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X360CE • Controller Precision and Quality Tests • Comparison of Controllers

Precision and Quality Test Results Detailed Graphs Tested Controllers
Controllers Intro

Comparison of Controllers • Actuation ( Deadzone ) Distance • Travel Distance • Gram Force • Axis Precision

Tested controllers are listed in order we would buy them.

CONTROLLER

Max Gram Force Before Actuation gF

Actuation Distance mm
Microsoft Xbox One

0.57

110
Microsoft Xbox One Elite

0.64

100
Sony PlayStation 5

0.76

146
Logitech F310

1.37

155
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BEST • MS Xbox One ~ €55

1. USA

0.74 mm button actuation 106 gF
1.19 mm trigger axis act. 118 gF
0.17 mm stick axis act. 69 gF
0.53 % stick axis act. value jump

787 stick axis divisions
255 trigger axis divisions

Acceptable deadzones and precision. Compatibility and price makes it standard choice.
GOOD • MS Xbox One Elite ~ €150

2. USA

0.87 mm button actuation 142 gF
1.11 mm trigger axis act. 124 gF
0.17 mm stick axis act. 57 gF
0.90 % stick axis act. value jump

775 stick axis divisions
255 trigger axis divisions

Few more buttons, adjustable triggers, sliding rings on sticks. Precision is not better than XONE.
AVERAGE • Sony PlayStation 5 ~ €75

1. Japan

0.97 mm button actuation 115 gF
1.98 mm trigger axis act. 156 gF
0.14 mm stick axis act. 86 gF
0.79 % stick axis act. value jump

250 stick axis divisions
257 trigger axis divisions

Touch pad, sliding rings on sticks, predictable axis increments.
 
BAD • Logitech F310 ~ €26

4. Switzerland — USA

0.94 mm button actuation 120 gF
0.78 mm trigger axis act. 427 gF
2.17 mm stick axis act. 88 gF
6.37 % stick axis act. value jump

226 stick axis divisions
186 trigger axis divisions

Poor precision and quality.

 

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Precision and Quality Test Results

Joystick Potentiometers

Operating Life 2 000 000 cycles = ~278 - 417 hours of gaming (source).

ALPINE / ALPS (Japan) • RKJXV

2022 • XONE • ELITE • PS5

Operating Life (Cycles):
Directions: 2 000 000
Switch: 500 000

Favor Union (China) • FJN10K

2022 • LOGI

Operating Life (Cycles):
Directions: 1 000 000 - 2 000 000
Switch: 100 000

Actuation Distance ( Deadzone ) • Travel Distance • Gram Force

Measuring equipment resolution • Distance 0.01 mm • Gram force 0.2 gF

Gram forces, actuation and travel distances of all controllers are very inconsistent. For example, Logitech bumper button actuation is 0.35 mm (276.5 gF) and POV button actuation is 1.27 mm (135.2 gF). Such inconsistency has negative impact on intuitiveness and makes it hard to compare controllers, because values are all over the place.

Stick Axis Precision ( Divisions )

Numbers on image sides are samples of controller value jumps during push of the axis in 0.01 mm steps.

Stick axis full value range is from 0 to 65535. All controllers made different value jumps, when we pushed sticks in 0.01 mm steps.

XONE and ELITE tried to make very small value jumps, but their lines were not very straight. XONE controller jump values varied from 2 to 552 and, with average 82 jump size, controller had 787 average axis precision (divisions).
PS5 jumped in predictable 256 (↑←) and 260 (↓→) increments. With average 258 jump size, controller had 250 average axis precision (divisions).
LOGI was the worst and jumped not only in 256 increments, but often did 514 jumps too. With average 292 jump size, LOGI achieved only 226 average axis precision (divisions).

Larger number = More divisions = Better precision.

STICK AXIS VALUE JUMPS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Stick 1 Axis ↕ 766 784 246 233
Stick 1 Axis L ↔ 761 755 253 235
Stick 2 Axis R ↕ 829 796 247 236
Stick 2 Axis R ↔ 791 763 253 200
Average Axis Precision ( Divisions ) 787 775 250 226
Jump Size • MIN • MED • MAX 4 • 82 • 552 2 • 80 • 1491 255 • 258 • 261 256 • 292 • 2313

Trigger Axis Precision ( Divisions )

TRIGGER AXIS VALUE JUMPS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Trigger Axis L 255 255 257 189
Trigger Axis R 255 255 256 182
Average Axis Precision ( Divisions ) 255 255 257 186
Jump Size • MIN • MED • MAX 127 • 128 • 129 127 • 128 • 129 255 • 259 • 520 128 • 180 • 896

Actuation Distance ( Deadzone )

Actuation distance (deadzone) represents, how far you need to press button or axis for value to change. Good scissor switch keyboards have 1-1.2mm actuation distance and 45-50 gram force to hold natural weight of finger. It is better when buttons and axes behave the same and have the same actuation distances. It is not intuitive, when one of your buttons or axes has 0.35 and another 2.52 actuation distance, like with LOGI. Consistency represents average deviation (mm) from average actuation distance. If average actuation of all buttons is 1 mm, and one of the buttons actuates at 1.15 mm, deviation of that button is 0.15 mm.

Actuation value jump: Image on the left shows Logitech F310 Stick-1-⯆ axis (32767-65535) 2.17 mm actuation distance (deadzone) and actuation value jump 2056 points (6.3%).
ACTUATION DISTANCES (MM) • (0-0.5) • (0.5-1) • (1+) XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Stick Axis 0.17 0.17 0.14 2.52
Stick Axis Actuation Value Jump % 0.53 % 0.90 % 0.79 % 6.37 %
Trigger Axis 1.19 1.11 1.98 0.84
Action (ABXY or SXCT) Buttons 0.91 1.26 0.93 1.12
POV Buttons 0.76 0.84 1.06 1.30
Bumper Buttons 0.31 0.23 1.12 0.35
Stick Buttons 0.79 0.79 0.75 0.63
Average of Buttons 0.74 0.87 0.97 0.94
Consistency • Average Deviation of Buttons 0.15 0.33 0.11 0.31

Gram Forces

Gram Force • How hard you need to press button or axis to reach actuation. Good keyboards have 45-50 gram force to hold natural weight of fingers. Exception is stick buttons, because you need to avoid accidental press, while manipulating axes. If you need a lot of force to push buttons and axes, your fingers will hurt faster and more after longer gaming session. It is better when buttons and axes behave the same and have the same gram forces. It is not very intuitive, when one of your buttons or axes requires 88.2 and another 426.6 gram force to operate, like with LOGI. Consistency represents average deviation (gF) from average gram force.

GRAM FORCES (GF) • (50-100) • (100-150) • (150+) XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Stick Axis 69.4 57.1 86.1 88.2
Trigger Axis 117.7 124.1 155.8 426.6
Action (ABXY or SXCT) Buttons 85.8 88.9 129.8 111.6
POV Buttons 166.8 157.9 187.3 135.2
Bumper Buttons 222.2 170.8 132.8 276.5
Stick Buttons 853.5 761.2 652.8 884.4
Average (except Stick Buttons) 109.5 100.0 146.1 154.7
Consistency • Average Deviation (except Stick Buttons) 44.3 40.5 37.8 78.5

Axes and Buttons (value range)

MICROSOFT ELITE MICROSOFT XONE LOGITECH F310 SONY PS5
View B6 (0-1) Back B6 (0-1) Create B8 (0-1)
Menu B7 (0-1) Start B7 (0-1) Options B9 (0-1)
POV T P0 (-1 to 0)
POV R P0 (-1 to 9000)
POV B P0 (-1 to 18000)
POV L P0 (-1 to 27000)
Action A B0 (0-1) Action S B0 (0-1)
Action B B1 (0-1) Action X B1 (0-1)
Action X B2 (0-1) Action C B2 (0-1)
Action Y B3 (0-1) Action T B3 (0-1)
R1 Bumper L B4 (0-1)
R2 Bumper R B5 (0-1)
Trigger L A2 (32767-65408) B10 (0-1) L1 Trigger L A3 (0-65535) B6 (0-1)
Trigger R A2 (32767-128) B11 (0-1) L2 Trigger R A4 (0-65535) B7 (0-1)
Stick Button L B8 (0-1) Stick Button L B10 (0-1)
Stick Button R B9 (0-1) Stick Button R B11 (0-1)
Stick L Axis H A0 (0-32767-65535)
Stick L Axis V A1 (0-32767-65535)
Stick R Axis H A3 (0-32767-65535) Stick R Axis H A2(0-32767-65535)
Stick R Axis V A4 (0-32767-65535) Stick R Axis V A5(0-32767-65535)
P1 B12 (0-1) PS B12 (0-1)
P2 B13 (0-1) Touch Pad Button B13 (0-1)
P3 B14 (0-1) Mute B14 (0-1)
P4 B15 (0-1)

Detailed Graphs

Detailed Graphs

Graph bottom values • mm • axes and buttons measured by pushing them in 0.01 mm steps.
Graph left values • gf • gram-force resolution 0.2 gf.
Graph right values • values • axis or button values.

Stick Axis

STICK AXIS VALUE JUMPS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Stick 1 Axis ↕ 766 784 246 233
Stick 1 Axis L ↔ 761 755 253 235
Stick 2 Axis R ↕ 829 796 247 236
Stick 2 Axis R ↔ 791 763 253 200
Average Axis Precision ( Divisions ) 787 775 250 226
Jump Size • MIN • MED • MAX 4 • 82 • 552 2 • 80 • 1491 255 • 258 • 261 256 • 292 • 2313

Numbers on image sides are samples of controller value jumps during push of the axis in 0.01 mm steps.

Each graph line represents half range (32767-0) (128~0) or (32767-65535) (128~256).

Trigger Axis

Microsoft ELITE and XONE values jumps in average 128 increments (32767-65408 • 32767-128).
Sony PS5 values jumps in average 259 increments (0-65535).
LOGI F310 values jumps in average 180 increments (32767-65408 • 32767-128).

Value jumps during 0.01 mm steps are not equally distributed. Each graph line represents full range (0~256 • 0~32767).
TRIGGER AXIS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Gram force before actuation • gF 117.7 124.1 155.8 426.6
Actuation distance • mm 1.19 1.11 1.98 0.78
Travel distance • mm • 5 gF increments reached 8.18 8.20 8.69 4.79
Average Axis Precision ( Divisions ) 255 255 257 186
Value jumps • L • axis precision (divisions) 255 255 257 189
Value jumps • R • axis precision (divisions) 255 255 256 182
Jump sizes • MIN • MED • MAX 127 • 128 • 129 127 • 128 • 129 255 • 259 • 520 128 • 180 • 896

Action ( ABXY • SXCT ) Buttons

ACTION BUTTONS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Gram force before actuation • gF 85.8 88.9 129.8 111.6
Actuation distance • mm 0.91 1.26 0.93 1.08
Travel distance • mm • 150 gF reached 1.06 1.40 1.11 1.19

POV Buttons

POV BUTTONS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Gram force before actuation • gF 166.8 157.9 187.3 135.2
Actuation distance • mm 0.76 0.84 1.06 1.27
Travel distance • mm • 150 gF reached 0.79 0.89 1.11 1.37

Bumper Buttons

BUMPER BUTTONS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Gram force before actuation • gF 222.2 170.8 132.8 276.5
Actuation distance • mm 0.31 0.23 1.12 0.35
Travel distance • mm • 150 gF reached 0.32 0.29 1.25 1.35

Stick Buttons

STICK BUTTONS XONE ELITE PS5 LOGI
Gram force before actuation • gF 853.5 761.2 652.8 884.4
Actuation distance • mm 0.79 0.79 0.75 0.61
Travel distance • mm 0.79 0.79 0.75 0.61

Tested Controllers

List of Tested Controllers
Microsoft Xbox One Controller

Microsoft Xbox One1

2022-01Microsoft • XBOX One For Widows Controller€55

Force Feedback (4):

1 rumble motor big (LB), 1 rumble motor medium (RB), 2 small impulse triggers (LT, RT)

Connectivity:

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
USB-C

Axes (5):

LS = Left Stick = Axis 0 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 1 (V 0-32767-65535)
RS = Right Stick = Axis 3 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 4 (V 0-32767-65535)

LT = Left Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-65535) = Button 10
RT = Right Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-0) = Button 11

D-Pad Button (1):

D-Pad / POV (Point of View) = Top (0), Right (9000), Bottom (18000), Right (27000)

Buttons (10):

A = Button 0
B = Button 1
X = Button 2
Y = Button 3

LB = Left Bumper = Button 4
RB = Right Bumper = Button 5

View = Button 6
Menu = Button 7

Left Stick Button = Button 8
Right Stick Button = Button 9

Microsoft Xbox One Elite Controller

Microsoft Xbox One Elite2

2022-01Microsoft • XBOX One Elite Controller€150

Force Feedback (4):

1 rumble motor big (LB), 1 rumble motor medium (RB), 2 small impulse triggers (LT, RT)

Connectivity:

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
USB-C

Axes (5):

LSB = Left Stick Button = Axis 0 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 1 (V 0-32767-65535)
RSB = Right Stick Button = Axis 3 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 4 (V 0-32767-65535)

LT = Left Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-65535) = Button 10
RT = Right Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-0) = Button 11

D-Pad Button (1):

D-Pad / POV (Point of View) = Top (0), Right (9000), Bottom (18000), Right (27000)

Buttons (14):

A = Button 0
B = Button 1
X = Button 2
Y = Button 3

LB = Left Bumper = Button 4
RB = Right Bumper = Button 5

View = Button 6
Menu = Button 7

Left Stick = Button 8
Right Stick = Button 9

P1 Paddle 1 = Button 12
P2 Paddle 2 = Button 13
P3 Paddle 3 = Button 14
P4 Paddle 4 = Button 15

Sony PlayStation 5 Controller

Sony Playstation 53

202-01Sony • Playstation 5 Controller€75

Force Feedback (4):

2 big actuators (LB, RB), 2 small adaptive triggers (LT, RT)

Features:

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
USB-C
Motion Sensor
Touchpad

Axes (5):

LS = Left Stick = Axis 0 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 1 (V 0-32767-65535)
RS = Right Stick = Axis 2 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 5 (V 0-32767-65535)

LT = Left Trigger = Axis 3 (0-65535) = Button 6
RT = Right Trigger = Axis 4 (0-65535) = Button 7

D-Pad Button (1):

D-Pad / POV (Point of View) = Top (0), Right (9000), Bottom (18000), Right (27000)

Buttons (13):

S = Button 0
X = Button 1
C = Button 2
T = Button 3

LB = Left Bumper = Button 4
RB = Right Bumper = Button 5

Share = Button 8
Options = Button 9

Left Stick Button = Button 10
Right Stick Button = Button 11

PS Button = Button 12
Touch Pad Button = Button 13
Mute Button = Button 14

Logitech F310 Controller

Logitech F3104

2022-01Logitech • F310€26

Force Feedback (0):

No

Connectivity:

USB-A

Axes (5):

LS = Left Stick = Axis 0 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 1 (V 0-32767-65535)
RS = Right Stick = Axis 3 (H 0-32767-65535) = Axis 4 (V 0-32767-65535)

LT = Left Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-65535) = Button 10
RT = Right Trigger = Axis 2 (32767-0) = Button 11

D-Pad Button (1):

D-Pad / POV (Point of View) = Top (0), Right (9000), Bottom (18000), Right (27000)

Buttons (10):

A = Button 0
B = Button 1
X = Button 2
Y = Button 3

LB = Left Bumper = Button 4
RB = Right Bumper = Button 5

Back = Button 6
Start = Button 7

Left Stick Button = Button 8
Right Stick Button = Button 9