Just grazing over your computer specs I can guarantee it is not your hardware or your operating system configuration. It will be tied to your network bandwidth.

Let me start out by explaining what "Lag" is.

When you are connected to a computer game, data is exchanged in real time over your internet (or local network) to the computer(s) of whomever you are gaming with. 

For games like these, the best servers are dedicated "game hosts" and the people playing the games are considered "clients"

It would be structured something like this:

• Host Computer
  • Gamer 1 Computer
  • Gamer 2 Computer
  • Gamer 3 Computer
  • etc…

The reason people do not like to connect to people who "self-host" games is because they get the advantage of having all of the information stored locally on their computer, this means they do not struggle with lag as badly as the other players because the data doesn't need to be transferred to their computer. It is already there.

It looks something like this

• Gamer 1 Host Computer
  • Gamer 2 Computer
  • Gamer 3 Computer
  • etc…

So Gamer 1 ends up with an advantage. So we move onto your question, "how do I reduce lag in my games?"

There are a few ways to do it that are extremely effective.

1. Make Sure You Have a Fast Downstream For Your Internet

The faster your computer can download the quicker you will receive information than those you are competing against.

Where do you start? Start by going to http://www.speedtest.net and testing your internet speed. Post your results here and I'll let you know if it's fast enough.

2. Choose a Gaming Server Closer To Your City and State

I know this one sounds silly, but distance can be the difference between 100ms of data transfer and 500 ms of data transfer. This gives you up to a half a second advantage over your competitors.

3. Disable Background Programs That Use Network Bandwidth

If you have programs in the background that run updates or downloads, this will bring down your bandwidth significantly. Always make sure your computers automatic updates and programs that download are disabled in the background.

4. Purchase a gaming router

Gaming routers do a good job of prioritizing certain "packets" of network transfer to give priority to games. They can shave a few milliseconds off of data transfer rates as well. Usually this doesn't justify the extra cost, but like I said, sometimes hardcore gamers want every advantage they can get.

5. Avoid "Game Servers" That The Host Plays On

Many times people who host the game know they have a distinct advantage, that is why they connect directly to the server and play against others. If they are running the counterstrike host server in their basement and connecting to it with their upstairs gaming computer, they will have an advantage of only going through their ISP local network – a huge jump in bandwidth transfer rates. 

This is arguably why many people on counterstrike look like "gods". It's not that they are extremely good, it's that they have a 1 to 2 second advantage over you – plenty of time to kill you even before you see them.

Those are just some of the few things you can do to get an advantage over others by taking advantage of gaming Lag rather than letting it slow you down.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Thanks for picking up the ball on this one Interoth.

Here is your situation.  Where it says at the bottom of your results "faster than 51% of IN"… you can loosely translate that into "Slower than 49% of IN".

Remember, gamers such as yourself also are far more likely to have higher bandwidth for gaming. Let me give you an idea of how your's compares to others. These are estimations and their pricing.

Yours – 0.47 Mbps Down | 0.162 Mbps Up | Should Be Free

Cheap DSL – 1.5 Mbps Down | 0.325 Mbps Up | $15.00 Per Month

Moderate DSL – 3.0 Mbps Down | 0.750 Mbps Up | $25.00 Per Month

Higher DSL – 6.0 Mbps Down | 1.5 Mbps Up | $35.00 Per Month

Standard Cable – 12.0 Mbps Down | 2.0 Mbps Up | $60.00 Per Month

Moderate Cable – 20.0 Mbps Down | 4.0 Mbps Up | $75.00 Per Month

High End Cable – 50.0 Mbps Down | 9.0 Mbps Up | $150.00 Per Month

T1 / T2 / T3 – Much Higher | $200+ Per Month

You actually fall substantially lower than the slowest DSL available. So let me take this time to say, if you are good at counterstrike, you must be amazing.

If you are able to take down people who are running internet up to 50 times faster than you, just imagine how good you will be when they don't have a 2 to 3 second advantage over you.

I suppose one of the advantages you have is that your internet is so slow they actually don't see you, I've heard sometimes that is the case, I still think it's a theory, the technology doesn't match up. 

So yes, it's definitely your internet if your are playing over the internet. Now if you are playing Locally in your house and your friends are plugged into the exact same router / switch / hub as you. Your internet should not affect your gaming.