Unlike previous professional test Lifehacker The test content closer to people's day-to-day operations, test, Windows8 and Windows 7 on the same test platform were a clean install, and install the software also identical. The test platform: 3.8GHz Core i7 processor, 6GB RAM, 2TB hard drive, the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, network speed 20mbps.
In addition to the speed of startup programs Windows 7, Windows 8 performance in several other tests are better than Windows 7. Compared to Windows 7, Windows 8 most significant improvement is the start-up speed, the system start-up time of less than Windows 7 one-third. How to remove the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and install Windows 7
Windows 8 VS Windows 7
Start time (from the Windows startup screen to the desktop)
0:10
0:35
Compression of about 700MB file
0:29
0:32
Decompression approximately 700MB file
0:11
0:12
Copy about 700MB file
0:01
0:02
Handbrake movie encoding
8:06
8:15
Cold start 9 application
0:46
0:46
Open 10 tabs in Chrome
0:07
0:07
3dmark10 score
6470 (5218 Graphics, 23098 CPU)
6455 (5199 Graphics, 23448 CPU)