FILE DOWNLOAD SPEED TEST FULL

If you got your full 125+ Mbps, you could download a 10 GB file in about 10 minutes or less. Even with that kind of download, you could download a 10 GB file in less than 30 minutes. In your case, downloading at 5.7 MB/s (57 Mbps) is still extremely well.

With a command prompt open, you can start creating dummy files to your heart's content. Press the 'Windows + R' key combination to open the Run window and then type 'cmd'. However, having that 1 Gbps link to their ISP, could allow multiple users on the network to experience extremely high download speeds all at the same time. All you need is to open a command line and type a few quick commands. Raw bandwidth is just one small part of the whole download process.įor example, if a user is fortunate enough to have a 1 Gbps connection, I doubt they will ever get a download that will give them 100 MB/s download speed because of the load balancing and other factors that come into play. Once you go out beyond your ISP, many other factors come into play and can affect your download speed. How the speed test works: This web page uses HTML5+JavaScript to download a large file from. It doesn't actually go out beyond your ISP. The only requirement is HTML5, which ALL modern devices support. A speedtest simply measures the download between you and your ISP. Speedtests always pick a server that is closest to you in order to give you the best results. The inSSID download may not be an extremely funded server like Microsoft has, so they only have so much bandwidth to give.Īnother difference between speedtest, and the speed from a server you're downloading from is distance, latency, etc. It is very common that a lot of Internet servers, especially for larger sites, have download rate limiting enabled too. The 5.7 MB/s is by no means slow, but Microsoft has a lot of people hitting their server(s) and they are trying to load balance the traffic, so they can server all customers equally. CloudFlare CDN: This speed test is hosted on the CloudFlare CDN. Download 5000 Megabyte test file (5 Gigabytes) Download 1000 Megabyte test file (1 Gigabyte) Download 100 Megabyte test file. If your connection is fast enough to completely download the large file, the download restarts (seen in the graph by a vertical red line). These are special test files that are hosted around Australia on Internode's Content Delivery Network, these files are the best way to test your real-world download speed. To stop the test early, close the web page. To restart the test, refresh the web page. I'd say the server you're downloading from is the one responsible for the lower download speeds. The test runs for 20 seconds, and then automatically stops.

File download speed test