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'Clean' vs 'Dirty' Windows 11 Performance Was Benchmarked, Results May Surprise You

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A freshly installed Windows 11 PC was tested against a 'dirty' older install to see who wins. The results may surprise you.
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A recent test has compared the performance of two PCs with Windows 11, one with a clean installation and one with a year of use. Results reveal that, although new installations are usually a little faster, the differences are minimal. In single-core tasks, the clean installation showed a 3% improvement. In games like ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, there was a 2.5% improvement in standard configurations, but the old installation rendered better in maximum con…

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