WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.440 we are moved into the new office and with it came 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:07.440 new Windows 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.800 yeah shiny new office but still the same old terrible jokes but you know what's 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:21.119 not a joke today's video topic performance under Windows 10. does it 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:25.680 hold up to Windows 8.1 what about Windows 7 users out there do they need 00:00:23.279 --> 00:00:30.320 to upgrade drop a like on this video if you're glad that our upload schedule is 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:34.750 such a mess right now that i can't even tease a future video and ask you to like 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:43.040 this video if you're happy to see it 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:51.280 Intel's bringing ddr4 to the mainstream with their all-new core i7 6700k and 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:52.879 core i5 6600k processors check out the 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:57.600 link in the video description to learn more now to start with the differences 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:02.239 between different Windows is are obviously more than just you know 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:06.880 performance in CPU intensive tasks i mean Windows 8 and the free upgrade to 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:11.040 Windows 8.1 brought smb 3.0 which in theory allows aggregated speeds during 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:16.560 network transfers although i've never gotten it to work Windows 10 has cortana 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:21.439 the new edge browser actually there's one let us know if you'd like to see us 00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:25.600 use our sexy new 200 up 200 down fiber connection to determine which browser is 00:01:23.360 --> 00:01:29.119 indeed the fastest by mashing that like button ha i knew i could come up with 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:32.479 something sorry where was i uh right Windows 10 features it's got directx 12 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:39.360 although that won't make much of a difference until some games for it come out and of course it's got some ui 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:43.360 improvements now that last part probably wasn't getting you too excited about 00:01:41.119 --> 00:01:47.840 Windows 8 unless you were one of the tiny minority who actually bought a 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:51.680 touchscreen laptop and even though i have one the lack of a traditional start 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:56.079 menu has really put an acorn in my tailpipe over the last couple of years 00:01:53.920 --> 00:02:00.000 and breathed new life into third-party start menu add-on companies but with 00:01:58.479 --> 00:02:04.560 Windows 10 that might be a little different the ui improvements are many 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:08.479 some are pretty small things like automatically prompting me for a second 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:12.480 window when i arrow snap tiling all my open applications when i 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:16.640 alt tab a huge improvement over that rubbish rolodex thing that was 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:22.560 introduced with Windows vista oh look we have a 3d accelerated desktop experience 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:24.879 but some of them are huge virtual 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:29.760 desktops which are accessed with Windows and tab are finally a Windows feature by 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:34.000 default this has been available for years on Linux os 10 and even Windows 00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:39.920 with third party tools and the new start menu which i actually really really like 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:44.080 it was as simple as giving me an all apps list and not taking up my whole 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:48.480 screen with the start menu good on you microsoft there are still a few 00:02:46.640 --> 00:02:54.239 things that are broken as all get out like search i mean seriously if i type 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:56.480 uninstall how is uninstall a program not 00:02:54.239 --> 00:03:00.160 the first search result and there are still a few things i just need to learn 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:04.560 like i haven't figured out how to lock notification tray icons so i can always 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:09.840 see certain things like safe remove hardware and networking so yeah so far i 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:14.000 really like Windows 10. i did an in-place upgrade on my daily driver 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:18.319 laptop and a fresh install on my desktop and haven't thought for a moment about 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:23.200 reverting to Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 respectively but what about that 00:03:20.720 --> 00:03:27.120 performance well i had john our new benchmarker and writer put together a 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:31.280 small suite of tests and run them for you folks on an identical hardware 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:36.480 configuration across Windows 7 Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. all of them freshly 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.840 installed and with the latest drivers and updates he used a test bench that 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:44.799 consists of an Intel core i7 5930k and a 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:50.319 6x99 deluxe motherboard 16 gigs of ddr4 gtx 980 ti and adata 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:53.360 sp900ssd and i guess that's pretty much the relevant components and the results 00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:59.040 may shock you on our test bench and please note that 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:02.080 with quick boot enabled and fewer devices in the boot menu and whatnot 00:04:00.720 --> 00:04:06.080 these times could be much faster but the importance here is the relative 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:10.560 performance not the absolute performance Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 both left 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:16.560 Windows 7 in the dust for cold boot times and go to sleep times but all 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:22.320 performed very similarly when it came to wake time so there you go in pc mark 8 i 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:26.240 don't really know what to make of that Windows 7 number there's no way on this 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:30.639 blue orb we're standing on that that represents real world performance but on 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:35.360 Windows 8.1 and 10 it basically tells us that they're within spitting distance of 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:39.680 each other then finally we arrive at gaming performance where across a test 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:43.919 suite that includes basically a couple of modern games that attacks both the 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:48.160 CPU and GPU we ended up with well no difference whatsoever a testament to the 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:53.120 repeatability of our gaming tests if nothing else but maybe there's more to 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:58.720 this than meets the eye right now for legitimate owners of Windows 7 and 8 00:04:55.520 --> 00:05:01.840 Windows 10 is a free upgrade so while in 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:03.520 the past upgrading for ooh new directx 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:07.440 support that my graphics card might not even handle even if games that utilize 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:12.320 it come out before the next Windows upgrade cycle was a bit of a tough sell 00:05:09.840 --> 00:05:17.039 this time around there's that i mean directx 12 looks ball in af and you can 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:22.880 learn more about it in this Techquickie video here but there's also just 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:24.240 no downside so Windows 10 gets a big 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:28.960 recommendation from us from a performance point of view nothing to 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:31.919 lose with our config although please no we only tested a limited 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:37.759 cross-section of games and only one graphics card so i still think it would be prudent to see if others with similar 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:44.080 configs to your own are having any issues but yeah it's looking pretty good so far 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:48.080 thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do but if it was 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:51.120 awesome get subscribed hit that like button or even consider supporting us 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:55.840 directly by using our affiliate code to 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