Win8 vs. Win7: A number of daily operation speeds measured

Microsoft has repeatedly talked about the performance improvement of Windows 8, not only the startup speed, but also the other operations of Windows 8 are significantly faster than Windows 7 in terms of speed. So how much faster is Windows 8 than Windows 7? Foreign media Lifehacker conducted some simple tests.

Unlike previous professional tests, Lifehacker's test content is closer to everyone's daily operation. In the test, Windows 8 and Windows 7 were cleaned and installed on the same test platform, and installed. The software is also identical. The test platform is: 3.8GHz Core i7 processor, 6GB RAM, 2TB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, 20mbps network speed.

In addition to starting the same program as Windows 7, Windows 8 outperformed Windows 7 in several other tests. Compared to Windows 7, the most significant improvement of Windows 8 is the boot speed, and the system startup time is less than one-third of that of Windows 7.

specific test results:


Windows 8
Windows 7
start time (starting from Windows screen to the desktop)
0:10
0: 35
Compressing about 700MB files
0:29
0:32
Decompress about 700MB file
0:11
0:12
Copy about 700MB file
0:01
0:02
Handbrake film code
8:06
8:15
Cold Start 9 Applications
0:46
0:46
Open 10 tabs in Chrome
0:07
0:07
3dmark10 score
6470 (5218 Graphics, 23098 CPU)
6455 (5199 Graphics, 23448 CPU)
Total time
9:56
10:29