I have two main computers. Briefly a three year old machine and a relatively new one. Both are used for math research and document and figure preparation
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H motherboard Dual core Intel i3-540 overclocked to 4 GHz running Windows XP with SP3 4 GB DDR3-1333 two 2GB Ripjaws RAM 9 cl Western Digital 2 TB HD
EVGA Z77 FTW motherboard quad core Intel i5-2500K overclocked to 4.4 Ghz running Windows 8.1 16 GB DDR3 two 8 GB Ripjaws RAM 9 cl SanDisk 240 GB boot SSD
Wordperfect opens in 3 seconds on the old machine with only a hard drive. Same version of Word Perfect takes 7 seconds to open on the machine running from an SSD
I can set both machines to run a very computationally intensive backtracking routine and the old machine will finish before the new machine
To get best possible memory speed each machine has only two RAM modules -- two 2GB modules in the old machine and two 8GB modules in the new one. Both are Ripjaws -- same series 9 cl timing.
Can't fathom how the new machine can be slower to load or run programs than the old one. I have checked settings in the BIOS with EVGA recommended ones and am properly set up for the overclock I have.
Anyone have any ideas of what could be the problem? Both machines are stable and pass all sorts of tests. I run them, and a couple of others, for day long computations, but I should be getting better from the new machine in question
Both machines have large coolers and do not get hot even under load. Both have way oversized Seasonic PS so voltages do not dip or vary
Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H motherboard Dual core Intel i3-540 overclocked to 4 GHz running Windows XP with SP3 4 GB DDR3-1333 two 2GB Ripjaws RAM 9 cl Western Digital 2 TB HD
EVGA Z77 FTW motherboard quad core Intel i5-2500K overclocked to 4.4 Ghz running Windows 8.1 16 GB DDR3 two 8 GB Ripjaws RAM 9 cl SanDisk 240 GB boot SSD
Wordperfect opens in 3 seconds on the old machine with only a hard drive. Same version of Word Perfect takes 7 seconds to open on the machine running from an SSD
I can set both machines to run a very computationally intensive backtracking routine and the old machine will finish before the new machine
To get best possible memory speed each machine has only two RAM modules -- two 2GB modules in the old machine and two 8GB modules in the new one. Both are Ripjaws -- same series 9 cl timing.
Can't fathom how the new machine can be slower to load or run programs than the old one. I have checked settings in the BIOS with EVGA recommended ones and am properly set up for the overclock I have.
Anyone have any ideas of what could be the problem? Both machines are stable and pass all sorts of tests. I run them, and a couple of others, for day long computations, but I should be getting better from the new machine in question
Both machines have large coolers and do not get hot even under load. Both have way oversized Seasonic PS so voltages do not dip or vary
Last edited: