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I've been having performance issues between the Windows 7 side of my dual boot system and the Win8 side. And Windows 7 consistently out performs Windows 8.
In Nova Bench for example I have a dozen or more Win8 (Pro) tests in the 600-700 range, I can tweak the results a bit by adjusting the multiplier for my CPU or using the "extreme" setting in ASUS's Ai Suite for OCing. But the difference is clear, Nova Benchmarks for this same hardware running in Win7 (Home Premium) are about 50% better with scores consistently in the 900-1080 range. 1080 is my high water mark. Win8's best score is 823, with many scores in the 650 range.
Then I decided to get real.
I set up my real world test. I sometimes take a series of photo's and then use Adobe Element's Panoramic feature to stitch the images into one wide panorama. The images are all large megapixels to begin with (e.g. about 40M each) and the resulting panorama can be well in excess of 150M so we are talking big pictures.
I tested the system with the hardware BIOS settings the same and went to ASUS's Ai Suite to check to make sure the settings were the same for Win8 and Win7. I also checked in on AMD's Vision Control Center to ensure that all of the settings there were the same. Same hardware, same settings.
The tests - one used four images, the other six. These were the same images, drawn from the same hard drive. The images were not on the same hard drive as the OS or the program.
Each of my OS's is on their own SSD, so there may be a slight variation between the two SSD's but I don't think that can account for the differences I saw. In both cases Elements is also on the SSD in hopes of getting the maximum benefit of running off of an SSD.
The results;
Four images: Windows 7 took 2 minutes 25 seconds from start to finish. Windows 8; four minutes, 44 seconds.
Six images: Windows 7 - 3 minutes 50 seconds, Windows 8 - 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
Wow, I was not prepared for the time difference. I had been using Windows 8 more than Windows 7 just because it's newer and I wanted to get used to using it. But now I'm not so sure.
Any thoughts on Windows 8's performance here?
I will have to think up some other real life tests for these two systems.
For the curious here is one of the images, we had a Family Fun Day at the sledding hill sponsored by local social agency.
In Nova Bench for example I have a dozen or more Win8 (Pro) tests in the 600-700 range, I can tweak the results a bit by adjusting the multiplier for my CPU or using the "extreme" setting in ASUS's Ai Suite for OCing. But the difference is clear, Nova Benchmarks for this same hardware running in Win7 (Home Premium) are about 50% better with scores consistently in the 900-1080 range. 1080 is my high water mark. Win8's best score is 823, with many scores in the 650 range.
Then I decided to get real.
I set up my real world test. I sometimes take a series of photo's and then use Adobe Element's Panoramic feature to stitch the images into one wide panorama. The images are all large megapixels to begin with (e.g. about 40M each) and the resulting panorama can be well in excess of 150M so we are talking big pictures.
I tested the system with the hardware BIOS settings the same and went to ASUS's Ai Suite to check to make sure the settings were the same for Win8 and Win7. I also checked in on AMD's Vision Control Center to ensure that all of the settings there were the same. Same hardware, same settings.
The tests - one used four images, the other six. These were the same images, drawn from the same hard drive. The images were not on the same hard drive as the OS or the program.
Each of my OS's is on their own SSD, so there may be a slight variation between the two SSD's but I don't think that can account for the differences I saw. In both cases Elements is also on the SSD in hopes of getting the maximum benefit of running off of an SSD.
The results;
Four images: Windows 7 took 2 minutes 25 seconds from start to finish. Windows 8; four minutes, 44 seconds.
Six images: Windows 7 - 3 minutes 50 seconds, Windows 8 - 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
Wow, I was not prepared for the time difference. I had been using Windows 8 more than Windows 7 just because it's newer and I wanted to get used to using it. But now I'm not so sure.
Any thoughts on Windows 8's performance here?
I will have to think up some other real life tests for these two systems.
For the curious here is one of the images, we had a Family Fun Day at the sledding hill sponsored by local social agency.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro 64 bit
- System Manufacturer/Model
- I assembled this one myself
- CPU
- A10-5800K
- Motherboard
- ASUS A85-M Pro
- Memory
- 32 GB 1600 Ghz Kingston HyperX Red RAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS HD 6670 - in AMD Dual-Graphic Mode
- Sound Card
- Integrated on the motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Three LG's 20-24-20
- Screen Resolution
- high
- Hard Drives
- Kingston HYperX 128 GB SSD (OS & Photoshop)
Seagate Barracuda SATA III - 2 T
Seagate SATA II 750 internal
Seagate eSATA 750 FreeAgent portable
Seagate USB 250 Passport portable
- PSU
- Antec 620 Watt High Current Gamer - Modular
- Case
- Generic ATX
- Cooling
- Cooler Master 212 Hyper Plus + extra fan
- Keyboard
- Old Logitech - need a new gamer one
- Mouse
- Razer DeathAdder
- Internet Speed
- .5 to 1 Mbps (yes one half of one Mbps
- Other Info
- Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X Flight Stick
Thrustmaster Ferrari Challenge Wheel & Pedals