We will also keep our file access lag measurements in server tests, as although the measurement is somewhat academic, it remains relevant to the throughput of servers handling large amounts of file access traffic.įor all tests, we will focus our performance testing mainly on our set of standard activities, which since its introduction has included common tasks such as moving, copying, archiving and un-archiving of files.

We will continue to include this data in our server tests though, where such factors are more important. In the desktop space, on-demand scans are mostly run overnight or whenever the system is not busy, rendering the speed of scans of rather limited interest. To reduce the time taken to complete tests in the face of an ever-growing field of participants, we have decided to drop these components from our desktop comparatives.

Regular readers will note the absence this month of our usual figures for scanning speed and simple file access lag times. Preparation for the test was fairly straightforward, with the images used for the previous Windows 8.1 comparative recycled with a few adjustments, mainly affecting our performance tests which saw some significant upgrades this month. Windows 8.1 still feels fairly fresh and new despite the imminence of its upcoming replacement, and users have been rather slow to adopt it – the latest stats put it on between 7% and 13% of all systems browsing the web, which is pretty close to the aged, defunct but still popular Windows XP.

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