On the other hand, Windows 10 woke from sleep and hibernation two seconds faster than Windows 8.1 and an impressive seven seconds faster than sleepyhead Windows 7.įor the most part, the benchmarking tests show Windows 10 performing pretty similarly to the previous versions of Windows-sometimes a bit faster and sometimes a bit slower. In other tests, such as booting, Windows 8.1 was the fastest-booting two seconds faster than Windows 10. Performance in specific applications, such as Photoshop and Chrome browser performance were also a bit slower in Windows 10. Synthetic benchmarks like Cinebench R15 and Futuremark PCMark 7 show Windows 10 consistently faster than Windows 8.1, which was faster than Windows 7.

The machine used for testing had an Intel Core i5 process, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB drive, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 graphics card. TechSpot put the new operating system to the test, running benchmark tests on the same system with all three operating systems (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10) freshly installed and updates applied. But how does it compare performance-wise? Most reviews of Windows 10 agree that it's a great update from Windows 8.1, at least in terms of the user interface.

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