Question Why does my brothers pc feel faster/smoother than mine, even tho we have similar specs.

[AaronTheTossa]

So, basically me and my brother have the same PC but his specs are a little bit better than mine. Just browsing on google, changing tabs, scrolling through YouTube, going through file explorer, everything feels 100% smoother on his PC.

Here are the specs:

GPU: Me, 1060, him, 1070
CPU: Me i76700, him i5-8400
RAM: Both 16 gb 2133 mhz
Same monitor both at 144hz
Both have SSD but his is a lot better than mine (could be potential reason but I don't think SSD effects performance that much)
both have HDD

He hasn't changed any settings since getting the PC (we got the PC from the same place) I tried resetting my whole PC and it doesn't help, I've tried following Windows 10 performance enhancing videos on YouTube to tweak settings etc but to no avail.

Any ideas?

 

[DSzymborski]

It's hard to judge the subjective feelings of someone. Better information would be playing the same game on identical settings and running benchmarks.

 

[geofelt]

What are the ssd's in question.
Is yours near full, like 90%?
I would suspect the difference is there.

Brothers processor is a touch faster, both in single thread performance and in total, but not so much that you should notice.

 

[AaronTheTossa]

What are the ssd's in question.
Is yours near full, like 90%?
I would suspect the difference is there.

Brothers processor is a touch faster, both in single thread performance and in total, but not so much that you should notice.

What are the ssd's in question.
Is yours near full, like 90%?
I would suspect the difference is there.

Brothers processor is a touch faster, both in single thread performance and in total, but not so much that you should notice.

I have <Mod Edit> kingston ssd 120gb and his is a crucial ssd, 500gb. Not sure what the models are.
edit: I have a KINGSTON SUV400S37120G 120gb and brothers got a Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1 500gb

 

[geofelt]

A 120gb ssd is really too small for a windows C drive.
Many things default to the C drive.
When a ssd fills up, it can lose performance and endurance.

 

[AaronTheTossa]

A 120gb ssd is really too small for a windows C drive.
Many things default to the C drive.
When a ssd fills up, it can lose performance and endurance.

I try to keep about 20-40gb free of space in it and even have virtual memory set to around 20gb aswell. So I don’t think space is an issue.