cooky560 Veteran Posted July 12, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 12, 2013 Since getting windows 8 I tried enabling secure boot, and I've noticed a drop in performance after doing so. Is this normal? With Secure boot enabled: And Disabled: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Scores are so close I wouldn't even call it a drop, Run the test 5-10 times without secure boot, then average the numbers. Then run it again enabled then average the numbers, that will give you a more true reading. TPreston 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted July 12, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm not seeing anything significant here? I'd expect some differences between runs just because of other things possibly going on in the system, but this is way well within the margin of error here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ir0nw0lf Subscriber² Posted July 12, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted July 12, 2013 Would Secure Boot affect a benchmark such as this? If so, how/why? (Being serious here, I can't imagine it doing so) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 As mentioned, you will always get a small variance, so it's probably a non-issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJerman Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Did you reboot so you had a fresh boot before then run with secure boot enabled? Because obviously you had to reboot to turn it off. Those scores are so similar it could just be a little more free memory on one test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted July 14, 2013 Author Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2013 Well I did a cold boot and the score changed quite a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lingwo Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 As others have mentioned. The difference in the numbers isn't big enough to say it affects performance. Plus secure boot wouldn't be in affect once the computer is booted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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