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Performance, speed questions
I wasn't sure where to ask this so I thought I'd start here.
I recently bought a new laptop that I thought would be fast performance wise. Imagine my dismay when the new computer runs slightly slower than my nearly 4 year old laptop, according to performance benchmarks and real world tests.
Old Computer:
Clevo W150ER running windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i7 3630QM Ivy Bridge 2.4ghz, 4 cores (third generation?)
SSD: 128GB for operating system and apps
HDD: 7200rpm 740GB for files
Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
16GB RAM
New Computer:
Asus Q551LN-BS1708 running Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7 4510U Haswell ULT 2.0ghz 2 cores (fifth generation?)
SSD: 1TB
Nvidia GeForce 840M
8GB RAM
I was told by the store I bought it from that there was a significant increase in speed between the 4th and 5th generation i7 processors.
I bought the new computer because we needed another computer in the house. My plan was to use the new one and give the old one to my son, but I was thinking that the new computer would be faster than my old one. UGH!!!
Do the specs above play out correctly in terms of performance? Should I be getting better performance out of the newer computer than I'm seeing?