Browsers Vey Slow

Last week I had a catastrophic failure. I don’t need to get into details but bottom line is that Windows 7 (x64) had to be completely installed from scratch. My buddy at the shop had the foresight to save all my data files before formatting and installing. Everything is back running well except my browser. IE11 takes forever to load a page. I thought it might be an IE problem so I installed Firefox but had the same end result. When a page is called (either a new page or a refresh) it takes a good 5 or 6 seconds for the page to display. BTW it never did this on the previous installation. I’ve run several speed tests with an average result of 5.5 down and 1.4 up. My connection is cable with 5/1 so speed is not an issue. I am connected to a Linksys E3000 router with a hard wire connection, the router being used as a WiFi network for my motel guests. I can’t find anything that’s not configured correctly and it’s driving me nutz! Anybody have any ideas?
As always, Comments or Flames welcome.
Tnx,
Dusty

Have you tried different dns servers?

> Have you tried different dns servers?

Actually no, DNS has never been an issue. Time warner has always (last several years anyway) been on top of that sort of thing. DNS has never been an issue in the any of my past setups so I never worried about it. I could try a different server if nothing else pans out. I'm thinking more along the lines of a conflict of some sort. If that don't work out I'll try DNS server changes. Oh, BTW, I did test that theory a bit. Tried loading a page by name and by IP address, there was no difference.
Thanks,
Dusty

How do trace routes and pings look? What about nic drivers? Any special firewalls or security software/browser plugins?