GPT or MBR for 1TB & UEFI

Denny_14

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Which one I should use , GPT or MBR with 1TB & UEFI ON / OFF ? , is bigger cluster size is better performance 4k vs 64k ? , i just want a better performance , OS : Windows 10 Pro x64

Thank You
 
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GPT is the newer standard, supports higher capacities/partitions, and is fully compatible with UEFI.

MBR is older, limits your capacities/partitions & requires legacy (BIOS) to be enabled.

GBT, on paper is a little faster..... in practice, they're very much the same in boot/response times, assuming all else is equal.

GPT would be my suggestion.

Cluster size relates to throughput, for files <64K (likely the bulk of your OS and common files/folders), you'd see wasted space of XKB (where XKB = 64K - file/folder size) utilizing 64K. For Audio/Video files, editing etc - the throughput is beneficial as you'll require less reads to get the same data. That would only relate to a dedicated drive for that media though (potentially a...

Barty1884

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GPT is the newer standard, supports higher capacities/partitions, and is fully compatible with UEFI.

MBR is older, limits your capacities/partitions & requires legacy (BIOS) to be enabled.

GBT, on paper is a little faster..... in practice, they're very much the same in boot/response times, assuming all else is equal.

GPT would be my suggestion.

Cluster size relates to throughput, for files <64K (likely the bulk of your OS and common files/folders), you'd see wasted space of XKB (where XKB = 64K - file/folder size) utilizing 64K. For Audio/Video files, editing etc - the throughput is beneficial as you'll require less reads to get the same data. That would only relate to a dedicated drive for that media though (potentially a partition, but not sure if you can specify on a per-partition basis).
 
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