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When testing 1gbps up/down fiber connection over wired ethernet via the automatic test on both a laptop and desktop I see bandwidth much lower than I'd typically see when using my own remote server or other speed test utilities. After clicking the 'test again' button 3-4 times the download test seems to cap out at around 600mbps, and the upload test seems capped at around 400mbps. I don't think I've ever seen the expected results on the first run. It seems as though this is skewing test history to show an average of much less bandwidth than I have been able to confirm having through other testing methods https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat?test-id=d6c40a41-56e8-4770-ba94-756ae659094d Why do you need to test a connection that has that much bandwidth you ask? Well I guess I don't NEED to very often, but there seems to be an issue with the test servers and how the bandwidth is allocated on the initial test, so I figured asking about it wouldn't hurt. On subsequent back-to-back tests there seems to be a 'ramp up', at least on the download test, that then gives more accurate and expected results.

Hi Forsi, welcome to the forum! First, I want to direct you to my beta sign up, simple interact with that topic by voting and you'll be notified when the new beta is released. I would love for you to test my new tools when they're released soon. Under the current version you may get a higher result by using multithread. I see now that you tried that option, maybe also try selecting different mirrors, maybe your route to the NY datacenter has an issue. It's very hard to get 1000 Mbps on my linear test because of how the information loads into the page. You have to really have a lot of things align to achieve those speed using my default test. Here's an example of one of our members @sst3ph3nss recently pulling >900 Mbps using the linear test. Running over 1000 tests in 4 days. Pretty consistent. ?t=u&d=04-08-2023+%2F+04-13-2023&l=1000&q=sst3ph3nss's Speed Test Results It's possible, just very difficult. The new version actually plays on that observation you've made. You'll see. I think you'll like it. I especially want people with connections like yours putting it through its paces. I'd be interested to see your Starlink results as well. Other speed tests don't stream the data in the same way as TestMy.net. Fact, no other speed test does. I'm not sure yet if the new version will be multithread or linear by default. I really like the number multithread gives me but the default linear method I've used pretty much since the beginning seems to be able to passively detect more issues. Time and testing will tell if the new version's multithread is somehow just as special. So give the people what they want to see... a big number -- or give the people what they probably NEED to see -- the result that helps them figure out their issue the best. Side note, if things all line up right, under certain circumstance the linear result can outperform the multithread. A huge disparity between their results can indicate a number of issues. So the new test continues to do both. But in an entirely new way, an entirely new algorithm.