Why is Steam so slow.

[BigBoodyCass]

Let me preface this with one detail: I do not really use the online for gaming.
I am referring only to the downloads.

PC Specs:
GIGABYTE GA-970-Gaming Motherboard
32GB G-Skil Ripjaw RAM (total)
GTX 970 Video Card
AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 8-Core 4.0 GHz


I have run several tests. Every single one of them shows my internet speeds at anywhere between 71-74 MBPS
Recently I bought a game on the Microsoft Marketplace on my pc. Killer Instinct Definitive
It is 33.02 GB. My computer downloaded it in about 20minutes.

Currently I am trying to download Vanquish to my PC.
Also, this is not the only game that has had that issue, so thats out the window.
But Vanquish is only 16.2 GB, yet my computer has been at this for an hour already, and its only got 2.5 GB downloaded.

This has been a problem for a very long time now. I used to think it was my internet, or my computer. I used to have a pretty bad pc, and crappy internet.

Why is Steam so slow?
I even fiddled around with the settings, and it will still not downloadanything faster than 2 MBPS
I have done literally everything I can to make it go faster, and nothing changes.
I even went to far as to completely disable my anti-virus and turned off Windows Firewall completely.
It is almost as if Steam is intentionally throttling their downloads just because.

[BigBoodyCass]

I forgot to mention, Killer Instinct downloaded at 45 MBPS for most of its download time.

[IX]

Hey at least be happy that you don't download at the speed of "KB" like us

[Forcen]

This might be the classic "mbps" mistake, it could mean two things. Megabyte per second OR megabit per second. They are different things.
1 mbit/s = 0.125 mbyte/s
1 mbyte/s = 8 mbit/s

Steam by default uses mbyte/s, Windows store uses mbit/s so that killer instinct download was actually 5.625 mbyte/s which is just a bit faster than steam.

This site tests your download speed in mbit/s https://fast.com/

So it might not be as slow as you thought, what does the PEAK speed in the download screen in steam say?

More info: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9498-WPDF-3220&l=

[BigBoodyCass]

Messaggio originale di Forcen:

This might be the classic "mbps" mistake, it could mean two things. Megabyte per second OR megabit per second. They are different things.
1 mbit/s = 0.125 mbyte/s
1 mbyte/s = 8 mbit/s

Steam by default uses mbyte/s, Windows store uses mbit/s so that killer instinct download was actually 5.625 mbyte/s which is just a bit faster than steam.

This site tests your download speed in mbit/s https://fast.com/

So it might not be as slow as you thought, what does the PEAK speed in the download screen in steam say?

More info: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9498-WPDF-3220&l=

it says 5.7 MB/s peak.

Again, since you missed it.
Killer Instinct, 33.02 GB game, at about 35-40 MB/s steady download speed. Took under half an hour.
Vanquish, 16.2 GB game, 2.1 MB/s steady download. Been over an hour now, and its only downloaded 5.3 GB of the game.

So clearly something is just up with Steam, and has been for years.

[BigBoodyCass]

Messaggio originale di POTATOEMPN:

Messaggio originale di Forcen:

This might be the classic "mbps" mistake, it could mean two things. Megabyte per second OR megabit per second. They are different things.
1 mbit/s = 0.125 mbyte/s
1 mbyte/s = 8 mbit/s

Steam by default uses mbyte/s, Windows store uses mbit/s so that killer instinct download was actually 5.625 mbyte/s which is just a bit faster than steam.

This site tests your download speed in mbit/s https://fast.com/

So it might not be as slow as you thought, what does the PEAK speed in the download screen in steam say?

More info: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9498-WPDF-3220&l=

it says 5.7 MB/s peak.

Again, since you missed it.
Killer Instinct, 33.02 GB game, at about 35-40 MB/s steady download speed. Took under half an hour.
Vanquish, 16.2 GB game, 2.1 MB/s steady download. Been over an hour now, and its only downloaded 5.3 GB of the game.

So clearly something is just up with Steam, and has been for years.

Also, I just followed the link to the speed test, and it also said 72 MBPS

[Moderate my posterior.]

speed test is mbps, steam speed is MBps. So you got 45.6 mbps. 2.1 MBps is 16.8 so yeah seems like you aren't getting full speeds.

However I routinely get 15.7 MBps which is 125.6 mbps.

The most common cause of slow speeds on steam is your isp throttling certain traffic. That way even if your speed test shows right you still arent getting the full amount on certain download services.

[BigBoodyCass]

Messaggio originale di Socialist Butterfly:

speed test is mbps, steam speed is MBps. So you got 45.6 mbps. 2.1 MBps is 16.8 so yeah seems like you aren't getting full speeds.

However I routinely get 15.7 MBps which is 125.6 mbps.

The most common cause of slow speeds on steam is your isp throttling certain traffic. That way even if your speed test shows right you still arent getting the full amount on certain download services.

I was just talking with a friend of mine about that.
It is a disctinct possibility. I used to think it was something on my end, but after downloaded that other game, this i just plain silly.

[Moderate my posterior.]

Are you using wifi? Thats the other speed killer that CAN affect you locally, or other devices/services being run simultaneously (netflix and youtube hog bandwidth as well, especially if multiple people in the household are running them at the same time)

[klatz]

try going to task manager and ending tasks that are running in the background of your pc
i tried it and it made my steam work faster, i think the task is called like steam client helper or something, there were 2 for me, it may vary for you.