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Benchmarks show Windows 11 trailing older Windows across the board

Windows 11 arrived with promises of tighter security, modern visuals, and smarter scheduling, yet a growing body of benchmarks now paints a more awkward picture: in many common workloads, it lags ...

Windows 11 KB5089573 update released with performance improvements

Microsoft has released the KB5089573 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 30 ...
TweakTown

You can now benchmark a Windows 95 PC with CrystalMark Retro

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. CrystalMark Retro 2.0, from Crystal Dew World, is a free benchmarking tool that has just been updated to support Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me ...
Neowin

Microsoft reveals Windows Agent Arena to benchmark generative AI agents

The use of generative AI and large language models to automate and simplify tasks for people who work with PCs continued to grow. However, there's also a need to see how well AI can work to accomplish ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft's Windows Agent Arena: Teaching AI assistants to navigate your PC

Microsoft has unveiled a groundbreaking benchmark called Windows Agent Arena (WAA) to test artificial intelligence agents in realistic Windows operating system environments. This new platform aims to ...
Ars Technica

There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs

If you’re still using a computer you bought during the Clinton administration, interesting news: Crystal Dew World, developers of apps like CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark, have released an update ...