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title: "Results output | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "All the ways you can look at k6 results. While the test runs, after the test runs, on an external platform, as summary statistics."
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# Results output

k6 emits [metrics](/docs/k6/latest/using-k6/metrics/) with timestamps at every point of the test. You can output the metric results as either **aggregated statistics** or **individual data points**.

- For a top-level test overview, use the [end-of-test summary](/docs/k6/latest/results-output/end-of-test/).
- For granular output of all metrics (with timestamps), you [stream metrics in real time](/docs/k6/latest/results-output/real-time/).

If you stream your metrics, you can either write them to a file, like JSON, or stream them to a service, like InfluxDB.

## Read more

- [End of test summary](/docs/k6/latest/results-output/end-of-test/)
- [Real time results](/docs/k6/latest/results-output/real-time/)
- [Web dashboard](/docs/k6/latest/results-output/web-dashboard/)
- [Ways to visualize k6 results](https://k6.io/blog/ways-to-visualize-k6-results/)
- [Build an output extension](/docs/k6/latest/extensions/create/output-extensions/)
- [k6 data collection pipeline](/blog/2023/08/10/understanding-grafana-k6-a-simple-guide-to-the-load-testing-tool/)