Operating systems are gradually adapting to the hardware improvements that processor manufacturers are integrating. However, they are also adding more and more resource-consuming items, and performance can be adversely affected. Therefore, a user has verified how the performance of Windows 10 has evolved throughout all its versions. And the results are not good at all.
For this, the NTDev blog has checked the installation time, boot time, reboot, what it takes to open a Win32 program and a UWP, search, performance tests, stress, quick scan with Windows Defender, storage performance, and lastly, the time it takes to shut down the operating system. The numbers below refer to the system builds of each version:
- Build 10240: RTM
- Build 10586: November Update
- Build 14393: Anniversary Update
- Build 15063: Creators Update
- Build 16299: Fall Creators Update
- Build 17134: April 2018 Update
- Build 17763: October 2018 Update
- Build 18363: November 2019 Update
- Build 19041: May 2020 Update
Startup, reboot, and almost everything slower
Starting with the installation time , the figure has varied, where 1809 is the one that took the longest with 18 minutes and 40 seconds. Thus, the time has been changing in the different versions, but currently it is only a little more than a minute longer than with the first version of the system.
Boot time has consistently gotten worse, going from 13 seconds with the first version to 34 seconds with the current one.
Something similar happens with the reboot time , where it started at 24 seconds, and currently stands at 39 seconds, probably due to the security improvements that have been integrated into the system.
Application openness has also consistently evolved for the worse. For the 7 seconds it took at the beginning, it is now 16 seconds. With UWP the trend is the same.
Graphics performance appears to have improved dramatically over the latest version, taking only 24 seconds to complete the ADeltaX REGDI32 benchmark. However, the non-stop opening of Win32 programs to the limit shows that the performance has deteriorated compared to previous versions.
What has improved from the beginning at least is the performance of Windows Defender , which now performs full scans in less time than at the beginning, taking 14 seconds compared to 16, although it took 9 minutes with the previous version.
It has also improved storage performance , reaching very high figures in the last three versions of Windows 10.
Finally, the shutdown time has varied a lot, although it has remained relatively stable between 6 and 11 seconds, starting at 10 and ending at the current 11.
Slower for more security
What could all these changes be due to? Perhaps Microsoft, by not having to worry about the consumption of resources as much as in the past when it had mobiles, has left a little margin so that more resources are consumed without problem. However, it has also improved the security of the system and the number of items to check at all times, which has probably had more influence. Therefore, in exchange for having practically forgotten about viruses on our computers, we have a somewhat higher load time throughout the system.
