Task.Wait(1/60) slower than Task.Wait()

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#1

I would like to know why the Task.Wait duration ends up being different than the value being given

I was trying an idea that involved a looped script throttling itself when I noticed that it never reached above 45 times a second even though the duration value should be at or near 60hz at times

To confirm my suspicions I tested a few simple loops in both client and server scripts with

Task.Wait(1/60)
Task.Wait(0.0166)
Task.Wait(1/62)
Task.Wait(1/70)
Task.Wait()
game:GetService(“RunService”).Heartbeat:Connect(function())

all of which had a variable add to itself to count the amount of times its been looped per second every several seconds in a separate thread.

The result is Task.Wait(1/60) and Task.Wait(0.0166) ended up averaging about 40 times a second, Task.Wait(1/62) averaged 50 times a second, while all of the others averaged 60 times a second which is the the result I expected from all of them. I checked google and the devforum but couldnt anything mentioning something similar.

#2

idk what you are saying, but task.wait() waits approximately 0.003 seconds

#3

when roblox says a game runs at 60 FPS (or 60 Hz or 1/60s) it is an approximate number, sometimes it is significantly less. then task.wait(1/60) will take an extra step to return in some cases. it is as simple as that.
If you want to do something at every step just use task.wait() or RunService.