With every new iteration of Windows, many always wonder how the new version stacks in comparison with the old for gaming. In order to know, we tested Windows 10 and Windows 8.one it with both popular graphics benchmarks and benchmarks included in a few games, in order to requite u.s. a spectrum of different situations and run into which operating system provides the all-time functioning.

The benchmarks were tested on a recently built arrangement, the same for both operating systems, in the same status (Windows 10 was updated over Windows 8.1, so even the hard disk bulldoze load is basically the same). Hither'southward our test hardware:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ four.00GHz

Graphics Menu: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

RAM: 32 GB

Proceed in heed that since there aren't games supporting DirectX 12 at the moment, the test was done in DirectX xi applications, which is pretty much the point, as we know that DirectX 12 games are supposed to perform much better with Windows 10.

Final Fantasy Fourteen: Heavensward

Windows 8

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Windows ten

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On the criterion of the pop Concluding Fantasy MMORPG, Windows 10 gained over 100 points. It may not be an enormous difference, considering the total score of nigh xi,000, simply an improvement is an improvement. Interestingly, average loading times also improved past a couple seconds.

Batman: Arkham Knight

Windows 8

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Windows 10

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Batman: Arkham Knight's benchmarking tool besides showcased a gain in frame rate with Windows x: Minimum FPS increased past 1, while both maximum and average FPS increased by 3.

Total War: Attila

Windows 8

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Windows x

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Full State of war: Attila is interesting, as it displays an extremely large number of modest animated units on the screen. Nosotros also become a handy graph. Average FPS increased past two with Windows 10, Maximum FPS past 5, and minimum FPS by two. The frame rate is also visibly more than stable on Windows x, fifty-fifty if there'southward a single scene at well-nigh 13 seconds where frame charge per unit drops sharply lower than on Windows viii.

By the way, a small public service announcement. If you upgrade your operating system by keeping your data, you volition demand to verify the game enshroud on Steam forTotal War: Attilaand a few other games, or they won't run.

3D Mark Firestrike

Windows 8

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Windows 10

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Windows x allowed us to gain 70 points in the pop benchmark past Futuremark. Interestingly, it outperformed by a little fleck Windows 8 in graphics and combined tests, simply information technology actually slightly underperformed its predecessor in the physics criterion.

Unigine Valley

Windows 8

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Windows 10

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The newest benchmark by Unigine, Valley,isn't just beautiful, just it'due south designed to examination the graphics bill of fare quite brutally. Interestingly, both minimum and maximum FPS were infinitesimally lower (0.ii and 0.1) in Windows 10, simply average FPS and overall score were slightly college (by 0.half-dozen FPS and 22 points), showing a slightly more than stable overall performance.

While the true exam of Windows 10 will come up when DirectX 12 games will first condign widespread, if you're worried about the new operating organisation negatively impacting your gaming experience, nosotros can say that at least on our test machine not only this did not happen, but performance was improved across the board.

While information technology isn't an enormous comeback, any gain is a good gain, and combined with how snappy the OS is and with the great features of the Xbox App (that aren't limited to Xbox One users, as the Game DVR feature is very good fifty-fifty if you'll never touch a panel in your life), I'd definitely advise to do the upgrade. After all, it's gratis.