My mom says that my new computer feels faster then her computer.

xvetter · Dec 23, 2014

My computer specs are: i7 4790k, samsung evo 500gb ssd, R9 290x and 4.6 GHz overclock.
Her specs are: An Amd fx 8350, r9 270, and a seagate sshd. What is the main difference in our systems for doing everyday tasks like checking email and web browsing. I am looking to get my mom a upgrade.

alexoiu · Dec 23, 2014

The SSD.

13thmonkey · Dec 23, 2014

The true SSD will make a difference, and possibly the i7 will feel 'snappier' than the AMD although I thought this was less of an issue than 5 years ago when I last felt it. How much memory in both of them?

If your mums machine feels slow enough to be bothersome then I'd suggest a software issue, as there is no reason that those specs (pending ram) should feel bad.

What are the two monitors?

Onus · Dec 23, 2014

Her hybrid hard drive is not as fast as your SSD. Your CPU is also faster at these tasks, but the big difference is your SSD vs. her SSHD.
Is the difference big enough to be worth "fixing" (nothing is actually broken)? Ask your mom, but IMHO, no.

bigwoofer · Dec 23, 2014

At first I thought you were trolling lol. Since both your machines are using current and very fast hardware like SSD drives and multiple high performance cores I'd start with cleaning her machine up. To answer your question in short, browsing the web and checking email should offer negligible performance difference (below noticeable) between those two machines. Let's start here with the most obvious affliction of an older pc being slow than a newer one:

Run Malwarebytes
Run Disk Defragmenter (laptops rarely get the chance to defrag automatically because we keep shutting them off when we aren't using them) EDIT! Whoops you can't defrag a SSD so skip this step and don't think twice about it if NO defrag is offered in your Disk Properties)

Let us know if that speeds her right up!

If that doesn't do it, let's measure "feels faster" and run a browser benchmark like http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/run.action on both machines and report scores back here...

APassingMe · Dec 23, 2014

It's obviously the SSD unless there's something else going on. You need more details on how much slower her computer is for us to work with it much beyond that.

Also a new Windows install will be faster than an old install in most cases and RAM/Malware will also affect the overall observed speed in web browsing and email.

13thmonkey · Dec 23, 2014

bigwoofer :

At first I thought you were trolling lol. Since both your machines are using current and very fast hardware like SSD drives and multiple high performance cores I'd start with cleaning her machine up. To answer your question in short, browsing the web and checking email should offer negligible performance difference (below noticeable) between those two machines. Let's start here with the most obvious affliction of an older pc being slow than a newer one:

Run Malwarebytes
Run Disk Defragmenter (laptops rarely get the chance to defrag automatically because we keep shutting them off when we aren't using them) EDIT! Whoops you can't defrag a SSD so skip this step and don't think twice about it if NO defrag is offered in your Disk Properties)

Let us know if that speeds her right up!

If that doesn't do it, let's measure "feels faster" and run a browser benchmark like http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/run.action on both machines and report scores back here...

There's no laptop involved here.

xvetter · Dec 23, 2014

13thmonkey :

they are both dell 1080p monitors but im getting a asus 4k one

xvetter · Dec 23, 2014

13thmonkey :

8gb ram both

camohanna · Dec 23, 2014

It will be the SSD vs SSHD, a true SSD has faster write speed meaning programs will load quicker etc.

13thmonkey · Dec 23, 2014

as above SSD vs SHDD

xvetter · Dec 24, 2014

bigwoofer :

At first I thought you were trolling lol. Since both your machines are using current and very fast hardware like SSD drives and multiple high performance cores I'd start with cleaning her machine up. To answer your question in short, browsing the web and checking email should offer negligible performance difference (below noticeable) between those two machines. Let's start here with the most obvious affliction of an older pc being slow than a newer one:

Run Malwarebytes
Run Disk Defragmenter (laptops rarely get the chance to defrag automatically because we keep shutting them off when we aren't using them) EDIT! Whoops you can't defrag a SSD so skip this step and don't think twice about it if NO defrag is offered in your Disk Properties)

Let us know if that speeds her right up!

If that doesn't do it, let's measure "feels faster" and run a browser benchmark like http://peacekeeper.futuremark.com/run.action on both machines and report scores back here...

Both computers don't have viruses.

My mom's score: 4077

My score :7039

camohanna · Dec 24, 2014

You have a faster cpu (single core performance) and a faster storage device, so its not surprising that your computer is faster by that margin.

APassingMe · Dec 25, 2014

The benchmark doesn't really tell us much, we need to know things like why your mom thinks your computer is faster. Is it faster program load times, or something else? Depending on what she is noticing, the difference could be entirely due to the SSD (probably is) over the SSHD. If you use her computer you should notice if it's something else slowing her computer down as everything else would cause it to be slower than a typical HDD.

xvetter · Dec 25, 2014

APassingMe :

My mom doesn't know what ssd is but thats what im going to get her, thanks guys.

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