Windows 7 And Windows Vista: Performance Compared
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Page 1:How Much Better Is Windows 7?
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Page 2:Windows History
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Page 3:Hardware And Test Details
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Page 4:Test Setup
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Page 5:Benchmark Results: Synthetics
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Page 6:Benchmark Results: Application And Audio/Video Performance
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Page 7:Benchmark Results: 3D Performance
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Page 8:Benchmark Results: SYSmark 2007 Preview
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Page 9: Benchmark Results: Booting, Shutdown, Hibernation, Standby
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Page 10:Conclusion
Test Setup
| System Hardware | |
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| Benchmarks | Details |
| Performance Benchmarks | |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 4 x 256KB L2 and 8MB L3 Cache, TDP 130W, Rev. C0) |
| Motherboard (Socket LGA1336) | Asus P6T (Rev. 1.0) Chipset: Intel X58, ICH10R BIOS: 0403 (02/26/2009) |
| RAM | 3 x 2GB DDR3-1600 (Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D) operating at DDR3-1333 (CL8-8-8-24) |
| Graphics | Zotac Geforce GTX 260² GPU: Geforce GTX 260 (576 MHz) Graphics RAM: 896 MB DDR3 (1998 MHz) Stream Processors: 216 Shader Clock: 1242 MHz |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10,000 RPM, SATA/300 |
| Blu-Ray Drive | LG GGW-H20L, SATA/150 |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling, Silencer 750EPS12V, 750W |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System II | Windows Vista Ultimate Version 6.0 Service Pack 2 (Build 6000) |
| Operating System II | Windows 7 Ultimate Version 6.1 (Build 7600) |
| Drivers and Settings | |
| Intel Chipset Drivers | Chipset Installation Utility Ver. 9.1.1.1019 |
| Intel Storage Drivers | Matrix Storage Drivers Ver. 8.9.0.1023 |
| Nvidia Graphics Driver | Version: 191.07 |
| 3D Games Benchmarks and Settings | |
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| Benchmark | Details |
| Far Cry 2 | Version: 1.0.1 Far Cry 2 Benchmark Tool Video Mode: 1280x800 Direct3D 9 Overall Quality: Medium Bloom activated HDR off Demo: Ranch Small |
| Left 4 Dead | Version: 1.0.0.5 Video Mode: 1280x800 Game Settings - Anti Aliasing none - Filtering Trilinear - Wait for vertical sync disabled - Shader Detail Medium - Effect Detail Medium - Model/Texture Detail Medium Demo: THG Demo 1 |
| Audio Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmarks | Details |
| iTunes | Version: 8.1.0.52, Audio CD ("Terminator II" SE), 53 min., Convert to AAC audio format |
| LAME MP3 | Version 3.98, Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min., convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kbps) |
| Video Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmarks | Details |
| Mainconcept Reference 1.6.1 | Version: 1.6.1 MPEG2 to MPEG2 (H.264) MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec 28 sec. HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG-2) Audio: MPEG-2 (44.1 kHz, 2-Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kbps) Codec: H.264 Mode: PAL (25 FPS) Profile: Settings for eight threads |
| Application Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmarks | Details |
| Grisoft AVG Anti-virus 8 | Version: 8.5.287 Virus base: 270.12.16/2094 Benchmark Scan: some compressed ZIP and RAR archives |
| Winrar 3.9 | Version 3.90 x64 BETA 1 Compression = Best Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Winzip 12 | Version 12.0 (8252) WinZIP Commandline Version 3 Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096KB Benchmark: THG-Workload |
| Adobe Photoshop CS4 | Version: 11 Filtering a 16MB TIF (12000x5813) Filters: Radial Blur (Amount: 10; Method: zoom; Quality: good) Shape Blur (Radius: 46 px; custom shape: Trademark sysmbol) Median (Radius: 1px) Polar Coordinates (Rectangular to Polar) |
| Deep Fritz 11 | Version: 11 Fritz Chess Benchmark Version 4.2 |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| Benchmarks | Details |
| 3DMark Vantage | Version: 1.02 Options: Performance Graphics Test 1 Graphics Test 2 CPU Test 1 CPU Test 2 |
| PCMark Vantage | Version: 1.00 PCMark Benchmark Memories Benchmark |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2009 | Version: 2009 SP3 Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwith |
Summary
- How Much Better Is Windows 7?
- Windows History
- Hardware And Test Details
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results: Synthetics
- Benchmark Results: Application And Audio/Video Performance
- Benchmark Results: 3D Performance
- Benchmark Results: SYSmark 2007 Preview
- Benchmark Results: Booting, Shutdown, Hibernation, Standby
- Conclusion
