This is the current speed test for my network, but when I log onto my pc and download something it seems to only output a speed of max 5 mb/s
Any tips?
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Some websites or application limit download speeds from thier servers. Also make sure you dont have the download speeds capped in the applications settings, alot have this option such as steam or edge.
Its showing megabits and not megabytes. There’s a difference
Check whatever storage you use in pc, maybe its too slow and cant handle such speeds.
What connection do you have where your download is lower than the upload?
I’ve seen Cable Services do insane things like 1gbps down and 200mbps up but this is bizarre to see 200 down with 500up.
That being said, where are you downloading from? Plenty of servers might just limit you to the cap of 40mbps that you’re seeing on actual downloads just to save their upload costs.
Have you updated your drivers?
Need more info. Have you tried downloading only from this pc or from different devices on your home network? By default, speedtest selects the closest server. This means that if you download from a server that is far away, the speed may be very different.
Are you using WiFi or are you wired to the router? What site are you downloading from? Are you using a VPN or other anonymizer?
Something is going on here. Your download will hardly ever be half your upload speed, I would say there is an issue with your modem/router and you need to contact your ISP to maybe replace it or repair connections.
Time to get some fibre installed I get 900+
Your download is MegaBYTES. the speed test is MegaBITS. It takes 8 bits to make 1 byte. it takes 1024 kilobytes to make a megabyte.
Depending on where you download stuff websites, any server can limit your download speed, so no matter how fast your internet is it will still be slow
Also there is a big difference between megabits per second and megabytes per second. Even on steam, my average is around 115 megabytes per second download speed, yet on an internet speed test I get around 900 megabits per second.
MBps = Megabyte per second
Mbps = Megabit per second
1 MBps = 8 Mbps
8 Mbps = 1 MBps
Open a command prompt with admin. Type this in, netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disable
Do a quick speed test, see if it changes. I suspect it will.
Afterwards, type this.
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
Let me know, report back. 
I had this exact same problem. If you check my post about it, you may find your answer.
Bro be happy with those numbers. I have download 80 and upload 80
You think that 200 mb/s is SLOW?!?! I HAVE 1.6 mb/s DOWNLOAD! STOP COMPLAINING!
TIL some people think 200+ Mb/s download speed is slow
are you trying to download via ethernet or wifi?
many ISP’s cap your download speed when trying to download from shady servers. Using a VPN will circumvent this
My old disk drive used to limit how fast my downloads were because of how slow it was.