Is it necessary for Win7 users to upgrade? Win10 preview version of hardware performance test (very comprehensive)

In the blink of an eye, Windows 7 has been released for 5 years (released on October 22, 2009), and the current demand for comprehensive operating system and touch control has been inadequate. Microsoft then launched a new concept of Windows 8 at the end of 12, but the actual feedback from users is not satisfactory. After the improvement, the new Windows10 technology preview version is born, then how is this system, Win7 users have No need to upgrade? Today we will bring you the Win10 preview version of the hardware performance test, let's take a look!

Win8 is actually a bold attempt by Microsoft. Whether it is a large number of metro elements or optimization details of touch, it is remarkable, but after all, the feedback from users in actual applications is not good, so Microsoft has also made a number of targeted changes in Win10.

Designed for obsessive-compulsive patients: What is it called Win9?

There is no official answer to this question. Some people speculate that it is to avoid confusion with the previous classic Windows 95/98 system. Microsoft said that Windows 10 is a unified platform and the ultimate goal. Is to create a cross-platform ecosystem, rather than incremental upgrades based on Windows 8.1. I have to say that Microsoft's goal is very good, but the user's satisfaction will have to wait for the time to verify. (In this case, I express deep sympathy to the comrades of Windows9.)

First and foremost: the start menu is back!
The news is purely chaotic...

This is undoubtedly the most fierce in Win8. A stick is made into a metro interface that many users can't adapt at all. In this technical preview, we finally saw it again, but there are still some corresponding changes, which can be summarized as Win8+ Win8 on the left, and the option can be reset to Win8.

Everything is getting stronger: an enhanced version of the app store

The app store has also appeared in Windows 8, but the Win10 app store already supports searching for traditional desktop apps, just downloading It is also going to the official website of the software, but it is very likely that it will provide direct installation services in the later stage. I believe that the most important cross-platform features of Win10 will start from here in the near future.

Multi-Desktop Management for Virtual Expansion

This feature can be viewed as a virtual desktop management. Different types of programs can be placed on different desktops, just switch desktops without Re-arranging the program's window greatly improves work efficiency.
Win7/10 official hardware requirements comparison

system hardware requirements comparison
System Windows 7 Windows 10 CPU 1GHz and above (32-bit or 64-bit processor) 1GHz and above (32-bit or 64-bit processor) Memory 1GB or more (32-bit), 2GB or more (64-bit) 1GB or more (32-bit), 2GB or more (64-bit) Hard disk 16GB 16GB Graphics card with WDDM driver? Microsoft DirectX9 graphics device with WDDM driver? Microsoft DirectX9 graphics Device other Microsoft accounts and Internet access Microsoft account and Internet access

Hardware requirements Description: The official Win10 minimum configuration is exactly the same as Win7, which means that there is no problem with Win10 PC installation Win10. worry The upgrade of Win10 needs to buy new hardware partners seem to be temporarily relieved. So what is the difference between the same hardware in the performance of Win10 and Win7? Let's verify it in the actual test.

Test Platform Description and Test Project Description

Hardware Platform
CPU Intel Pentium G840 Motherboard Foxconn Z75M-S Memory Kingston DDR3 1333 4GB Hard Drive Western Digital 1TB Blue Disk Power Golden River S600 Guardian Graphics

AMD Raedeon HD7770

Software Platform
Operating System Windows 7 ulimate 64bit /Windows 10 Technical Preview 64bit Graphics Driver

System Comes /AMD Catalyst 14.9

Test Project
CPU Theory Test Chess Test Fritz Ches s Benchmark GPU theory test 3DMark 11 Perfromance mode new 3DMark Perfromance mode daily application test WinRAR 5.10 64-bit (file compression) Photoshop CC 64-bit (image processing) IE11 (w browser /HTML5 test) Game test Tomb Raider 9 hot blood rogue Subway: Yuguang

Test Platform Description: In this test, we did not use the latest Z97+4770K consistent combination, but specifically found an old computer that can represent PC performance three years ago. Because if such an old computer upgrade Win10 is not a problem, the new computer is believed to have no problem. In terms of software, the object of our test is the latest technology preview of Win10, the version number is Build 9841.

System Basic Performance

1, System Rating: Win10 is not...

System score as one of the important indicators for measuring system performance in this time Win10 technology preview has disappeared, this feature still exists in the previous Win8, as a built-in hardware performance indicator reference, does not rule out will be added in later versions.

2, start /shutdown /restart: Win10 has added

In the previous Win8, the new sleep and boot technology makes the speed of startup and restart greatly accelerated, Win10 also continued Such a feature. This is more obvious in the booting process, and the performance of Win7 is similar in the shutdown and restart.

In addition, we note that a great influence whether the restart and shutdown of the system drive, just install an official AMD drivers, consuming two systems has increased by half, while It is seen that the biggest part of Win10's advantage lies in the system startup time.

3, hard disk occupation: increase

In the disk space occupation comparison, we remove the size of the virtual memory file, and then compare the occupation of the operating system main body . Compared with Win7, the hard disk space occupied by the Win10 system is increased again, increasing from 10.2GB to 12.1GB. It seems that to achieve cross-platform, the system size also has to pay a price.

4, memory usage: have to upgrade the memory?

In this part, we compare the memory usage of the system after the initial boot and after 1 minute of booting. From the results, we can see that the memory usage of Win10 has increased significantly. Users with tight memory itself may need to upgrade their memory.

Test Summary: In terms of power on and off, Win10 has done a lot of optimizations like Win8. It can basically achieve half faster than Win7 in booting, and it is consistent in shutdown and restart. The increase in hard disk usage, from the goal of Win10 cross-platform system, the 2GB system size increase is still acceptable, but the large increase in memory footprint makes people somewhat incomprehensible, I hope this is a technical preview version alone. Bug, or you have to upgrade the memory.

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