DNSBench by GRC is a terrific tool to use to determine the best DNS servers for your specific location that can be downloaded here: https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
While it was last updated in 2010, it provides quite good data and functions fine on Windows. Quoted on the main page which is implicitly true of most things: “You can’t optimize it until you can measure it” – well here’s the tool you can use to measure it, screenshot below:
Below are globally available DNS servers you might try out and see what works best for you:
OpenDNS (Cisco)
208.67.220.123
208.67.220.220
208.67.220.222
208.67.222.123
208.67.222.220
208.67.222.123
Google
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
NTT
129.250.35.250
129.250.35.251
Dyn (DynDns/Dynect)
216.146.35.35
216.146.36.36
Level3
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6
Verisign
64.6.64.6
64.6.65.6
MegaPath
64.81.45.2
64.81.79.2
64.81.127.2
64.81.159.2
64.92.64.2
64.92.159.2
64.92.224.2
64.93.87.2
UltraDNS
156.154.70.1
156.154.70.22
156.154.70.25
156.154.71.1
156.154.71.22
156.154.71.25
198.153.192.1
198.153.194.1
Sprint
199.2.252.10
204.97.212.10
204.117.214.10
2014.194.232.200
204.194.234.200
In windows you can determine your DHCP server by opening a command prompt and typing “ipconfig /all“; After changing DNS servers on your router you may need to type “ipconfig /renew” or if that does not populate the newly configured servers, type “ipconfig /release” and then “ipconfig /renew”.