speedtest.net showing faster speed

[Calling John]

using speedtest.net the default server it chooses has a 13-19ms ping  and shows a much faster speed then i get when downloading and uploading a file even when i choose a server that is faraway that has a 335ms ping  download speed is still faster then i get when downloading same with the upload speed it shows

what could be causing this?

 

 

 

[DarkEnergy]

Where are you downloading and uploading a file from? Theoretically downloading and uploading a file from say, google drive or microsoft onedrive should have the same speed results as speedtest.net. The only other cause could be slow disk space. Is your storage drive low on space or generally slow?

[Calling John]

6 minutes ago, DarkEnergy said:

Where are you downloading and uploading a file from? Theoretically downloading and uploading a file from say, google drive or microsoft onedrive should have the same speed results as speedtest.net. The only other cause could be slow disk space. Is your storage drive low on space or generally slow?

like when i download a youtube video using idm it will download around 5.5megabites a second to 6.2megabites but my speedtest says when i do a speed test on the server close to me i should be able to download at 29megabites a second when i have done tests on 2 servers that are over  300ms ping it says my download speed is like around 9 to 12megabites a second and the hdd in my computer is a very fast ssd

[DarkEnergy]

5 minutes ago, Calling John said:

like when i download a youtube video using idm it will download around 5.5megabites a second to 6.2megabites but my speedtest says when i do a speed test on the server close to me i should be able to download at 29megabites a second when i have done tests on 2 servers that are over  300ms ping it says my download speed is like around 9 to 12megabites a second and the hdd in my computer is a very fast ssd

I don't know anything about IDM but perhaps there's a setting in the program throttling your download speeds. Is this only a problem in IDM or are downloads also slow in a web browser too?

[Calling John]

12 minutes ago, DarkEnergy said:

I don't know anything about IDM but perhaps there's a setting in the program throttling your download speeds. Is this only a problem in IDM or are downloads also slow in a web browser too?

just tested and firefox downloads  slower then idm

[pommedeterror007]

The servers are sometimes just super picky. I always choose/select a server of an ISP (like comcast/xfinity, Time Warner, Wave, ATT etc). I always test 2-3 Servers. If it doesnt seem right you can also use googles tester.

[Calling John]

14 minutes ago, pommedeterror007 said:

The servers are sometimes just super picky. I always choose/select a server of an ISP (like comcast/xfinity, Time Warner, Wave, ATT etc). I always test 2-3 Servers. If it doesnt seem right you can also use googles tester.

cool thanks i tested with google speed test and it shows a much slower speed then i get when downloading it says download when i convert megabits to megabites the download speed is 3.1 megabites a second