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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    Quote Originally Posted by somanyroads View Post
    An Internet search found the following:

    C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
    Open the Download folder and delete its contents

    . . . let us know if it works . . .
    Tried this today, there is a ton of stuff in that file and I have no understanding of it at all, I think it is all past updates and so I guess it would be ok to delete all of it. I did delete all of the updates in 2018. I'm afraid it might be too late as this morning when I looked I had restart options without the update. I'm afraid the box may have updated over night. is there a way to tell if you have the update that you don't want.
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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    Running "winver" (without the quotes) should show the OS Build.

    Edit: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4056892
    Last edited by somanyroads; 01-06-18 at 06:56 PM.


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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    There are 2 parts to this fix. ***Do not*** update to the most recent BIOS version for your motherboard either.

    With the windows patch + BIOS update, integer and floating point took a 2-3% hit. SATA SSDs lost up to 27% of their rated throughput speeds while m.2 NVMe SSDs lost up to 41%.


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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    Dang. But if we're on Win 10...looks like SOL after the 1 month "deferment" period it allows on the update settings, right?

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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/14991...ally-older-pcs

    TL;DR: PCs with older CPUs and Windows are being hit the hardest, but here’s a breakdown, anyway:

    • Most users on Windows 10 devices with Skylake, Kabylake, or newer CPUs will not notice a change in performance, and benchmarks show single-digit slowdowns.
    • Some users on Windows 10 devices with older CPUs such as Haswell are expected to notice a dip in performance, and benchmark reports have shown “more significant” slowdowns compared to newer CPUs.
    • Most users on Windows 7 and 8 devices with olde CPUs like Haswell will notice a decrease in performance. This is mostly due to the fact that the Windows kernel features legacy design decisions, which have been improved with Windows 10.
    • As for Windows Server, the patches are expected to show “more significant performance” impact on any processor when the mitigation is set to isolate untrusted code within your Windows Server instance. Be careful when patching your servers, basically.
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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    So since I have 3930K rigs (Sandy Bridge) guess I'm in the slowdown group.

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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    Quote Originally Posted by DrPop View Post
    So since I have 3930K rigs (Sandy Bridge) guess I'm in the slowdown group.
    Ah! But not if you upgrade to win 10! See what they did there?
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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    The big bad wolf is banging on my door.
    My first Windows 10 PC has informed me that build 1709 is awaiting download for installation.
    I hear huffing and puffing.
    My house is about to be blown down.

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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    So, a 4790K on Win7 that has had updates turned off for over a year, should not be affected at all?


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    Re: Intel design flaw: slowdown coming

    Quote Originally Posted by Fire$torm View Post
    So, a 4790K on Win7 that has had updates turned off for over a year, should not be affected at all?
    you can hope but it seems that nothing is safe from m$.
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