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Performance

· 27 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
94
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
3
PASS
19
INFO
4

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

88
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
96
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
73
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
92
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

2.31 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

3.18 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

170 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

2.93 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

5.12 s

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
27
19 PASS 3 REVIEW 1 FIX
D
HTTP Caching
Action
no-store (uncacheable)
FIX
no-store (uncacheable)
Info::
Cache-Control: no-store prevents all caching
Intentional for dynamic content, but increases server load for every page view.
Got: private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Info::
No ETag or Last-Modified header
Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.
Cache-Control

private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate

DirectiveValueMeaning
privateOnly browser cache, not CDN/proxy
no-cacheCache but always revalidate first
no-storeNever cache this response
max-age0Cache for 0 seconds
must-revalidateMust recheck with server after expiry
C
JS Execution Cost
Action
1891ms total JS execution
REVIEW
1891ms total JS execution
Warning::
https://balford.net/: 612ms CPU time
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5H...: 280ms CPU time
Warning::
https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scr...: 260ms CPU time
Warning::
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62...: 256ms CPU time
Warning::
Unattributable: 252ms CPU time
Info::
Third-party scripts: 280ms (15% of total)

Main Thread Breakdown

Script Evaluation 43% Other 27% Style & Layout 17% Script Parsing & Compilation 6% Parse HTML & CSS 3%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://balford.net/612ms45ms26ms1st
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5HTNWY08280ms221ms47ms3rd
https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js260ms239ms2ms1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62fd077d3c0f5.js256ms160ms16ms1st
Unattributable252ms7ms0ms1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/webpack-96e481adf0ade2ca.js126ms124ms1ms1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-f785427dddbba9fb.js104ms26ms13ms1st
B
JS Bundles
12 scripts, 93 KB unused
REVIEW
12 scripts, 93 KB unused
Warning::
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5H...: 72 KB unused (42%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Warning::
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62...: 21 KB unused (46%)
Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
Info::
Total unused JavaScript: 93 KB
93 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5HTNWY08171 KB72 KB (42%)3rd
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62fd077d3c0f5.js46 KB21 KB (46%)1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/webpack-96e481adf0ade2ca.js2 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-f785427dddbba9fb.js53 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/main-app-12169172f6dfbe91.js1 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/3505-a8bf8a07e1679497.js3 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-b264ae667e4a369c.js7 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/not-found-c1c528898c9b7f01.js2 KB1st
https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/page-5d333636d659f71f.js1 KB1st
https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/330e41bb475c/main.js?10 KB1st

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.

Why this matters

This bundle has high unused code — code-split or tree-shake to ship only what executes.

Source: web.dev / Lighthouse coverage

B
Server-Timing Observability
No Server-Timing header found
REVIEW
No Server-Timing header found
Info::
No Server-Timing header found
Server-Timing exposes backend timing breakdowns to browser DevTools (e.g., `db: 45ms; render: 120ms; cache: 2ms`). Useful for diagnosing slow pages without backend log access. Most modern frameworks (Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Fastly) emit it automatically; absence on a managed platform usually means telemetry headers are stripped at the edge.
A+
Page Weight Budget
597 KB transferred, 29 requests
PASS
597 KB transferred, 29 requests
Info::
Page weighs 1.7 MB (597 KB transferred)
Info::
29 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.12 g CO2 per page load
597 KB / 2.4 MB budget
597 KB transferred
29 requests
0.12 g CO2 per page load
JavaScript 306.3 KiB 51%
Images 134.0 KiB 22%
CSS 93.5 KiB 16%
HTML 38.7 KiB 6%
Fonts 20.9 KiB 4%
Other 1.6 KiB 0%
Other 1.0 KiB 0%
Other 546 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
A
Third-Party Impact
29% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
29% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 29% of page weight (171.7 KiB of 596.6 KiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
71%
29%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A
Image Optimization
3 images, 0 KB saveable
PASS
3 images, 0 KB saveable
Warning::
https://balford.net/media/2024/07/solenoid-valve-h... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
Warning::
is missing width/height — may cause layout shift
Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
3 images 134 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
1 legacy format
2 missing dimensions CLS risk

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Image without explicit width/height — browser can't reserve space; CLS jumps when image loads.

Source: web.dev / Core Web Vitals

Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A+
Font Loading
1 fonts (21 KB)
PASS
1 fonts (21 KB)
Info::
1 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

1

21 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 1

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s FCP 2.3 s LCP 3.2 shttps://balford.net/media/2026/07/roboto-condensed-v27-latin-regular.woff2roboto-condensed-v27-la... https://balford.net/media/2026/07/roboto-condensed-v27-latin-regular.woff2 — 20.9 KiB — 329 ms — font-display: swap
roboto-condensed-v27-la... woff2 swap
Size 21 KB
Load time 329 ms
Start 1.0 s
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
2 hints, 0 missing preconnects
PASS
2 hints, 0 missing preconnects
Info::
Page uses 2 resource hint(s)

Current Resource Hints

preconnect
preload
2
dns-prefetch
prefetch

2 resource hints configured

A+
HTTP/3 (QUIC)
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
PASS
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
Info::
HTTP/3 (QUIC) is supported
First-load mobile users on cellular networks see meaningful latency improvements with HTTP/3. The QUIC transport collapses TLS + TCP handshakes into one and recovers faster from packet loss.
A+
Document Compression
Document response uses brotli
PASS
Document response uses brotli
Info::
Main HTML response uses brotli (Content-Encoding: br)
Brotli is the best text-compression algorithm for general use, ~20% smaller than gzip on average (40% on smaller files). Modern browsers all support it.
A+
LCP Image Preload
LCP preload audit not available
PASS
LCP preload audit not available
Info::
LCP image preload audit not available for this scan
A+
Main HTML Cache-Control
Main HTML uses no-store -- correct for sensitive/dynamic content
PASS
Main HTML uses no-store -- correct for sensitive/dynamic content
Info::
Main HTML uses no-store -- correct for sensitive/dynamic content
Got: private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
A+
Server Response Intelligence
2 server-response signal(s) detected
PASS
2 server-response signal(s) detected
Info::
`Vary` header declared: rsc, next-router-state-tree, next-router-prefetch, next-router-segment-prefetch,...
The page declares a `Vary` header, telling downstream caches which request headers the response varies on. Critical for content-negotiated responses (compression, language, cookies, device class).
Info::
No `ETag` or `Last-Modified` -- conditional GET not supported
Without either header, browsers can't issue conditional GETs and refresh always re-downloads the full response body even when nothing changed. Add `ETag: "<hash>"` (or `Last-Modified: <date>`) on cacheable responses; the server returns 304 Not Modified when the client's cached copy is still valid, saving bandwidth.
A+
Page Weight Inventory
29 resources · 597 KB · 93 KB savings available
PASS
29 resources · 597 KB · 93 KB savings available
Info::
Within 1MB page-weight target
Got: 597 KB
Info::
~93 KB of savings available
Info::
3 third-party resources (29% of weight)
29 resources · 596.6 KiB · 3 third-party Within 1MB page-weight target
JavaScript 51% · 306.3 KiB
Image 23% · 135.4 KiB
CSS 16% · 93.5 KiB
Document 6% · 38.7 KiB
Font 4% · 20.9 KiB
Other 0% · 1.8 KiB

~93.2 KiB of savings available

Remove unused JavaScript: 93.2 KiB
A+
Render-Blocking Resources
No render-blocking resources detected
PASS
No render-blocking resources detected
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected in <head>
A+
Third-Party Resources
No third-party resources detected
PASS
No third-party resources detected
A
JavaScript Blocking
1 JS blocking issue(s) detected
PASS
1 JS blocking issue(s) detected
Warning::
1 render-blocking <script src> tag(s) without async/defer
Each `<script src=...>` without `async`, `defer`, or `type="module"` blocks HTML parsing while the browser fetches and executes it. The block lasts the entire round-trip + execution time -- on slow networks this translates directly into LCP delay. Add `defer` (executes after parse, in source order) for scripts that interact with the DOM, or `async` (executes whenever ready) for analytics / independent scripts. Module scripts (`type="module"`) are deferred by default.
A+
CSS Performance Depth
No CSS performance depth issues detected
PASS
No CSS performance depth issues detected
Info::
No CSS performance depth issues detected
A+
Green Hosting
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
PASS

Green Hosting

This site is hosted on green energy infrastructure

Provider: Cloudflare

Asset Compression
No text asset hosts to measure
INFO
No text asset hosts to measure
Info::
No third-party or subdomain host served enough text assets to measure
Asset compression is measured per host, from one HEAD request against a sampled resource. Pages that serve all their JS and CSS from the document's own origin are covered by the document compression check instead.
Network Waterfall
29 requests over 1985ms
INFO
0 ms 1.0 s 2.0 s 3.0 s FCP 2.3 s LCP 3.2 shttps://balford.net// https://balford.net/ — 200 — 38.7 KiB — 521 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/css/82f81975c5268f4a.css/_next/static/css/82f81975c5268f4a.... https://balford.net/_next/static/css/82f81975c5268f4a.css — 200 — 37.5 KiB — 243 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/css/478b037b3ecbaf8d.css/_next/static/css/478b037b3ecbaf8d.... https://balford.net/_next/static/css/478b037b3ecbaf8d.css — 200 — 2.8 KiB — 378 ms — h2https://balford.net/media/2024/07/solenoid-valve-housing.jpg/media/2024/07/solenoid-valve-housi... https://balford.net/media/2024/07/solenoid-valve-housing.jpg — 200 — 53.7 KiB — 372 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/webpack-96e481adf0ade2ca.js/_next/static/chunks/webpack-96e481... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/webpack-96e481adf0ade2ca.js — 200 — 2.1 KiB — 410 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-f785427dddbba9fb.js/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-f7854... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/4bd1b696-f785427dddbba9fb.js — 200 — 53.4 KiB — 520 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62fd077d3c0f5.js/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62fd07... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/1255-73c62fd077d3c0f5.js — 200 — 45.8 KiB — 409 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/main-app-12169172f6dfbe91.js/_next/static/chunks/main-app-12169... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/main-app-12169172f6dfbe91.js — 200 — 544 B — 410 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/3505-a8bf8a07e1679497.js/_next/static/chunks/3505-a8bf8a07e... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/3505-a8bf8a07e1679497.js — 200 — 3.0 KiB — 515 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-b264ae667e4a369c.js/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-b26... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/layout-b264ae667e4a369c.js — 200 — 6.9 KiB — 513 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/not-found-c1c528898c9b7f01.js/_next/static/chunks/app/not-found-... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/not-found-c1c528898c9b7f01.js — 200 — 1.5 KiB — 518 ms — h2https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/page-5d333636d659f71f.js/_next/static/chunks/app/page-5d333... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/app/page-5d333636d659f71f.js — 200 — 799 B — 513 ms — h2https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-37dc2ebbc47a60c651e35ca1dfd140c8.css/css/balford-combined-css-37dc2ebbc... https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-37dc2ebbc47a60c651e35ca1dfd140c8.css — 200 — 10.0 KiB — 334 ms — h3https://balford.net/css/lite-yt-embed.min.css/css/lite-yt-embed.min.css https://balford.net/css/lite-yt-embed.min.css — 200 — 2.2 KiB — 475 ms — h3https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Condensed:wght@400;600;700&fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ro... https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Condensed:wght@400;600;700& — -1 — 0 B — 0 ms — https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-256225077e64c5db0fca0dfe05dac88b.css/css/balford-combined-css-256225077... https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-256225077e64c5db0fca0dfe05dac88b.css — 200 — 9.8 KiB — 334 ms — h3https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-39451c78e38a4f5076b826e70202dcc8.css/css/balford-combined-css-39451c78e... https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-39451c78e38a4f5076b826e70202dcc8.css — 200 — 10.3 KiB — 182 ms — h3https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-fae3a2d5ae2b4163df58cb0a0d0a2225.css/css/balford-combined-css-fae3a2d5a... https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-fae3a2d5ae2b4163df58cb0a0d0a2225.css — 200 — 10.6 KiB — 477 ms — h3https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-8778323cb6bdca9cf6a22bef1074eef7.css/css/balford-combined-css-8778323cb... https://balford.net/css/balford-combined-css-8778323cb6bdca9cf6a22bef1074eef7.css — 200 — 10.3 KiB — 475 ms — h3https://balford.net/media/2026/07/roboto-condensed-v27-latin-regular.woff2/media/2026/07/roboto-condensed-v27... https://balford.net/media/2026/07/roboto-condensed-v27-latin-regular.woff2 — 200 — 20.9 KiB — 329 ms — h3https://balford.net/media/2026/07/balford-metal-stamping-std.webp/media/2026/07/balford-metal-stampi... https://balford.net/media/2026/07/balford-metal-stamping-std.webp — 200 — 80.3 KiB — 578 ms — h3https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts... https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js — 302 — 221 B — 47 ms — h3https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5HTNWY08www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id... https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-YE5HTNWY08 — 200 — 171.1 KiB — 173 ms — h2https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/330e41bb475c/main.js?/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scr... https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/330e41bb475c/main.js? — 200 — 9.7 KiB — 23 ms — h3https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd/oneshot/330e41bb475c/0.8721553274817896:1789293911:V_gx9auwjWkV8S5TQ0SVFe7bQ2UIByuKSKFkmGtaa30/a3a6bd38da60f45b/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd... https://balford.net/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd/oneshot/330e41bb475c/0.8721553274817896:1789293911:V_gx9auwjWkV8S5TQ0SVFe7bQ2UIByuKSKFkmGtaa30/a3a6bd38da60f45b — 200 — 1.0 KiB — 25 ms — h3https://balford.net/media/2024/04/cropped-balford-favicon-raw-512-512-32x32.png/media/2024/04/cropped-balford-favi... https://balford.net/media/2024/04/cropped-balford-favicon-raw-512-512-32x32.png — 200 — 1.3 KiB — 183 ms — h3https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/8474.5485fa349d2995f4.js/_next/static/chunks/8474.5485fa349... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/8474.5485fa349d2995f4.js — 200 — 5.8 KiB — 187 ms — h3https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/6932.793d7f3f65baaf44.js/_next/static/chunks/6932.793d7f3f6... https://balford.net/_next/static/chunks/6932.793d7f3f65baaf44.js — 200 — 5.5 KiB — 186 ms — h3https://www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?v=2&tid=G-YE5HTNWY08&gtm=45je6992v9263930049za200zd9263930049&_p=1789298181068&gcs=G100&gcd=13p3p3p3p5l1&npa=1&dma_cps=-&dma=0&cid=1555891678.1789298182&frm=0&ngs=1&pscdl=denied&rcb=16&sr=412x823&uaa=&uab=64&uafvl=Not%253FA_Brand%3B24.0.0.0%7CChromium%3B152.0.7977.82&uam=moto%20g%20power%20(2022)&uamb=1&uap=Android&uapv=11.0&uaw=0&ul=en-us&_s=1&tag_exp=115938465~115938469~118897920~118897930~120213116~120385422~120469145~120469153&sid=1789298181&sct=1&seg=0&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fbalford.net%2F&dt=Solenoid%20Valve%20Housing%20%26%20Deep%20Drawn%20Metal%20Stamping%20%7C%20Balford&en=page_view&_fv=1&_nsi=1&_ss=1&_ee=1&ep.anonymize_ip=true&tfd=1884www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?... https://www.google-analytics.com/g/collect?v=2&tid=G-YE5HTNWY08&gtm=45je6992v9263930049za200zd9263930049&_p=1789298181068&gcs=G100&gcd=13p3p3p3p5l1&npa=1&dma_cps=-&dma=0&cid=1555891678.1789298182&frm=0&ngs=1&pscdl=denied&rcb=16&sr=412x823&uaa=&uab=64&uafvl=Not%253FA_Brand%3B24.0.0.0%7CChromium%3B152.0.7977.82&uam=moto%20g%20power%20(2022)&uamb=1&uap=Android&uapv=11.0&uaw=0&ul=en-us&_s=1&tag_exp=115938465~115938469~118897920~118897930~120213116~120385422~120469145~120469153&sid=1789298181&sct=1&seg=0&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fbalford.net%2F&dt=Solenoid%20Valve%20Housing%20%26%20Deep%20Drawn%20Metal%20Stamping%20%7C%20Balford&en=page_view&_fv=1&_nsi=1&_ss=1&_ee=1&ep.anonymize_ip=true&tfd=1884 — 204 — 546 B — 100 ms — h2
HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Third-Party Script Cost
Per-script blocking time, transfer cost, and cache headers
INFO
15% of JavaScript execution is third-party
First-party Third-party 280ms · 171KB · €4/mo
Google Tag Manager
Tag Manager
Costly
Execution 280ms
Transfer 171 KB
Unused 42%
Monthly Cost €4/mo

These scripts may cost more than they're worth

  • Google Tag Manager adds 280ms and costs ~€4/month

Google Tag Manager takes 280ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

How third-party costs are calculated

Image Optimization
15 images, 844 KB total, 141 KB wasted
INFO

Image Optimization Audit

Total Images

15

Total Size

844 KB

Oversized

2

Wasted

141 KB

15 missing dimensions 3 missing lazy loading
All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.

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