One PC is 1.5 gbps and others are far slower

[Manji022]

Hi guys! I would really appreciate some help on this one. I have 1 500mbps connection through WoW. I have 3 computers. One is a server for minecraft, one is my main and one belongs to my wife. The server pc shows 1.5 Gbps on the high end and 500mbps on the low end with 8/10 tests on fast.com showing 1.5 Gbps.

My PC hits 120Mbps 10/10 times. (I feel it is being limited on the system itself since the read is so exact every time?)

My wife is getting terrible (by contrast) speeds of 30-50 Mbps spread all over between tests.

I am really not sure what could be causing this but here is the set up:
Modem: Arris Touchstone MODEL: DG3270A
Router: NONE
Cat 5e for all connections.

Server PC:
AMD FX 6300
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
Lan Driver: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2
OS: Windows 10
NO GPU

My PC:
Ryzen 5 1600x
Asus ROG Strix B350f
Lan Driver: Intel I211
OS: Windows 10
Gtx 1080ti

Wife's PC:
I5 4460
Lenovo 10181
Lan Driver: Realtex PCIe GBE Family Controller
Windows 10
RX 480

What I have tried:
Reset Modem
Swapped Wires
Called ISP
Reset Adapters
Reinstalled Adapters
netsh winsock reset
ipconfig /flushdns
Swapping Modem Ports
LOTS of google searches
turning it off and back on again
sacrificing a goat

Just can NOT figure this one out!

Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated. I will try a complete reinstall of windows if need be. Oh, it is worth noting that my wife has NEVER been able to get more than 100ish but I was able to hit 500+ no problem before, not sure what is different.

Thanks!

 

[jsmithepa]

I have no idea about your disparate readings.

I only know (1)No way u gonna get more throughput than what ur paying. ISP if anything don't make this kind of mistake. (2)Todays home equipment tops out 1 gig, you have to consciously purchase high performance equipment to break that 1 gig barrier and since you are asking I wager no.

The only suggestion I have is, always use the Mobo's vendor W10-specific LAN driver, NOT Microsoft.

 

[Manji022]

I have no idea about your disparate readings.

I only know (1)No way u gonna get more throughput than what ur paying. ISP if anything don't make this kind of mistake. (2)Todays home equipment tops out 1 gig, you have to consciously purchase high performance equipment to break that 1 gig barrier and since you are asking I wager no.

The only suggestion I have is, always use the Mobo's vendor W10-specific LAN driver, NOT Microsoft.

Yeah that 1.5Gbps result is pretty suspect. I just ran the Ookla test on that PC and its 517-530 over 4 tests. The Asus drivers download abut doi nothing at all when I run the .exe. I have not tried the Lenovo drivers for my wife yet, I suppose I could try to track down the relevant info on that, just hate the Lenovo, Dell, HP stuff lol.

 

[jsmithepa]

If you have older equipment, those boxes NIC maybe had never been updated for W10. This is very important, you cannot use a W7,8,XP driver for W10. W10 is a major rewrite, I really mean it when I say MUST USE, W10-specific, like labeled, even certified for W10, and coming from your Mobo vendor is best, because they KNOW about the NIC they sold you, and if they have a W10-specific driver it means they took the trouble of re-writing it, and not just "throw" you something "compatible" something that may (or may not) work.

 

[Manji022]

If you have older equipment, those boxes NIC maybe had never updated for W10. This is very important, you cannot use a W7,8,XP driver for W10. W10 is a major rewrite, I really mean it when I say MUST USE, W10-specific, like labeled, even certified for W10, and coming from your Mobo vendor is best, because they KNOW about the NIC they sold you, and if they have a W10-specific driver it means they took the trouble of re-writing it, and not just "throw" you something "compatible" something that may (or may not) work.

I know. My mainboard is a Ryzen board, AM4 so no worries there. I just found out what was wrong with the wife's PC. She had hers plugged into an ethernet switch. I didnt realize she did that, so hers is now hitting 500+ plugged directly into the modem. Looking for a place to get the driver for mine since the Asus provided one will not do anything. Windows asks if it is ok to install, I say yes, whole thing stops right there.

 

[Manji022]

If I run the Asus Installer as a .bat a cmd window show up for less than a secon, doing it repeatedly I can see an error, unable to locate registry entry

 

[bill001g]

If you are having issue with the drivers from asus download the ethernet driver directly from intel.

 

[Manji022]

If you are having issue with the drivers from asus download the ethernet driver directly from intel.

Yeah I did that too. That installed fine but did not fix the issue. That registry entry error that was popping up has me thinking I need to reinstall windows. Streaming schedule wont allow it for today though, perhaps later tonight.