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February 19th, 2008

Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks

Posted by Ed Bott @ 10:02 pm

Categories: Windows Vista

Tags: Disk, Performance, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management

As you can see, several file operations were essentially identical between Vista SP1 and XP SP2 (other scenarios I tested but didn’t chart, such as a copy from a local hard disk to an external USB drive, showed the same identical results). My numbers matched up with Adrian’s only on the Zip test, which measured how long it took to stuff 1 GB of files into a compressed archive. Vista is slower at this task than XP.

Copy two large files between volumes on a single hard disk

Copy a folder full of many smaller files across two volumes

Download a group of files from Windows Home Server

Upload a group of files to Windows Home Server

Zip a folder full of files into a compressed archive

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no, you sir are the biased one  eggmanbubbagee@... | 02/20/08
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re  archer75 | 02/20/08
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RE: Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks  dogmo1001 | 02/20/08
Fuzzy logic  jockmullin@... | 02/20/08
Fuzzy-wuzzy was a bear...  Black Ru | 02/20/08
Please read more carefully...  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/20/08
Yes, but you ignored the first poster  t_mohajir | 02/20/08
You are riding a dangerous train...........  Ole Man | 02/21/08
So, my system doesn't count?  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/21/08
I never said your system doesn't count  t_mohajir | 02/22/08
Please, write more carefully...  Black Ru | 02/22/08
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Have you tried to replicate Adrian's setup?  John L. Ries | 02/20/08
Ed, is it possible for you to compare vista to Windows 2003  kchahal | 02/20/08
Windows 2003 = Windows XP  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/20/08
I'm Anxious About Server 2008  itanalyst | 02/20/08
Actually Windows 2003 != Windows XP  kchahal | 02/21/08
XP vs Vista, The winner is.... Microsoft.  dapted | 02/20/08
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Pentium D vs Core 2 Duo  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/20/08
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Notebooks represent the majority of the PC market these days - hahahaha  midgeuk | 02/20/08
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Uh, no  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/20/08
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2GB  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/20/08
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ok....  dummybait@... | 02/20/08
RE: Another take on Vista vs. XP benchmarks  BoBBOB357@... | 02/20/08
You benchmark file transfers on WIFI connection????  broberts@... | 02/20/08
why were your results different? Because your methodology was poor.  james.faction | 02/20/08
Ed sure needs that slap alright!!!!  hbashman@... | 02/20/08
you need a slap..  dummybait@... | 02/20/08
No, you need a slap and a dose of reality  jim.denny@... | 02/21/08
small file access measurement is essential  james.faction | 02/21/08
Not quite sure where to begin answering that  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/21/08
nicely put  dummybait@... | 02/22/08
HELLO???  dummybait@... | 02/21/08
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Uh, Yeah.... but what version of XP? SP2??  bill.howey@... | 02/20/08
its XP pro with service pack2  marpincan@... | 02/20/08
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Angels dancing on the head of a pin  Chad_z | 02/20/08
I couldn't agree more.  GOTBO | 02/21/08
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LOL! Don't like empirical results? Just claim they're wrong and...  ye | 02/21/08
Tell us how Jon's wrong, ye...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/21/08
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Well said.  stan@... | 02/22/08
XCOPY still works  jmschattke@... | 02/21/08
how amazed and disgusted I am when in the middle of a copy.....  Ole Man | 02/22/08
I agree.  stan@... | 02/22/08
But...  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/23/08
Yes  stan@... | 02/23/08
Um, OK, so your point is...?  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/24/08
I don't care how you spin it...  mikifinaz1@... | 02/21/08
Thanks for sharing  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 02/21/08
LOL - well said  boed | 02/21/08
I second that emothion  Ole Man | 02/22/08
Vista and other MS OS  MaVdb7 | 02/21/08
Nobody cares anymore  green alien | 02/22/08
Get a NAS to do what any other OS should do?  junkmailstone@... | 02/23/08
no NAS is good NAS  krkosska | 06/06/08
Another Ed Bott favorable review  boed | 03/03/08
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