Download speeds slower than usual

Hello! It's been a decent while since i've used Linux and I thought i'd come back to it. Been noticing some really odd problems as of late. My download speeds are stupid slow. By that I mean i'm getting 25%-50% of what I should be getting. Another thing i've noticed is whenever i'm downloading something at "full speed" my system seems to slow down.

System:
Kernel: 5.10.6-110-tkg-bmq x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0 
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Distro: Garuda Linux 
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G20CB v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2202 date: 03/16/2018 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Skylake-S rev: 3 L2 cache: 8 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 54450 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
  v: 460.32.03 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 driver: nvidia resolution: 1920x1080 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.32.03 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Device-3: C-Media Schiit Modi 3 type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 1-9:5 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.6-110-tkg-bmq 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel 
  port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: XAVi driver: rtl8821ae v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 
  bus ID: 00:17.0 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 190.49 GiB (10.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 size: 931.51 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 636.94 GiB used: 190.48 GiB (29.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 560 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat 
  dev: /dev/sdb1 
  ID-3: /home size: 636.94 GiB used: 190.48 GiB (29.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-4: /var/log size: 636.94 GiB used: 190.48 GiB (29.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-5: /var/tmp size: 636.94 GiB used: 190.48 GiB (29.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/sdb2 
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 4.1 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram0 
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 3.1 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram1 
  ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 4 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram2 
  ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 4.2 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram3 
  ID-5: swap-5 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 4.9 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram4 
  ID-6: swap-6 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 4.5 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram5 
  ID-7: swap-7 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 3.6 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram6 
  ID-8: swap-8 type: zram size: 1.94 GiB used: 3.9 MiB (0.2%) 
  dev: /dev/zram7 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 41 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 31% 
Info:
  Processes: 338 Uptime: 14h 46m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 5.68 GiB (36.5%) 
  Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 11.0.1 Packages: 1593 
  Shell: fish v: 3.1.2 inxi: 3.2.01 

If i'm forgetting to send something over for more infomation on the system, please let me know. It's been a long while since i've used linux.

Use a download manager like Xtreme Download Manager

Tip: when you paste your system info paste like this:
~~~
System:
Kernel: 5.10.6-110-tkg-bmq x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Distro: Garuda Linux
~~~

It will appear as:

System:
Kernel: 5.10.6-110-tkg-bmq x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.20.5 Distro: Garuda Linux

This makes easier to read and also looks cooler!

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Download speeds seem to went back to normal for now so I won't bother with that until it pops back up, but the other problem of my system hanging if i'm downloading a file at like 60-70+ Mbps, my system starts to freeze/lock up for a bit then unfreeze. Thoughts?

Is this about general download speeds or just the update ones?

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Have you ever fixed this problem?

This is an old thread. If you have a similar issue, please start a new one and read the template.

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