As previous beta showed , this operating has a higher performance in comparison with current windows vista .
We tried to compile the data from previous review and as a whole we have : Windows SP Sp3 (latest update) , Windows Vista 32 bit SP1 (latest update) , Windows 7 (7000 Build Beta 1) 32 Bits , Windows 7 (6956 Build) 32 Bits , and Windows 7 (7022 Build Beta 1) 32 Bits (latest release).
First let us note that this new build was pretty fast during the install : 10min and 27 s (using Raid 0 setup) and HDD to HDD installs .
Right after the install and the welcome screen
The new APi Directx 11.0
The promising Internet explorer 8
Our Test System :
- Processor : Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.6 GHz (450 MHz x8) , 1.15v,
- Motherboard : Biostar Tpower Ip45 .
- Memory : 2x 1 GB Ocz Reaper extreme 1150 MHz (5-5-5-11) . (@1180 MHz)
- Video card : Nvidia 9800 GT (700Mhz Core , 1860 memory , 1700 SHader)
- HDD : Raid0, 2x Seagate 320 GB
Without excess words let us pass directly to the benchmark , we will start from daily use application (Compressing / Decompressing) .
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (Compressing / Decompressing) :
From the last build (7000) the compressing performance was considerably increased and finally an operating system faster than windows Xp in compressing/decompressing applications , the result just impresses .
The Windows 7 7022 performance is almost 3-5% higher than windows XP but in this case 10 to 15 % higher than windows vista Sp1 32bits .
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (Memory and Some CPu) :
The memory bandwidth was also slightly improved in comparison with windows 7 (7000) , but it was fairly improved in comparison with windows Xp ..
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (Cache / Memory) :
The new Windows 7 beta 7022 has a faster cache performance we should expect already 70.xxx in the next build . In comparison with the previous beta version, the performance was increased.
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (HDD) :
The HDD performance is lower in comparison with windows xp but for windows vista and all older windows 7 build , it was fairly improved .
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (Rendering/OpenGL) :
The rendering and OpenGl performance was improved in comparison with windows vista , the OpenGL benchmark shows almost 10% of boost .
Windows 7 Beta 1 7000 Vs Windows Xp Sp3 (3D Synthetic/Real gaming) :
Alas FurMark fails in this new build ...
AND here the big surprise windows 7 (7022) was the fastest OS in the scene 1 , 2 and 4 , the gaming performance was also improved .
With such performance windows 7 can become the worthy replacement of windows xp , its performance is now very respectable (if not the best) , the memory usage is very moderated in comparison with windows vista .