newtekie1
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Processor | Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz |
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Motherboard | AsRock Z470 Taichi |
Cooling | Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans |
Memory | 32GB DDR4-3600 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 2070 Super |
Storage | 500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache |
Display(s) | Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28" |
Case | Fractal Design Define S |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard is good enough for me |
Power Supply | eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro x64 |
I figured I do a quick test on a few of the most popular free anti-virus programs out and see which really uses the most resources.
Test Method:
I used a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Pro. After installing Win7, drivers, and all Windows Updates I made an image of the machine. Then I installed each anti-virus, re-applying the image between anti-viruses to make sure each one gets a equally clean slate. After the AV was installed, I let the computer sit for 30 minutes to make sure it goes through its initial update process. The AVs were idle when I took the readings, these are not scan resources, but your scan should be set to run when the computer isn't in use anyway.
The resources I'm worried about is the RAM usage of each program. To figure this out I used ProcessXP which just makes it easy to pick up what processes belong to the AV software.
Results:
AVG|81MB
Avast|34MB
Avira|110MB
Comodo|145MB
MSE|158MB
Short and sweat. But really, any system with reasonable amounts of RAM(2GB or more) probably won't even notice the difference.
Test Method:
I used a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 Pro. After installing Win7, drivers, and all Windows Updates I made an image of the machine. Then I installed each anti-virus, re-applying the image between anti-viruses to make sure each one gets a equally clean slate. After the AV was installed, I let the computer sit for 30 minutes to make sure it goes through its initial update process. The AVs were idle when I took the readings, these are not scan resources, but your scan should be set to run when the computer isn't in use anyway.
The resources I'm worried about is the RAM usage of each program. To figure this out I used ProcessXP which just makes it easy to pick up what processes belong to the AV software.
Results:
Avast|34MB
Avira|110MB
Comodo|145MB
MSE|158MB
Short and sweat. But really, any system with reasonable amounts of RAM(2GB or more) probably won't even notice the difference.
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