Windows 7 vs. Windows 10

[mihapiha]

Hi guys,

I've been running Windows 7 64bit Ultimate since I bought my computer in December of 2014.

Now I was pretty anxious to switch to Windows 10 for many reasons. One of which was my SSD was getting to small and I decided to add a small new one, just for the OS and keep the "old" 500 GB one for my games. Another reason was Windows 7 started having some issues and a reinstall was definitely necessary. I wished to postpone the fresh install of Windows until the release of Win 10.

Now I switched to Win 10 Pro (64Bit obviously) and started running some benchmarks. I actually was stunned at the difference in 3DMark FireStrike Ultra:

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/5552908/fs/2967090

As a 4k user, I'm more than happy with the gained performance and I am quite surprised that in FullHD the performance went up for a bit as well.

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/5553060/fs/3072670

For whatever reason (primarily drivers I suppose) I gained at 4k nearly 20% in performance...

And that difference is actually noticeable in many games, which max out my system at 4k. The entire system handles it much easier and remains cooler by a few degrees, which I monitor on the small display on the G19 keyboard.

 

[barnsley]

Its because windows 7 is poop when it comes to correctly using multiple CPU cores. They improved core parking et all with windows 8. I guess they've just further built on it with 10.

 

[Dicehunter]

I previously tested Windows 7 Home to Windows 10 Pro performance difference and even with the unparking tool used in Windows 7 I noticed a performance gain on Windows 10.

It's just a better OS

 

[mihapiha]

Yeah. I'm quite surprised. I skipped Win 8 for quite apparent reasons, and usually a new Windows is just more power hungry, at least it used to be that way. I am awfully impressed with the performance gains.

Bravo Microsoft!