R7000 WAN to LAN Performance Issue

[Sircolby45]

So I have the original Netgear R7000 and everywhere I look including on this site it says it should have the best WAN to LAN performance around. The issue is I can't seem to get over ~600Mbps with a Gigabit connection. (It usually hovers closer to ~400) I tried doing a factory reset, turning off traffic meter, QOS was already off, etc. etc. Pretty much any feature that wasn't necessity for internet I turned it off and that was how I managed to irk out anything over 400. I also rolled the firmware version back to: V1.0.7.6_1.1.99 Any ideas how I can squeeze that last drop of performance out of this thing or is it time for an upgrade?

Edit: I turned Traffic Meter back on and the speed didn't drop at all. This tells me that CTF is likely not working, but I can't figure out why. I have QOS and Traffic Meter turned off. It still doesn't improve after a factory reset. :/

 

[Sircolby45]

I just out of the blue got it to run all the way up to about 850...Is this router just overloaded? I have about 15 devices connected to it with a mix of wired/wireless. If so any recommendations for an upgrade to get that performance more consistent?

 

[CaptainSTX]

I just out of the blue got it to run all the way up to about 850...Is this router just overloaded? I have about 15 devices connected to it with a mix of wired/wireless. If so any recommendations for an upgrade to get that performance more consistent?

What speed do you get when you connect your PC directly to the modem using an Ethernet cable? If it is an older PC with a so-so I5 processor you may not be able get any more speed.

 

[Sircolby45]

What speed do you get when you connect your PC directly to the modem using an Ethernet cable? If it is an older PC with a so-so I5 processor you may not be able get any more speed.

Unfortunately I couldn't get it to work connected directly to the modem for some reason. It was giving me an IP Address, but it wasn't reporting any DNS or Gateway and I couldn't connect to the internet. I am running an i7 4770k that is overclocked to 4.3Ghz, so that shouldn't be an issue. I can move Gigabit over the LAN with no issues.