I have a download scenario where content download time captures the time taken to download a file. However JMeter only captures the server response time. So this does not provide the real user experience. Is there a way to capture content download time using JMeter? PS- Already tried Selenium integration and it works. Just want to know if there is any other way

I have a download scenario where content download time captures the time taken to download a file. However JMeter only captures the server response time. So this does not provide the real user experience. Is there a way to capture content download time using JMeter? PS- Already tried Selenium integration and it works. Just want to know if there is any other way

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As per JMeter Glossary

Elapsed time. JMeter measures the elapsed time from just before sending the request to just after the last response has been received. JMeter does not include the time needed to render the response, nor does JMeter process any client code, for example Javascript

So it is not "server response time", it's the time from sending the request till last byte of the response and it includes the time for the request to travel back and forth.

So given you properly configure JMeter to behave like a real browser in terms of:

• headers
• cache
• think times
• etc.

you will get the same (or similar) response time as the real user using the real browser