[SOLVED] 2MBPS Internet Speed Max

[gwalters0226]

I just finished building my computer today. I installed all drivers off MOBO website, AMD Drivers for GPU and CPU. Fresh install of windows as well.

When I run a speed test for the internet, I get a my full 18mbps. But when downloading games to the computer, it maxes out at 2MBPS. My X73 cooler also shows it maxing at 2MBPS. At first I was using an ASUS Wifi USB Adapter and thought it was just a connection issue. I moved the tower next to the modem and plugged it in using an Ethernet Cable to the back. That did not fix it. I am still only getting 2MBPS max.

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700x
MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
GPU: XFX 580GTS Black Edition
Ram: 32 Gigs G.Skill 3600
Storage: WD 1TB NVME
AIO: X73 Kraken
Windows 10 Pro


I have tried uninstalling the MSI Lan Drivers and Reinstalling. I made sure metered network data was off as well as set the limits to unlimited. Nothing has work thus far. I have tried following some other forum post using the command prompt and "netsh" commands and nothing.

 

[DSzymborski]

Let's get some screenshots of your speedtest and your method you're using to get download speed.

It's hard to say much because your units aren't clear; megabits per seconds is Mbps and megabytes per second is MBps. This is important because they're very different things (there are eight bits in a byte) and speed tests for internet connection tend to give megabits per second (Mbps) while things that gauge actual speed of physical downloads of software tend to use megabytes per second (MBps).

 

[gwalters0226]

Let's get some screenshots of your speedtest and your method you're using to get download speed.

It's hard to say much because your units aren't clear; megabits per seconds is Mbps and megabytes per second is MBps. This is important because they're very different things (there are eight bits in a byte) and speed tests for internet connection tend to give megabits per second (Mbps) while things that gauge actual speed of physical downloads of software tend to use megabytes per second (MBps).

How would you like me to run the speed test and/or pull the information for you?

 

[gwalters0226]

https://snipboard.io/7KXIDG.jpg
https://snipboard.io/EzhyGm.jpg
https://snipboard.io/5PS2s1.jpg

 

[DSzymborski]

OK, nothing's wrong then. With a 15 megabit per second (Mbps) connection, your theoretical maximum download speed is 1.88 megabytes per second (MBps). At 18 megabits per second (Mbps), your theoretical maximum download speed is 2.25 megabytes per second (MBps). Your downloads are being given in megabytes per second (MBps) and are right around 2 megabytes per second (MBps) in both of your download images.

This is precisely the download speed you should expect on a 15-18 megabit per second connection.

 

[gwalters0226]

The problem is I can get faster downloads speeds on my Xbox One when wired in. I routinely average speeds on the DL 10MBps

 

[DSzymborski]

The problem is I can get faster downloads speeds on my Xbox One when wired in. I routinely average speeds on the DL 10MBps

Screenshot? I don't have an Xbox to test, but from a simple google search of Xbox download speeds, it's giving download speeds as megabits or kilobits per second, not megabytes or kilobytes per second.

https://www.google.com/search?q=xbo...Dg&bih=1038&biw=2048&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS810US810

Again, precision is extremely important here. If your connection is actually only an 18 megabits per second connection, it's a mathematical impossibility to download things at 10 megabytes per second.