Slow PC internet speeds

johnandcindy

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Sep 20, 2016
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Similar to BajungDustin from August 24th 2014 in his thread (not sure how to link his so i have put all his thread below, I have the same sort of problem but unlike him, I do not have an AMD processor but Intel so there is no Speedstreaming program running. It sounds so similar that it must be a Windows 10 thing since this only started happening when lots of downloads automatically happened.
Here was his problem:
My main computer has not been maintaining full internet speeds while my phone and tablet are?

I pay for 30/5 internet and my down lately has been super slow on my PC. hitting as low as 0.4Mbps up to 34Mbps... over the last few weeks its been hovering around the 4 to 17 range.
I monitored it closely one night for 4 hours and This Was The Result.
So after contacting my ISP and they came out we realized that this was my problem and not theirs. more specifically... it was my single PC getting low speeds. NOTHING ELSE.

My phone pulls 34Mbps consistently through the WiFi on the same network.
My laptop pulls 34Mbps Hooked up to the modem and via WiFi
My Tablet pulls 30Mbps through WiFi
My computer pulls crap from the router or hooked up to the modem.

I have installed the most up-to-date drivers for my NIC and the ones that came with the mobo disc and still crap.

I have uninstalled it and reinstalled the NIC and nothing
I just reinstalled windows yesterday and still nothing
i bought a wireless USB adapter and STILL pulling around 10Mbps right now.
and yes i tested this with ONLY the computer connected and no devices.
I have checked all my cables and ruled out any damaged cables (even though since the WiFi is working for everything else i know my problem is not in my router or modem.)

the problem exists on my computer alone regardless of connection type or path and is pulling crappy numbers from a network that is putting out great numbers... so the problem has to be internal on my computer....... but what???

OS:-----------Windows 7 Ultimate x64
MoBo: --------ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M
Processor:----AMD A8-5600K APU Radeon HD 7560D
Graphics 2:---AMD Radeon HD 7850
Mem:----------Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8)
BIOS:---------American Microtrends vp2.10 3/14/2013
NIC:----------Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Router:-------Linksys WRT160Nv3
Modem:--------ARRIS CM820

OMG... i just solved this on my own.

I was looking under my installed programs since this was a fresh install and i noticed something that i had never seen before called AMD Quick Stream which i assume came from my AMD all in one Driver. I went to programs and opened it up and turns out it seems like this program regulates internet flow to programs based on demand and need. You can have it allocate bandwidth and even reserve bandwidt for certain programs and it increases these bandwidths based on how much its using..

this explains everything.. it explains why ONLY my computer was getting crappy tests but everything elses was fine. it also explains why my speed tests slowly got faster and faster every time i tested because it was allowing chrome to use more internet every time i tested the speed because it was hitting the current limit. It also explains why the speed would slowly go up EVEN WHILE the test was happening.

i uninstalled this... reset the computer.. and BOOM... 34Mbps
 
Is all that info not form your issue?

If it's not, you need to list YOUR details not someone else's.

If you have a single computer with the issue and the rest are fine, and it happened right when there were a lot of updates coming through, wait a day or two, then check speeds.
 

johnandcindy

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Sep 20, 2016
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I was asked to post this mans problem as no one knew what Bangjungdustins problem was all about. I'll try again . Sorry new to this, just want my problem answered by someone. Still very slow. Waiting a few days has made no difference.