Internet speeds differ with the machine I am using.

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My internet speeds are too slow on my PC. However, if I am using my Apple Macbook Air, they are what they should be. Here is a result of speedtest on my Macbook Air:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5621073754

Here is the speedtest on my PC:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5621149716

The reason I am writing this post is also because it gives me trouble in gaming. In Blizzard's Overwatch, my round-trip time spikes very often, though ping remains relatively the same. I play Overwatch on my PC. I have zero problems with RTT, ping, and internet speed in general on any other device I have.

 
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how far is your PC from the router? 5GHz works best when the device is in the same room as the router. 5GHz does not penetrate walls as well as 2.4GHz and does not have as much range, though it allows for faster speeds. If it is possible, try setting the router to only send a 2.4.GHz signal.
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lol. throw away all your mac devices, start with everything wireless, then you can game. mac software is designed to hog internet and make everything else wait for their royal higheness service to finish what they are doing such as uploading all your activity of everything to apple cloud service 24/7/365.
apple and gaming = worst computer in the world. might as well put windows 10 on everything and you can make your internet and computer device exerpience the worst it can get for 2016
 
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I don't game on my Macbook. This laptop was provided by my workplace. I game on a high-end 4,000$ rig, but the speeds on my PC are more than three times slower than on my Macbook. Can it be a hardware problem?
 
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You'll have to access your router's login page through your browser. Type "ipconfig" in command prompt to see what your IP address is, the router's !P should be that but instead with .1 at the end. So if your computer's ip is 192.168.1.15, then the router's IP is 192.168.1.1. Put the router's ip into your browser's address bar. This should bring you to the login page. If you didn't set a password yet, which is recommended, then you'll have to lookup the default password for your router.
 
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Okay, thanks, I will do that! Here is a quick update: I have two wifi's in my house. I changed both of their names, which caused all computers to get disconnected. One wifi is on 2.4 gHz, the other one on 5 gHz. Then, I connected my main PC to the 5 gHz wifi. To my surprise, this is the speedtest result:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5621194244

The only two devices I have connected to the two wifi's I have, which are coming from the same router, are my PC and Macbook. Macbook is connected to the 2.4 gHz wifi. No speed loss. I'll do what you said now.
 
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Actually, I have already looked there. I have Xfinity router. As dumb as it may sound, I don't think I can disable QoS in there.
 
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how far is your PC from the router? 5GHz works best when the device is in the same room as the router. 5GHz does not penetrate walls as well as 2.4GHz and does not have as much range, though it allows for faster speeds. If it is possible, try setting the router to only send a 2.4.GHz signal.
 
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