Windows 7 build 7000 outperforms Vista and XP

Normally, I would frown upon testing beta software against final code that has been updated frequently, but the results this time around are very interesting. Instead of using benchmarking programs, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet put together 23 real-world scenarios to see which operating system would be the quickest to complete all of the tasks.

He tested the 32-bit versions of Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400, Windows Vista SP1, and Windows XP SP3. Two separate test machines were used:
  • An AMD Phenom 9700 2.4GHz system fitted with an ATI Radeon 3850 and 4GB of RAM
  • An Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.2GHz fitted with an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and 1GB of RAM
Neither of these computers is top of the line, but Windows 7 managed to outperform both Vista and XP on both. Kingsley gave a 1 to the operating system that finished each test first, a 2 for second place, and a 3 for third. Windows 7 scored 25 points on both systems, placing first in 21 tests, and second in two other ones. On the AMD system, XP scored 61 points and Vista scored 52, while on the Intel system, XP scored 56 points and Vista scored 57.


Either way, Windows 7 slaughtered both of its predecessors. Bill Gates wasn't kidding when he said Windows 7 would "be more efficient."

Full Story: Windows 7 build 7000 outperforms Vista and XP
Results: Windows 7 beta 1 performance - How does the OS compare to Vista and XP? | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com
 
All good news! Even though Vista runs better then XP ever did here on all of my systems.

If only someone would leak the x64 windows 7 7000 I could give it a better shake, I did load the x86 and it seemed to run fine, but I got to much RAM to hobble it with a 32 bit install.
 

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    ASUS 9800GT Ultimate
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    19 inch Sceptre 19 inch Acer
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    1 320GB Seagate SATA
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    1 200GB Maxtor SATA
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Unfortunately, there is no x64 to leak at the moment.
 

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    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
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    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
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    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
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    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
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    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
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    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
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    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
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    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
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    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
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    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
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    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
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    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
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    Lenovo
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    8 GB
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    Radeon HD (Embedded)
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    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
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    Lenovo 15" Matte
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    1680 * 1050
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    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
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    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
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    Lenovo
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    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
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    Lenovo
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    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas when Windows 7 will be beta yet?
 

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    ME
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    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz L2 FSB 1066Mhz
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    Gigabyte GA965P DQ6 Rev 1 F11
    Memory
    Geil PC6400 800Mhz 4GB Dual Channel Ram
    Graphics Card(s)
    GIGABYTE GTX260
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster XI Gamer Sound Card,
    Hard Drives
    Seagate 250Gb SATA 11, Samsung 400GB SATA
    PSU
    Corsair 620W HX Series Modular
    Keyboard
    LOGITECH WAVE USB
    Mouse
    LOGITECH G5
    Internet Speed
    4MB
Hi,

Does anyone have any ideas when Windows 7 will be beta yet?

EDIT:

I take back what I said lol.

I am not sure.
 

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    Asus Laptop's = the best by far!
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    Intel core 2 duo 2.5gig
    Motherboard
    Asus
    Memory
    4gigs DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9500m Gs 512mb
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" laptop screen and 19" external
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 and 1280x1224
    Hard Drives
    250 in the laptop, 750gig external
Hello all.

I know one thing; for 32-bit, 7000 screams on my system! For that matter 64-bit 6801 isn't no slouch. I'm ready for 64-bit 7000; actually, I'd like to see 64-bit 7004.



Hello Joel!













Later ;) Ted
 

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    * BFK Customs *
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    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
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    ASUS P5Q Pro
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    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
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    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
Hello all.

I know one thing; for 32-bit, 7000 screams on my system! For that matter 64-bit 6801 isn't no slouch. I'm ready for 64-bit 7000; actually, I'd like to see 64-bit 7004.



Hello Joel!













Later ;) Ted

I am running the 32bit 7000 build and it does move quick! I really want to try the 64bit! :D
 

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    Asus Laptop's = the best by far!
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    Intel core 2 duo 2.5gig
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    Asus
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    4gigs DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia 9500m Gs 512mb
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.4" laptop screen and 19" external
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 and 1280x1224
    Hard Drives
    250 in the laptop, 750gig external
I didn't know where to say this so I thought I'd post it here.

I Installed the 32bit version on a spare PC today (wasn't prepared to mess around with a vital PC). Less then 2 hours to download 2.5Gb, and around 30mins to install, and it runs faster than my Vista ultimate 64 or XP Pro, which are both on impressive computers.

The computer I installed it on: AMD Sempron 3000+ 512Mb Ram, and it boots faster and seems more responsive, than any of my other PCs.

There's a few things I'm not too keen on with it, but considering it's a beta just released, it's looking good..
 

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I had great results with an old sempron 2400.

Welcome to the Forums :party:
 

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    Windows 11 Workstation
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    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
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    Ryzen 9 5950X
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    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
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    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
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    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
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    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
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    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
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    Enermax Liqtech 240
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    Surface Ergonomic.
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    Logitech Performance MX
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    4GB
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    Intel HD Graphics 4400
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    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
I am at work checking out these results with a co-worker and we are shocked.

I am going to install it (dual boot with Vista x64) tonight and see for myself! ;)
 

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    ASRock Extreme 4
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    16GB Crucial DDR3
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    2GB EVGA GTX 770 SC ACX
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    2x23" Dell IPS
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    1920x1080
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    120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD (Primary OS)
    120GB OCZ SSD
    512GB Crucial SSD
    250GB Western Digital HDD
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    OCZ 700 watt
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    Fractal Design R4 (non-window)
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    h100i
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    Corsair K70 Mechanical (MX Browns)
    Mouse
    Logitech G400
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    Cable
I am at work checking out these results with a co-worker and we are shocked.

I am going to install it (dual boot with Vista x64) tonight and see for myself! ;)

My 64-bit version runs fine. Hey It's got INTERNET CHECKERS back in it!! Missed that from XP!
 

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    Built it myself
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    2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 64 bit
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    Gigabyte P31-S3G
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    4 GB DDR2
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    NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
    Sound Card
    Onboard High Definition Audio
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    Samsung SyncMaster 915n
    Screen Resolution
    1024X768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA
    PSU
    Enermax
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Coolermaster
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    4.8 Gb/S Motorola Surfboard Cable modem - DL-624 Router
    Other Info
    Floppy drive, Pioneer +/- DVD RW, Memorex +/-CD RW
Is it necessary to get connected to internet while activating the Windows 7?
I entered the product key and now its trying to connect to internet without which the key wont activate. Any comments?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 MHz
    Motherboard
    intel 965 chipset family
    Memory
    2 GB DDR 2 SD RAM @ 667 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    On board upto 358 MB RAM
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15"
    Hard Drives
    160 GB WDC
Is it necessary to get connected to internet while activating the Windows 7?
I entered the product key and now its trying to connect to internet without which the key wont activate. Any comments?

Yes, this version activates over the internet just like the earlier Vista and XP. The beauty of it is that it does it automatically. Plug in your router!
 

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    Built it myself
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    2.40 gigahertz Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 64 bit
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    Gigabyte P31-S3G
    Memory
    4 GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
    Sound Card
    Onboard High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 915n
    Screen Resolution
    1024X768
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital 500 GB SATA
    PSU
    Enermax
    Case
    Antec
    Cooling
    Coolermaster
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    4.8 Gb/S Motorola Surfboard Cable modem - DL-624 Router
    Other Info
    Floppy drive, Pioneer +/- DVD RW, Memorex +/-CD RW
64Bit tested last nite...install was flawless except for some reason it hated the 64Bit MBoard drivers and refused to accept them.
Sent a report.
Also tried the slideshow screen saver and although it ran well while i watched it for 5 minutes i took a break and came back to a blank screen and had to boot to last known good config...also reported.
As far as i can tell it seems like they actually may have gotten it right this time.
More Later.
 

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    Intel Q6600
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    ASUS P5K MBoard.
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    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
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    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
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    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
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    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
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    RaidMax Smilodon Case
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    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
Some guys said microsoft promised what they couldn't deliver in another thread; in a way they were right as they integrated some Linux Architecture in Windows 7.

The exntfs file system stores and accesses files in a similiar, efficient manner as that of the Linux Kernel; there is less seeking to get parts of fragmented files. It organizes the free space interleaving the used; so, when new files are stored less than, a guess based on tests, 50 MB, they are less likely to be stored in parts or fragmented.

The windows kernel is also VERY VERY stable now; it is more stable than XP! It is NOT A VISTA SP2, as someone said; It takes 7 seconds to go from boot sector to desktop on a core 2 quad with 4 gigs of 1066. I'm not saying a laggy, still-in-load desktop either but a fully usable while loading startup programs.

This is due to them completely changing the way windows accesses memory; it, again, is similiar to how linux accesses memory! There are also checksums now for writing memory to harddisk so data is less likely to get corrupted. Through all previous versions of windows, the protocol for the windows kernel to access memory has remained farily unchanged with the exception of revision for architecture (x86 and x64).

Windows Vista, if you had read a year or two back, was a prerelease of Windows 7, or Windows Vienna; Gates wanted, in my opinion, retirement money :huh: and It was worse in performance than windows 98. I had various problems with 50 percent of my applications which were made to Microsoft's standards for windows vista.

I also know the truth as to why I had so many problems; as I said, the protocol for the windows kernel to access memory has remained farily unchanged since windows xp. They wanted to release vienna early BUT they were in a bind; they weren't done with the new Vienna kernel. So, Vista became the partial looks of Vienna with the partial of the kernel BUT most of the kernel came from XP! This was a quick fix BUT a terrible idea. You can't mix oil and water!

Windows 7 does have bugs, but, unlike the prior version's bugs, the bugs are not in performance or stability. Microsoft actually rethought their priorities focusing more on these areas, for once. In previous versions, they focused more on appearance and functionality than reliability and stability. I'm sure they will have everything fixed by October of 2010.

By the way, I got double the frames on most of the DX 10 games in comparison to vista; I got 30 percent more than XP in dx 9. The ATI HD series (I use 3870's) cards support Tesellation where the images are drawn using triangles instead of Hexagons or Squares. The Tesellation is exclusive to Directx 11, included in Windows 7 Beta build 7000; also, whenever the Direct3D is not in use by games, the GPU's become my 5th and 6th main system processors. Still thinking of buying that Core 2 Extreme when you can get 4 way SLI and more performance for the same price?
 

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these computers is top of the line, but Windows 7 managed to outperform both Vista and XP on both. Kingsley gave a 1 to the operating system that finished each test first, a 2 for second place, and a 3 for third. Windows 7 scored 25 points on both systems, placing first in 21 tests, and second in two other ones. On the AMD system, XP scored 61 points and Vista scored 52, while on the Intel system, XP scored 56 points and Vista scored 57.
 

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