Battle Benchmark Report of 133 Windows Optimization Software

[ifacedown]

https://www.macecraft.com/windows-optimization-software-benchmark/

Products
Nothing on this scale ever done before!

This is an unprecedented benchmark test that covers 133 different software products claimed to make Windows PCs work faster. The rigorous testing shows that only some can deliver actual improvements to computer performance while others offer surprising results.

Introduction
Macecraft Software has published four registry cleaner product comparison studies which have attempted to answer questions about the quality of different registry cleaning products as well as what kind of effects they can have to your system.

The first study dates back to 2009 and was entitled Registry Cleaner Review and Performance Comparison Study and a follow-up to it was released later in the same year. It was Macecraft Software’s In-Depth Review of 31 The Most Popular Registry Cleaner Products study. Then, in 2010, a Comparison of 176 Registry Cleaner Products study was published.

The most recent study was released on September of 2013 which focused on whether or not running a registry cleaner software results in changes to system benchmark scores. That study was entitled theRegistry Cleaner Benchmark Study.

This time though, we looked to make waves! This was an exciting study that could really focus on what various software products were doing to our computers. In this study, 133 products were tested. The inclusion process was simple and straightforward: few software download sites were manually scanned for any products claiming to make your computer faster by cleaning it or by fixing system errors. In addition, Google was also used to find such products and the 133 products are all the products that were found. The majority of them are considered to be popular and high-ranking among consumers.

The following products were downloaded and tested by Macecraft:

1. 1-Click PC Care
2. 360Amigo System Speedup PRO
3. Abexo Free Registry Cleaner
4. Abyssal Registry Cleaner
5. Ace Utilities
6. Acebyte Utilities
7. Acleaner
8. Advanced PC Optimizer
9. Advanced Registry Cleaner Setup
10. Advanced Registry Doctor Pro
11. Advanced System Optimizer
12. Advanced SystemCare 8
13. Advanced SystemCare Ultimate 7
14. Advanced Vista Optimizer 2009
15. Always Right
16. AML Registry Cleaner
17. Argente Utilities
18. ARO 2012
19. Ashampoo Registry Cleaner
20. Ashampoo WinOptimizer 11
21. AthTek Registry Cleaner
22. Auslogics BoostSpeed Basic
23. Auslogics Registry Cleaner
24. AVG PC TuneUp 2015
25. Avira System Speedup
26. AVS Registry Cleaner
27. Baidu PC Faster
28. BitOptimizer
29. Carambis Cleaner
30. Ccleaner
31. Chily Registry Optimizer and Cleaner
32. CleanGenius
33. CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner
34. Cloud System Boostern
35. Comodo PC TuneUp
36. Comodo System Utilities
37. DetoxMyPC Basic
38. EasyCleaner
39. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner
40. EzRegistryCleaner
41. Fix-It Utilities 10 Professional
42. FIXIO PC Cleaner 2015
43. FixMyRegistry
44. Free Registry Fix
45. Free Windows Registry Repair
46. Glary Utilities
47. Innovative System Optimizer
48. iolo System Checkup
49. JetClean
50. jv16 PowerTools X (one of our partner products)
51. Koox System Optimizer
52. Lavasoft Registry Tuner
53. Little Registry Cleaner
54. MISPBO Free Registry Cleaner
55. MV RegClean
56. MYPCTuneUp
57. nCleaner
58. Netgate Registry Cleaner
59. Norton Utilities 16
60. Optimo Pro
61. PC Doc Pro
62. PC Faster
63. PC HealthPack
64. PC Shower 2014
65. PC Tools Desktop Maestro
66. PC Tune-Up
67. PC TuneUp Tools 2015
68. PC Win Booster
69. PCRx
70. PCSleek Free Error Cleaner
71. Perfect Registry
72. PerfectSpeed PC Optimizer
73. Premium Booster
74. Quicksys Registry Cleaner
75. Reg Organizer
76. RegAce System Suite
77. RegCleaner
78. RegCure Pro
79. RegHunter Registry Repair
80. Registry Clean Expert
81. Registry Cleaner 7
82. Registry Cure
83. Registry Drill
84. Registry Fast
85. Registry First Aid 10
86. Registry Healer
87. Registry Help Free
88. Registry Life
89. Registry Medic 2015
90. Registry Repair
91. Registry Reviver
92. Registry Smoker
93. Registry Sweeper Pro
94. Registry TuneUp
95. Registry Wizard
96. RegScrubXP
97. RegTweaker
98. RegVac Registry Cleaner
99. SeriousBit Enhanso Pro
100. Simnet Registry Repair 2011
101. Simplitec Power Suite Free
102. SlimCleaner Free
103. SmartPCFix
104. Speed It Up Free
105. Speedy PC Free
106. SS Registry Fixer
107. Synei System Utilities
108. SysCheckUp
109. System Cleaner 7
110. System Mechanic 14
111. System TuneUp
112. Systweak RegClean Pro
113. Toolwiz Care
114. TuneUp Utilities 2014
115. TweakNow PowerPack
116. TweakNow RegCleaner
117. Uniblue PC Mechanic 2014
118. Vit Registry Fix Free Edition
119. WinASO Registry Optimizer
120. Windows Doctor
121. Windows Optimizer – Registry Cleaner and Fixer
122. WinLube 2
123. WinMaximizer
124. WinMend Registry Cleaner
125. WinSysClean X6
126. WinTools.net Classic
127. WinUtilities Free
128. WinZip System Utilities Suite
129. Wise Care 365
130. Wise Registry Cleaner 8
131. XP Registry Cleaner
132. XP Repair Pro 6
133. Your Free Registry Cleaner

 

[Janl92l]

Where are the result i cant find them.

 

[ifacedown]

Where are the result i cant find them.

Click on the link and navigate in their site...It is 7 or 8 page report.

 

[viktik]

They are testing themselves and giving themselves the highest score.

 

[ifacedown]

They are testing themselves and giving themselves the highest score.

well of course. You could also watch the screenshots and videos to see where they "lie' or speak the "truth"

 

[hjlbx]

That study appears self-serving to me ... but that isn't all that unusual where software comparison tests are generally concerned.

 

[ifacedown]

That study appears self-serving to me ... but that isn't all that unusual where software comparison tests are generally concerned.

I agree. The only difference with their tests is that they provide heavy and detailed documentation (with screenshots and videos) to validate their testings... something that other Optimization Software Companies do not do. You could watch the videos to see where they lie or speak the truth.

 

[ifacedown]

And they provide 60 days of free unrestricted trial period.... and they have tested it also with Windows 10.

 

[hjlbx]

I already know it is a great product ...

Seems like EVERY software vendor wants to clean my system.

What, is it dirty or something ?

Damn Finns ... gotta love 'em ...

 

[ifacedown]

Actually I would test it for 60 days on my Windows 10 system - my main and only system! Such a trust I put in them!

 

[nissimezra]

thats why MS not recomended using crap cleaners
read
The data indicates that only two products seemed to have an overall positive effect on both the system startup time and benchmark scores: jv16 PowerTools X and Baidu PC Faster.

It can be seen that most products seem to have a positive effect on the system’s startup time with the products improving the startup time by an average of 28%. However, the effects on the overall system performance as measured by running PCMark 7 benchmark software, were mainly negative with six products out of eight producing an average decrease of the benchmark score.

As I said before most of the cleaners are scam asking money to fix clean install OS.

 

[Cch123]

This test should definitely be taken with a pinch of salt. The "best" product out of all the tools that were tested is jv16 Powertools, which "coincidentally" is the product the people who made this test are selling. Seriously though, who would publish tests that do not show their own products as the best/one of the best?

 

[hjlbx]

What I may do on machine with OEM install of Windows is to:

Uninstall all bloatware
Run JV16
Create custom system image using -recimg

That way can always restore to really clean system image ...

I am always testing out new softs so I just reset system ...

I get infected ... reset system

I get lazy and don't want to do maintenance ... reset system (important files auto-uploaded to cloud).

 

[ifacedown]

This test should definitely be taken with a pinch of salt. The "best" product out of all the tools that were tested is jv16 Powertools, which "coincidentally" is the product the people who made this test are selling. Seriously though, who would publish tests that do not show their own products as the best/one of the best?

Quite agree. In fact, test results are contradicting - for example in the area of disk defrag. Diskeeper will publish tests saying their product is the best, the same with PerfectDisk. They even trash each other, publishing documented reports that their product is the best.

 

[Warrior]

Macecraft,Macecraft , Macecraft nothing wrong with a little self promotion but really.
by the way I have this for sale anyone want to buy it ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#mediaviewer/File:Tour_Eiffel_Wikimedia_Commons.jpg

 

[hjlbx]

JV16 pretty good ... if your into that sort of thing - tedious review of outdated registry entries, finding empty folders, reviewing .tmp files ... blah, blah, blah

JV16 does have one nifty feature though ... if you use it immediately after you perform a system reset to factory condition you can de-crapify your system in one fell swoop ... unlike other de-crap software which you have to do softs removal manually.

What I absolutely hate though is when software duplicates things that are already built into windows ... like service.msc, msconfig, start-up manager, etc, etc.

JV16 is just like most others ... Revo, Total Uninstall, CCleaner, Wise, Glary, etc, etc ...

That's why I think it is not worth paying for "Optimizers" of any kind ... just get free one of your choice ... CCleaner pretty darn good now-a-days as I remember when it was basically not much more than a damn rock.

Most any AV and BiniSoft's Windows Firewall Control are the only softs that truly improve what's already included in Windows.

 

[ifacedown]

I tried it... found many registry errors...and they are very careful about it. In their philosophy in their Help file it states, "better that we miss several registry errors than committing ONE correct registry as error..." (not exact words).. They correct registry errors by changing its values or by deleting them.

However, their startup optimizer caused my system to start slower.

 

[hjlbx]

I think start-up time as a measure of performance can be/is mis-leading.

Instead, I think raw CPU usage during the course of typical work-loads is more important.

Afterall, does one spend virtually all their PC time at the desktop or re-booting.

JV16 has some worthwhile features and seems to me to be better than typical optimizers. It can be very thorough, but like I said before, to take full advantage requires a tedious review process.

If you are OCD, then most any optimizer will drive you nuts.

Just sayin' ...

 

[ifacedown]

I think start-up time as a measure of performance can be/is mis-leading.

Instead, I think raw CPU usage during the course of typical work-loads is more important.

..

...Well, I only commented about startup time NOT in connection with performance per se. I did note about startup time because in their findings, an average of around 45% startup boot time improvement has been reported. As I enabled it, startup programs on my Task manager got all renamed to "Startup Optimizer" (with the exception to ESET)... which never started at all, thus making my netbook somewhat crippled. I am using Windows 10. In their tests, they even included Win10 without committing the errors I have experienced.

 

[hjlbx]

...Well, I only commented about startup time NOT in connection with performance per se. I did note about startup time because in their findings, an average of around 45% startup boot time improvement has been reported. As I enabled it, startup programs on my Task manager got all renamed to "Startup Optimizer" (with the exception to ESET)... which never started at all, thus making my netbook somewhat crippled. I am using Windows 10. In their tests, they even included Win10 without committing the errors I have experienced.

Hello ifacedown,

Wow ... now that's a quirk I would not have never expected with JV16, but it does not surprise me.

I think with W8 and 10 that if a user enables hybrid boot it just might be an issue.

Maybe Minecraft used non-hybrid boot setting?

I'm sorry you have had poor experience.