Download speeds does not match up to my internet speed.

[neuraxic]

Hello!

I have a 500 mbit connection (As proven below) And when i am downloading things elsewhere than steam i get a constant 50-60 MB/s download, but when i am downloading games here from steam. I start at 55 MB/s but then it gets dropped to 12 MB/s after the first 12 seconds and it stays like this for the whole download.

I have tried to clear download cache, and changed download servers, but nothing seems to work. You guys have any suggestions? I would really appreciate the help

Download speed:
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8428924776.png

Thanks!

[REZ₪NIK]

In steam settings you can choose to display your download speed in MB/s or Mb/s. It's probably set on MB/s as is default I think, maybe that's the issue

[neuraxic]

Originally posted by REZ₪NIK:

In steam settings you can choose to display your download speed in MB/s or Mb/s. It's probably set on MB/s as is default I think, maybe that's the issue

I have it on MB/s (MegaBytes) so i know what it donwloads at, also i switched over to bits its showing 100, so not 500 what my internet is rated at

Also does not make sense what you wrote, But thanks for replying I am asking for: Why doesnt it use all my bandwith

[The Giving One]

How many different regions did you try, and did you also try some very , very far away from you ?

What game are you downloading ? Games like ARK and Payday 2 seem to take longer and be more intensive to download and uncompress to be written to your system.

[neuraxic]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

How many different regions did you try, and did you also try some very , very far away from you ?

What game are you downloading ? Games like ARK and Payday 2 seem to take longer and be more intensive to download and uncompress to be written to your system.

5-6 Tried some servers in Russia, one in USA etc. And i am based in Norway. Happens to all games, my write speed is at 60 MB/s aswell so that shouldn't be a bottleneck. Been downloading, Cs, PUBG, Subnautica, Golf it, etc Some VR Games aswell

[The Giving One]

How exactly are you connected to the internet and what hardware are you using in that connection ?

Boot the PC into safe mode with networking, log into Steam, set your region back to the one you normally use and test the downloads again.

If you see any improvement, start with this :

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

If you are using a wireless connection, bypass that for now and go on ethernet. Never try to troubleshot download issues on Steam over a wireless connection. You might be ok connecting to the rest of the internet, but that does not necessarily mean you are ok connecting to the Steam network.

Slow Downloads and Connection to Content Servers

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

Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom and read that page, please, and anything linked in blue also.

[MancSoulja]

60MB\s is 460Mbps. I don't see an issue.

[neuraxic]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

How exactly are you connected to the internet and what hardware are you using in that connection ?

Boot the PC into safe mode with networking, log into Steam, set your region back to the one you normally use and test the downloads again.

If you see any improvement, start with this :

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

If you are using a wireless connection, bypass that for now and go on ethernet. Never try to troubleshot download issues on Steam over a wireless connection. You might be ok connecting to the rest of the internet, but that does not necessarily mean you are ok connecting to the Steam network.

Slow Downloads and Connection to Content Servers

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

Make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom and read that page, please, and anything linked in blue also.

Thanks for the help, but i managed to fix it myself. Changed DNS servers and it solved itself. I have always had a wired connection, so no bottleneck there. After DNS change i have a constant 40-55 down.

[Mu The Guardian]

Originally posted by Ｓｉｎｆｕｌｌ:

Thanks for the help, but i managed to fix it myself. Changed DNS servers and it solved itself. I have always had a wired connection, so no bottleneck there. After DNS change i have a constant 40-55 down.

May I ask you what DNS servers did you use? Thanks!

[Bobby]

hallo

[RocketFish]

There is a Win 10 & 11 bug that limits download and upload. This is what worked for me. I spent hours researching what to do, and just copy and paste this in command prompt one line at a time, and it WILL fix it if you had the same windows bug that I had. (You might have to enter it again after a couple updates. Apparently windows still doesn’t realize it yet…)
NETWORK FIX Win 10 & 11
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew and press Enter. (This will stall for a moment.)
netsh int ip reset and press Enter. (Don't restart yet.)
netsh winsock reset
netsh interface tcp show global
netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=normal

[Bill]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.