performance.timing.responseStart - performance.timing.requestStart |
| **LOAD (MS)** | performance.timing.responseEnd - performance.timing.responseStart |
| **RESPONSE (MS)** | performance.timing.responseEnd - performance.timing.navigationStart |
| **DNS (MS)** | performance.timing.domainLookupEnd - performance.timing.domainLookupStart |
| **DOM INTERACTIVE (MS)** | performance.timing.domInteractive - performance.timing.navigationStart |
| **DOM LOADED (MS)** | performance.timing.domContentLoadedEventStart - performance.timing.navigationStart |
| **CONTENT LOAD (MS)** | performance.timing.loadEventStart - performance.timing.domLoading |
| **DOCUMENT COMPLETE (MS)** | performance.timing.domComplete - performance.timing.navigationStart |
| **REDIRECT (MS)** | performance.timing.redirectEnd - performance.timing.redirectStart |
| **SECURE CONNECT(MS)** | performance.timing.connectEnd-performance.timing.secureConnectionStart |