Why is my download so fast?

[aCatchyUserName]

So, I'm building my first desktop, and here is what it is.

 

Gigabyte X299 Designare EX

I7-7800x

16GB Ripjaw V

7x Nvme 512gb (software raid0)

 

My ISP is charter @ supposedly 100Mb/s

 

So, after I deleted my old raid0 to add another drive to my array, I set it up, and I'm getting around 11GB/s read, and 3.5GB/s write. I went to re-download Forza Horizon 4, which was deleted because it was on the old array, and my download speed was, seemingly, impossibly fast. I didn't time it, but it was under 10 minutes to download 75GB, and it was reporting a 1.2 Gb/s speed. What's going on here??? I mean I'm not complaining, but I am confused.

 

[GrockleTD]

Either your ISP has been hitting the peace pipe a little to hard, OR something went funky with what plan you are on. Check your bill, and see if you got switched to something different

[Sir0Tek]

1 minute ago, GrockleTD said:

Either your ISP has been hitting the peace pipe a little to hard, OR something went funky with what plan you are on. Check your bill, and see if you got switched to something different

Highly unlikely. 1.2Gb/s - should they use 10Gbit already, or even faster?

 

I think it's a simple reason to it. @aCatchyUserName When did you download the game the last time, and was it on the very machine?

[aCatchyUserName]

That confuses me less than the theoretical limits of my WiFi card. 

[GrockleTD]

1 minute ago, Sir0Tek said:

Highly unlikely. 1.2Gb/s - should they use 10Gbit already, or even faster?

Well, for one his modem could simply be unable to do 10Gb. But what I was meaning was that for my experience, I pay for 70Mbpsl but usually get 100.

[aCatchyUserName]

1 minute ago, Sir0Tek said:

Highly unlikely. 1.2Gb/s - should they use 10Gbit already, or even faster?

 

I think it's a simple reason to it. @aCatchyUserName When did you download the game the last time, and was it on the very machine?

Yes, but I specifically downloaded to my software raid0 array, then deleted the array, rebuilt it with the extra drive, then started the download.

[beersykins]

A lot of resources are compressed and data rates can include the 'actual content of the game' versus 'the compressed volume of data you actually downloaded'.

 

You can view in task manager the real data rate traversing your NIC during the download or if you have a fancy router take a look at the live data rate for that stream.

[Sir0Tek]

1 minute ago, aCatchyUserName said:

Yes, but I specifically downloaded to my software raid0 array, then deleted the array, rebuilt it with the extra drive, then started the download.

When did you clear your temporary-files the last time?

[aCatchyUserName]

Just now, beersykins said:

A lot of resources are compressed and data rates can include the 'actual content of the game' versus 'the compressed volume of data you actually downloaded'.

So it's decompressing as it downloads? 

[Sir0Tek]

1 minute ago, beersykins said:

A lot of resources are compressed and data rates can include the 'actual content of the game' versus 'the compressed volume of data you actually downloaded'.

By factor 100? 

[aCatchyUserName]

Just now, Sir0Tek said:

When did you clear your temporary-files the last time?

I haven't. The windows install is just a few days old.

[FloRolf]

Chill out guys, it's not 10gbit, it's "just" 1gbit.

With 75gbyte in 600sec you are looking at 128mbyte/s, which is gigabit. 

However that's still 10x faster than you ordered and slightly faster than your NIC but that might be faster in 5ghz or whatever. 

 

Also, I hate you for getting more than you ordered (by literally orders of magnitude) while I get 50% less than I pay for

 

 

Edit: BTW, who told you a raid0 of 7 drives was a good idea? I hope you don't save any important data in that array. 

 

[The Torrent]

Download could be compressed?

[samcool55]

If you were already logged in into your microsoft store account it sometimes downloads them anyway without asking for it.

 

Last week I had a laptop that had 33GB of games from the store, even tho none of the games it downloaded were installed. It basically downloads them and caches them in case you need it one day.

[Sir0Tek]

2 minutes ago, aCatchyUserName said:

I haven't. The windows install is just a few days old.

Did you download Forza4 with the newly installed windows, then re-arranged the raid-array, then downloaded Forza4 again?

[Master Disaster]

Does anyone in your house already have the game installed on a PC (or possibly even an Xbox One)? Windows 10 has the ability to pull files from a local source if one is available, it does it seemlessly and AFAIK doesn't even tell you its doing it. IIRC it works with Windows Store apps and Windows Updates, if you click the "About Faster Downloads" link it will tell you all the info.

[Sir0Tek]

11 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Chill out guys, it's not 10gbit, it's "just" 1gbit.

With 75gbyte in 600sec you are looking at 128mbyte/s, which is gigabit. 

However that's still 10x faster than you ordered and slightly faster than your NIC but that might be faster in 5ghz or whatever. 

 

Also, I hate you for getting more than you ordered (by literally orders of magnitude) while I get 50% less than I pay for

 

600 seconds going full throttle on gigabit... That's hard to reach for intranet. 

[aCatchyUserName]

1 minute ago, Sir0Tek said:

Did you download Forza4 with the newly installed windows, then re-arranged the raid-array, then downloaded Forza4 again?

Yes, my array is not yet bootable, and is just a windows software array... I didn't do my research, and found out that I need Intel nvme drives for VROC. I have been reconfiguring while learning. 

 

If anybody wants 512GB nvme drives, I want to eventually get all intel... $50/each

I have 7. 4x Toshiba, 2x Samsung, 1x liteon.

[aCatchyUserName]

6 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Does anyone in your house already have the game installed on a PC (or possibly even an Xbox One)? Windows 10 has the ability to pull files from a local source if one is available, it does it seemlessly and AFAIK doesn't even tell you its doing it. IIRC it works with Windows Store apps and Windows Updates, if you click the "About Faster Downloads" link it will tell you all the info.

There is an Xbox one with it installed, but I see so many limitations to reach that speed. The wifi upload speed on the Xbox (which was powered off at the time), the router speed, my Intel wifi limits, etc.

[Sir0Tek]

1 minute ago, aCatchyUserName said:

Yes, my array is not yet bootable, and is just a windows software array... I didn't do my research, and found out that I need Intel nvme drives for VROC. I have been reconfiguring while learning. 

 

If anybody wants 512GB nvme drives, I want to eventually get all intel... $50/each

I have 7. 4x Toshiba, 2x Samsung, 1x liteon.

I bet that shipping costs will spoil the total...

But you did redownload the game on the very windows install used for the 1st download, without clearing the temporary-files in the meantime?

[aCatchyUserName]

Just now, Sir0Tek said:

I bet that shipping costs will spoil the total...

But you did redownload the game on the very windows install used for the 1st download, without clearing the temporary-files in the meantime?

Yes. Would it store 75GB in temp files?

[Master Disaster]

Just now, Sir0Tek said:

I bet that shipping costs will spoil the total...

But you did redownload the game on the very windows install used for the 1st download, without clearing the temporary-files in the meantime?

Dude, he rebuilt the RAID array and added an extra drive. The old data, including the Cache, is 100% gone.

[beersykins]

16 minutes ago, Sir0Tek said:

By factor 100? 

Mathematically that's obviously not a factor of 100.

 

Per others there may be some cached resources and similar.

[aCatchyUserName]

Just now, Master Disaster said:

Dude, he rebuilt the RAID array and added an extra drive. The old data, including the Cache, is 100% gone.

That's EXACTLY why I'm confused.

[Sir0Tek]

1 minute ago, Master Disaster said:

Dude, he rebuilt the RAID array and added an extra drive. The old data, including the Cache, is 100% gone.

 

Try reading it again.