Recommend me a good PCI GigE NIC please

[KuJoe]

It looks like my onboard NIC (MSI Gaming 970 Gaming with Killer software removed) is only able to hit ~550Mbps up and ~720Mbps down, I tried a few cheap PCI GigE NICs I have lying around and they are noticeably slower so now I'm looking around Newegg for a good NIC that will hit closer to 1Gbps speeds. For comparison some of my ARM devices are hitting over 900Mbps on the same switch so I know the problem is the desktop and not the network itself. I honestly have no clue what GigE NICs are good these days (because who buys a NIC with only 1Gbps capability?) and none of the reviews on Newegg include performance tests so please recommend me a good NIC you've had experience with. Thanks!

 

EDIT: I should also mention my NAS doesn't support 10Gbps connectivity which is why I need to get the best performance I can over a 1Gbps link.

[m0k]

holy crap are those speeds for an internal network, or from your isp ??

[KuJoe]

Just now, mok said:

holy crap are those speeds for an internal network, or from your isp ??

Internal.

[zMeul]

Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

It looks like my onboard NIC (MSI Gaming 970 Gaming with Killer software removed) is only able to hit ~550Mbps up and ~720Mbps down, I tried a few cheap PCI GigE NICs I have lying around and they are noticeably slower so now I'm looking around Newegg for a good NIC that will hit closer to 1Gbps speeds. For comparison some of my ARM devices are hitting over 900Mbps on the same switch so I know the problem is the desktop and not the network itself. I honestly have no clue what GigE NICs are good these days (because who buys a NIC with only 1Gbps capability?) and none of the reviews on Newegg include performance tests so please recommend me a good NIC you've had experience with. Thanks!

 

EDIT: I should also mention my NAS doesn't support 10Gbps connectivity which is why I need to get the best performance I can over a 1Gbps link.

That is not not the bottleneck. If you reaaly want a gig nic, look for a intel pro 1000 pt.

[KuJoe]

4 minutes ago, zMeul said:

Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106033

All of the performance tests I find are still pretty bad compared my onboard NIC, what speeds are you seeing with it? Can you post some iperf results?

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

That is not not the bottleneck. If you reaaly want a gig nic, look for a intel pro 1000 pt.

Thanks for the recommendation, I'll add it to my list to consider if I can't find anything cheaper.

[zMeul]

22 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

Can you post some iperf results?

I don't use it as I have a on-board Intel I219-V that seems to be performing similarly, if not better

I don't have a 1gbps internet connection

 

my reason for buying it was that the original PC had a POS Realtek NIC, the offloading on the Intel NIC is real - tested in some time ago in World of Tanks

 

[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   101 MBytes   843 Mbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   103 MBytes   860 Mbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   103 MBytes   866 Mbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   103 MBytes   867 Mbits/sec
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   103 MBytes   868 Mbits/sec
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   103 MBytes   866 Mbits/sec
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   104 MBytes   870 Mbits/sec
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   102 MBytes   860 Mbits/sec
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   105 MBytes   877 Mbits/sec
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   102 MBytes   856 Mbits/sec
[  5]  10.00-10.06  sec  5.54 MBytes   844 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  5]   0.00-10.06  sec  0.00 Bytes  0.00 bits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.06  sec  1.01 GBytes   863 Mbits/sec                  receiver
-----------------------------------------------------------

Intel I219-V server side

some Realtek on the client side

 

to note: there's a switch and a router in between them

[KuJoe]

@zMeulLooks good, I think I'll order one and see how it does.