Cache Hit Rate Impact

Estimate the latency and origin-load impact of a cache hit rate.

How this calculator works

Enter requests, cache hit rate (%), origin response time (ms), cache response time (ms). CalcStack applies the displayed formula and reports each intermediate planning value with the units shown.

Formula / method

Average latency = hit rate × cache latency + miss rate × origin latency

Worked example

85% cache hits at 25 ms and 400 ms origin latency yield 81.25 ms average latency.

Assumptions and limitations

Cache hits and misses have stable average response times.

Tail latency, revalidation, invalidation, regional variation and cache stampedes are excluded.