Slow Optane?

[SirFlamenco]

So when I download games from steam and origin, the speed is about 8mb/s and I find that quite slow. Is it normal?

 

Optane : https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167427&_ga=2.104614403.2069759329.1524261805-986710944.1518379736

 

My hard drive : https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822179009&_ga=2.109651590.2069759329.1524261805-986710944.1518379736

[VVoltor]

I don't think your download speed is limited by your storage. A faster drive doesn't mean faster internet.

[Electronics Wizardy]

what speed do you get from your isp? is probably your network, not your computer.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Your storage isn't going to be the limiting factor when downloading. Even if you had Gigabit internet, your HDD would still be faster than your download speed. 

 

This is really a network question. What speeds do you pay for with your ISP and what are the results you get with Speedtest.net?

[SirFlamenco]

2 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

I don't think your download speed is limited by your storage. A faster drive doesn't mean faster internet.

 

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what speed do you get from your isp? is probably your network, not your computer.

11 up, 68 down

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, SirFlamenco said:

 

11 up, 68 down

yep thats right.

 

Your getting 68 mbit down, which is about the same as 8mB/s and thats what steam shows.

[VVoltor]

Just now, SirFlamenco said:

 

11 up, 68 down

Mbit? Because 68 megabit is 8.5 Megabyte so that seems just right.

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, SirFlamenco said:

 

11 up, 68 down

The speeds you're getting are a little slower than your theoretical maximum, but not by much. What speed do you get from Speedtest.net? Most of the time you won't get exactly what you pay for, due to "up to" quotes. 

 

EDIT: 8MB/s = 64Mb/s

[SirFlamenco]

4 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

The speeds you're getting are a little slower than your theoretical maximum, but not by much. What speed do you get from Speedtest.net? Most of the time you won't get exactly what you pay for, due to "up to" quotes. 

 

EDIT: 8MB/s = 64Mb/s

I took those from speed test lol

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, SirFlamenco said:

I took those from speed test lol

Yeah, then there's nothing wrong, you're just mixing up some units. 

 

Steam and Origin both show downloads in Megabytes per second, while your ISP, Speedtest and most quoted network speeds are in Megabits per second. There are 8 bits in a byte, so you need to multiply the speed you see on Steam or Origin (or really any file download as most are in MBps) by 8 to get the speed in Megabits per second. 

 

8 Megabytes *8 = 64 Megabits. (well, 8 * 8 = 64, but you get what I mean)