Download speed capped at 10 Mbps

[Eckee]

I have download speed capped at 10 Mbps. I have 91 Mbps on speedtest.
I restarted my PC and it went up to +80 Mbps stable but after a while I noticed that it went back to 10 Mbps.

Never seen that happened before.

[Spawn of Totoro]

First, ensure that SpeedTest and Steam are displaying the same speed measurements. This tends to be the most common issues.

These are assuming defaults:
SpeedTest and ISPs show speeds in Mbps (Megabits per a second)
Steam shows speeds in MBps (Megabytes per a second)

8 Mb = 1 MB

So 91 Mb on speed test should show as about 11 MB on Steam. That is really close to the max speed and with in a reasonable difference.


I don't know about Speedtest, but on Steam:

Steam > Settings > Downloads

Ensure that "Display download rates in bits per a second" is toggled to (blue).

[Eckee]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

First, ensure that SpeedTest and Steam are displaying the same speed measurements. This tends to be the most common issues.

These are assuming defaults:
SpeedTest and ISPs show speeds in Mbps (Megabits per a second)
Steam shows speeds in MBps (Megabytes per a second)

8 Mb = 1 MB

So 91 Mb on speed test should show as about 11 MB on Steam. That is really close to the max speed and with in a reasonable difference.


I don't know about Speedtest, but on Steam:

Steam > Settings > Downloads

Ensure that "Display download rates in bits per a second" is toggled to (blue).

both are in Mbps as I wrote.

[Iceira]

Look like wite behind cache, ( work as intended ) read other post how to stop it so network transfer dont get over buffed.

[Eckee]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Look like wite behind cache, ( work as intended ) read other post how to stop it so network transfer dont get over buffed.

What other post?

[pierchagax]

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[Satoru]

Steam can obliterate 1gbps connections

Your steam downloads are limited by

1) your cpu
2) your disk IO
3) your anti-virus
4) your ISP

pick one

[Eckee]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Steam can obliterate 1gbps connections

Your steam downloads are limited by

1) your cpu
2) your disk IO
3) your anti-virus
4) your ISP

pick one

I had been getting 80+ Mbps and I haven't changed anything. Steam decided to throttle down randomly.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Eckee:

Originally posted by Satoru:

Steam can obliterate 1gbps connections

Your steam downloads are limited by

1) your cpu
2) your disk IO
3) your anti-virus
4) your ISP

pick one

I had been getting 80+ Mbps and I haven't changed anything. Steam decided to throttle down randomly.

Steam doesn't throttle on their end.

DL speeds... 

Community Created Artwork for Steam Artwork

By: cSg|mc-Hotsauce

...for me today.

It could be any number of issues from the servers, routing, ISP throttling or IPv6 issues.

[Eckee]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Eckee:

I had been getting 80+ Mbps and I haven't changed anything. Steam decided to throttle down randomly.

Steam doesn't throttle on their end.

DL speeds... 

Community Created Artwork for Steam Artwork

By: cSg|mc-Hotsauce

...for me today.

It could be any number of issues from the servers, routing, ISP throttling or IPv6 issues.

:winterbunny2023:

I don't understand. Everything was fine. I didn't do anything, nothing has changed. It downloaded 85% of the game with the max speed then Steam decided to limit download speed to 10 Mbps. I checked other apps like Ubisoft and Xbox and they are fine.

I don't know what to do since I literally didn't do anything.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Eckee:

I had been getting 80+ Mbps and I haven't changed anything. Steam decided to throttle down randomly.

I downloaded Helldivers 2 from France to the east coast of the USA at 400mbps

Steam isn't throttling anything. Its on your end

[Eckee]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Originally posted by Eckee:

I had been getting 80+ Mbps and I haven't changed anything. Steam decided to throttle down randomly.

I downloaded Helldivers 2 from France to the east coast of the USA at 400mbps

Steam isn't throttling anything. Its on your end

MY Steam is broken then.

[Eckee]

I'd really appreciate any help other than "iT wOrkS On mY eND"

[Eckee]

I changed a few more download regions and found one I'm getting full speed from.

It wasn't on my end after all. It was an issue with a few of Steam's servers.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by Eckee:

I changed a few more download regions and found one I'm getting full speed from.

It wasn't on my end after all. It was an issue with a few of Steam's servers.

Note to this actually more on your ISP end where it routes poorly depending on your destination. Steam doesn’t throttle based on location. If it did I wouldn’t get 400mbps from France to the USA

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Eckee:

I changed a few more download regions and found one I'm getting full speed from.

It wasn't on my end after all. It was an issue with a few of Steam's servers.

I mentioned routing.

Now to determine if it was Valve's routing or the ISPs.