Windows 10: Why surface i5 not as fast as pc i5

Discus and support Why surface i5 not as fast as pc i5 in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I have a 5 year old pc with an i5 and 8 MB Ram so I thought a new surface pro i5 and 8MB Ram must be significantly faster then the old desktop but I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by johnkoppms, Dec 29, 2018.

  1. JOHNKOPPMS
    johnkoppms Win User

    Why surface i5 not as fast as pc i5


    I have a 5 year old pc with an i5 and 8 MB Ram so I thought a new surface pro i5 and 8MB Ram must be significantly faster then the old desktop but I was wrong .


    Why is the modern surface so much slower than an old desktop?

    :)
     
    johnkoppms, Dec 29, 2018
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  2. PPARKS1
    pparks1 Win User

    Slow Performance in Surface Pro 4 - Core i5 8GB


    Heck, even for much beefier tasks, a core i5 should be more than enough to make that Surface Pro 4 quite snappy. I just built my son a computer at Christmas with a Core i5 and it's extremely fast with everything i throw at it.

    Can you quantify painfully slow? For example, how long does it take to perform some of these basic tasks?
     
    pparks1, Dec 29, 2018
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  3. FDEGROVE
    fdegrove Win User
    I7 or I5


    Hi,

    I5 supports 4 threads actually but the I7 suggested here is from an older generation.
    An I7 such as an I6700K combined with a decent socket 1151 board should outperform a 4790K hands down in several areas.

    http://ark.intel.com/products/88191/...up-to-3_90-GHz

    Cheers, *Wink
     
    fdegrove, Dec 29, 2018
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  4. SUPERJOSE
    superjose Win User

    Why surface i5 not as fast as pc i5

    Slow Performance in Surface Pro 4 - Core i5 8GB


    Sup guys! I'm resorting to this forum, because I know the caliber of people that roam around here.

    I have a Surface Pro 4 - i5 w/ 8GB of RAM, and it's been painfully slow to do basic tasks. Excel, Web Browsing , Opening the Task Manager takes a lot; mouse lag; and maybe some coding with Visual Studio. I have a laptop with an i7 4700MQ and my laptop feels way snappier.

    I thought that I wouldn't need the two extra cores since I was doing some basic work, but I don't know if I'm right...

    So, this is what I've done:

    1. Checked Startup items. Almost bare bones. No Java Updater, only Dropbox, f.lux, Windows Defender.
    2. Ran sfc /scannow and chkdsk - No problems found.
    3. Scanned for viruses (Malwarebytes). Everything clean.
    4. CPU temp is great at 56°C.
    5. CPU, Disk and RAM usage do not top 100% when experiencing these issues.
    6. I've refreshed and Clean Install (From USB Drive), and I'm still experiencing issues.

    Is there a way for me to track the usage and see which programs may be causing some sort of distortion? Even though it's an ultrabook i5 it should be way more than enough for the type of tasks that I'm doing (I think)

    Any suggestions or ideas?
     
    superjose, Dec 29, 2018
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