Fastest C# Code to Download a Web Page

Question

Given a URL, what would be the most efficient code to download the contents of that web page? I am only considering the HTML, not associated images, JS and CSS.

Answer 1

WebClient.DownloadString

public static void DownloadString (string address)
{
    WebClient client = new WebClient ();
    string reply = client.DownloadString (address);

    Console.WriteLine (reply);
}