> A minor correction
Interesting. TIL, thanks. (I looked at /proc/cpuinfo on my i5, saw 4 entries, and assumed HT dual core).
> Have you tried using WSL instead?
These are tests to ensure PhotoStructure works on stock Windows machines, so I can't use WSL.
> filesystem performance should improve by a significant amount
That'd be awesome. Where'd you read that?
> In fact, Microsoft is promising developers “twice as much speed for file-system heavy operations, such as Node Package Manager install."
From here: https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-windows-termina...
In practice, the i5-6500 is faster than the i7-6700HQ. The i5 enjoys a slightly higher turbo clock speed and less restrictions in TDP, cooling and power supply allowing it to run faster for longer so it's expected to be the fastest, but that doesn't explain the entire gap.
Have you tried using WSL instead? I found it to do excellent in CPU based tasks, but the file IO performance was a bit lacking. Apparently in the next release (along with this new terminal) filesystem performance should improve by a significant amount. Although I would still expect it to be slower than running on Windows/NTFS natively