Webroot SecureAnywhere® Business Endpoint
Protection vs. Eight Competitors
Performance Benchmarks
Windows 11
March 2023

Document: Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection vs. Eight Competitors Performance Benchmark
Authors:
J. Han, D. Wren
Company: PassMark Software
Date:
6 March 2023
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Table of Contents
REVISION HISTORY............................................................................................................................................ 3
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................................... 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... 4
OVERALL SCORE ................................................................................................................................................ 5
PRODUCTS AND VERSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 6PERFORMANCE METRICS SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 7
TEST RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................. 10
BENCHMARK 1 – INSTALLATION TIME ........................................................................................................................ 10
BENCHMARK 2 – INSTALLATION SIZE ......................................................................................................................... 11
BENCHMARK 3 – BOOT TIME ................................................................................................................................... 12
BENCHMARK 4 – CPU USAGE DURING IDLE ................................................................................................................ 13
BENCHMARK 5 – CPU USAGE DURING SCAN .............................................................................................................. 14
BENCHMARK 6 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE .............................................................................................. 15
BENCHMARK 7 – MEMORY USAGE DURING INITIAL SCAN .............................................................................................. 16
BENCHMARK 8 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SCHEDULED SCAN ....................................................................................... 17
BENCHMARK 9 – ON-DEMAND SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................ 18
BENCHMARK 10 – SCHEDULED SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................. 19
BENCHMARK 11 – BROWSE TIME ............................................................................................................................. 20
BENCHMARK 12 – FILE COPY, MOVE, AND DELETE ...................................................................................................... 21
BENCHMARK 13 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION ........................................................................................ 22
BENCHMARK 14 – FILE WRITE, OPEN, AND CLOSE ....................................................................................................... 23
BENCHMARK 15 – NETWORK THROUGHPUT ............................................................................................................... 24
DISCLAIMER AND DISCLOSURE ....................................................................................................................... 25
CONTACT DETAILS .......................................................................................................................................... 25
APPENDIX 1 – TEST ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 26
APPENDIX 2 – METHODOLOGY DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................. 27

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Revision History
Rev
Edition 1

Revision History

Date

Initial version of this report.

6 March 2023

References
Ref #

1

Document

What Really Slows Windows Down (URL)

Performance Benchmark

AuthorO. Warner,
The PC Spy

Date

2006

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Executive Summary
PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on nine (9) security software products, on Windows
11 Pro (64-bit) during January-February 2023. This report presents our results and findings from the performancebenchmark testing conducted for these endpoint security products.
The aim of this benchmark was to compare the performance impact of Webroot SecureAnywhere BusinessEndpoint Protection product with eight (8) competitor products.
Testing was performed on all products using fifteen (15) performance metrics. These performance metrics are as
follows:• Installation Time
• Installation Size
• Boot Time
• CPU Usage during Idle
• CPU Usage during Scan
• Memory Usage during System Idle
• Memory Usage during Initial Scan
• Memory Usage during Scheduled Scan
• On-Demand Scan Time• Scheduled Scan Time• Browse Time
• File Copy, Move, and Delete• File Compression and Decompression• File Write, Open, and Close• Network Throughput

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Overall Score
PassMark Software assigned every product a score depending on its ranking in each metric compared to otherproducts in the same category. In the following table the highest possible score attainable has been normalized to100. This would be the score given if a product attained first place in all fifteen (15) metrics. Endpoint products
have been ranked by their overall scores:

Product Name

Overall Score

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

80

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

67

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

66

ESET Endpoint Security

65

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

54

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

50

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

49

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

41

Sophos Intercept X

36

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Products and Versions
For each security product, we have tested the most current and publicly available version. The names and versionsof products are given below:

Manufacturer

Product Name

Webroot Inc.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

9.0.33.39

Feb 2023

Trend Micro Inc.

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

6.7.3107/14.2.3062

Jan 2023

Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

11.10.0.399

Jan 2023

Sophos Ltd.

Sophos Intercept X

2022.4.0.4

Jan 2023

Bitdefender

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

7.8.1.244

Jan 2023

ESET, spol. s r.o.

ESET Endpoint Security

10.0.2034.0

Feb 2023

Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

1.2.0.1159

Feb 2023

Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

4.18.2211.5

Feb 2023

CrowdStrike, Inc.

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

6.50.16410.0

Feb 2023

Performance Benchmark

Product Version

Date Tested

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Performance Metrics Summary
We have selected a set of objective metrics which provide a comprehensive and realistic indication of the areas inwhich endpoint protection products may impact system performance for end users. Our metrics test the impactof the software on common tasks that end-users would perform on a daily basis.
All of PassMark Software’s test methods can be replicated by third parties using the same environment to obtain
similar benchmark results. Detailed descriptions of the methodologies used in our tests are available as “Appendix
2 – Methodology Description” of this report.

Benchmark 1 – Installation Time
The speed and ease of the installation process will strongly influence the user’s first impression of the security
software. This test measures the installation time required by the security software to be fully functional and readyfor use by the end user. Lower installation times represent security products which are quicker for a user to install.

Benchmark 2 – Installation Size
In offering new features and functionality to users, security software products tend to increase in size with eachnew release. Although new technologies push the size limits of hard drives each year, the growing disk spacerequirements of common applications and the increasing popularity of large media files (such as movies, photos
and music) ensure that a product's installation size will remain of interest to home users.
This metric aims to measure a product’s total installation size. This metric is defined as the total disk spaceconsumed by all new files added during a product's installation.

Benchmark 3 – Boot Time
This metric measures the amount of time taken for the machine to boot into the operating system. Security
software is generally launched at Windows startup, adding an additional amount of time and delaying the startupof the operating system. Shorter boot times indicate that the application has had less impact on the normal
operation of the machine.

Benchmark 4 – CPU Usage during System Idle
The amount of CPU resources used while the machine is idle provides a good indication of the amount of system
resources being consumed by the security software on a permanent basis. This metric measures the CPU utilization
while the machine and security software are in an idle state.

Benchmark 5 – CPU Usage during Scan
The amount of load on the CPU while security software conducts a malware scan may prevent the reasonable useof the endpoint machine until the scan has completed. This metric measured the percentage of CPU used by
security software when performing an on-demand scan.

Benchmark 6 – Memory Usage during System Idle
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product while the machine and security softwareare in an idle state. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all security software processes and theamount of memory used by each process.
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The amount of memory used while the machine is idle provides a good indication of the amount of system
resources being consumed by the security software on a permanent basis. Better performing products occupy lessmemory while the machine is idle.

Benchmark 7 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product during an initial security scan on theendpoint’s main drive. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all security software processes andthe amount of memory used by each process during the scan.

Benchmark 8 – Memory Usage during Scheduled Scan
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product during a scheduled security scan on thetarget endpoint. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all security software processes and theamount of memory used by each process during the scan.

Benchmark 9 – On-Demand Scan TimeAll security solutions have functionality designed to detect viruses and various other forms of malware by scanningfiles on the system. This metric measured the amount of time required to scan a set of clean files. Our sample file
set comprised a total file size of 982 MB and was made up of files that would typically be found on end-usermachines, such as media files, system files and Microsoft Office documents.

Benchmark 10 – Scheduled Scan Time
Most security solutions are scheduled by default to scan the system regularly for viruses and malware. This metricmeasured the amount of time required to run a scheduled scan on the system. The scan is set to run at a specified
time via the client user interface or management console.

Benchmark 11 – Browse Time
It is common behavior for security products to scan data for malware as it is downloaded from the internet or
intranet. This behavior may negatively impact browsing speed as products scan web content for malware. This
metric measures the time taken to browse a set of popular internet sites to consecutively load from a local server
in a user’s browser window.

Benchmark 12 – File Copy, Move, and Delete
This metric measures the amount of time taken to copy, move and delete a sample set of files. The sample file set
contains several types of file formats that a Windows user would encounter in daily use. These formats include
documents (e.g. Microsoft Office documents, Adobe PDF, Zip files, etc.), media formats (e.g. images, movies andmusic) and system files (e.g. executables, libraries, etc.).

Benchmark 13 – File Compression and Decompression
This metric measures the amount of time taken to compress and decompress different types of files. Files formats
used in this test included documents, movies and images.

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Benchmark 14 – File Write, Open, and Close
This benchmark was derived from Oli Warner’s File I/O test at http://www.thepcspy.com (please see Reference#1: What Really Slows Windows Down). This metric measures the amount of time taken to write a file, then open
and close that file.

Benchmark 15 – Network Throughput
The metric measures the amount of time taken to download a variety of files from a local server using theHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is the main protocol used on the web for browsing, linking and datatransfer. Files used in this test include file formats that users would typically download from the web, such asimages, archives, music files and movie files.

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Test Results
In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Webroot SecureAnywhere BusinessEndpoint Protection in green. The average result has also been highlighted in blue for ease of comparison.

Benchmark 1 – Installation TimeThe following chart compares the minimum installation time it takes for endpoint security products to be fully
functional and ready for use by the end user. Products with lower installation times are considered better
performing products in this category.1

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

2.91

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

10.59

ESET Endpoint Security

14.55

Sophos Intercept X

59.51

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

77.15

Average

110.38

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

228.96

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

236.37

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

253.03

0s

50 s

100 s

150 s

200 s

250 s

300 s

1 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as it was a Windows 11 built-in software.

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Benchmark 2 – Installation Size
The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of endpoint security products.
Products with lower installation sizes are considered better performing products in this category.2

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

5.31

265.21

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

473.33

ESET Endpoint Security

806.46

Average899.06

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

1,043.29

Sophos Intercept X

1,080.36

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

1,719.93

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

0 MB

1,798.58

400 MB

800 MB

1,200 MB1,600 MB2,000 MB

2 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as it was a Windows 11 built-in software.

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Benchmark 3 – Boot TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken for the system to boot (from a sample of five boots) for each
endpoint security product tested. Products with lower boot times are considered better performing products inthis category.

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

5.19

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

5.37

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

5.37

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

5.41

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

5.42

ESET Endpoint Security

5.42

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

5.70

Average

5.74

Sophos Intercept X

6.03

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

7.79

0s

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1s

2s

3s

4s

5s

6s

7s

8s

9s

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Benchmark 4 – CPU Usage during Idle
The following chart compares the average CPU usage during system idle. Products with lower CPU usage areconsidered better performing products in this category.

ESET Endpoint Security

0.13%

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

0.22%

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

0.33%

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

0.36%

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

0.42%

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

0.46%

Average

0.48%

Sophos Intercept X

0.70%

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

0.82%

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

0.89%

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Benchmark 5 – CPU Usage during Scan
The following chart compares the average CPU usage during an on-demand scan of sample files. Products withlower CPU usage are considered better performing products in this category.

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

5.27%

Sophos Intercept X

5.87%

ESET Endpoint Security

6.63%

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

7.54%

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

9.75%

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

14.36%

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

15.54%

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

17.22%

Average19.49%

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

93.18%

0%

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

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Benchmark 6 – Memory Usage during System Idle
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an endpoint security product during a periodof system idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60 seconds apartafter reboot. Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

87.69

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

ESET Endpoint Security

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

Average

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Sophos Intercept X

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security
0 MB

Performance Benchmark

139.29164.49243.03315.17346.56393.16450.82586.14739.21

100 MB 200 MB 300 MB 400 MB 500 MB 600 MB 700 MB 800 MB

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Benchmark 7 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an endpoint security product during an initialscan on the main drive. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at twelve second
intervals during a scan of sample files which have not been previously scanned by the software. Products that use
less memory during a scan are considered better performing products in this category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

122.21

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

ESET Endpoint Security

214.16237.32

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

398.49CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

485.95

Average

516.15

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

733.23

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

750.76

Sophos Intercept X

842.38

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

860.840 MB

Performance Benchmark

200 MB

400 MB

600 MB

800 MB

1,000 MB

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Benchmark 8 – Memory Usage during Scheduled Scan
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an endpoint security product during ascheduled scan on the endpoint. This average is taken from a sample of five memory snapshots taken at fivesecond intervals. Products that use less memory during a scan are considered better performing products in thiscategory.3

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

96.61

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

ESET Endpoint Security

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

267.62301.53348.07

Average488.12

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

507.52

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

524.22

Sophos Intercept X

760.89BitDefender GravityZone Business Security
0 MB

1,098.49

200 MB

400 MB

600 MB

800 MB

1,000 MB 1,200 MB

3 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as the product did not have the functionality to run a scheduled scan.

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Benchmark 9 – On-Demand Scan TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken to run an On-demand scan on the system for each security
product tested.

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

5.60

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

7.60

ESET Endpoint Security

18.00

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

31.00

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

35.17

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

42.00

Average45.40

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

51.00

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

95.60

Sophos Intercept X

122.650s

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20 s

40 s

60 s

80 s

100 s

120 s

140 s

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Benchmark 10 – Scheduled Scan TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken to run a scheduled scan on the system for each security
product tested.4

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

21.50

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

32.75

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

79.25

ESET Endpoint Security

109.25

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

375.25Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

491.75

Average591.88

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

1,371.50

Sophos Intercept X

2,253.77

0s

4

500 s

1,000 s1,500 s2,000 s2,500 sMicrosoft Defender was excluded from this test as the product did not have the functionality to run a scheduled scan.

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Benchmark 11 – Browse TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken for Microsoft Edge to successively load a set of popular
websites through the local area network from a local server machine. Products with lower browse times are
considered better performing products in this category.

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

7.51

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

7.59

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

7.62

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

7.70

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

8.93

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

9.35

Average

9.44

ESET Endpoint Security

10.87

Sophos Intercept X

10.88

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

14.55

0s

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2s

4s

6s

8s

10 s

12 s

14 s

16 s

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Benchmark 12 – File Copy, Move, and Delete
The following chart compares the average time taken to copy, move and delete several sets of sample files foreach endpoint security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products inthis category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

7.81

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

8.93

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

9.21

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

10.11

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

10.93

ESET Endpoint Security

11.12

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

17.53

Average

18.40

Sophos Intercept X

32.12

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

57.83

0s

Performance Benchmark

10 s

20 s

30 s

40 s

50 s

60 s

70 s

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Benchmark 13 – File Compression and Decompression
The following chart compares the average time it takes for sample files to be compressed and decompressed foreach endpoint security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products inthis category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

29.64

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

30.28

ESET Endpoint Security

30.41

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

30.46

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

30.94

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

33.04

Average

33.72

Sophos Intercept X

36.89

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

38.04

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

43.75

0s

Performance Benchmark

10 s

20 s

30 s

40 s

50 s

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Benchmark 14 – File Write, Open, and Close
The following chart compares the average time it takes for a file to be written to the hard drive then opened andclosed 180,000 times, for each endpoint security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better
performing products in this category.

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

6.48

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

6.81

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

10.48

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

13.14

ESET Endpoint Security

40.65

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

75.21

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

176.55

Average

178.08

Sophos Intercept X

367.51

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

905.900s

Performance Benchmark

100 s 200 s 300 s 400 s 500 s 600 s 700 s 800 s 900 s 1,000 s

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Benchmark 15 – Network Throughput
The following chart compares the average time to download a sample set of common file types for each endpoint
security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

BitDefender GravityZone Business Security

25.72

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

25.82

CrowdStrike Falcon Pro

26.53

Sophos Intercept X

27.12

Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

27.15

Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection

27.25

Average

33.68

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud

36.45

ESET Endpoint Security

39.05

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Services

67.98

0s

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10 s

20 s

30 s

40 s

50 s

60 s

70 s

80 s

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Disclaimer and DisclosureThis report only covers versions of products that were available at the time of testing. The tested versions are as
noted in the “Products and Versions” section of this report. The products we have tested are not an exhaustive
list of all products available in these very competitive product categories.

Disclaimer of Liability
While every effort has been made to ensure that the information presented in this report is accurate, PassMark
Software Pty Ltd assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or out-of-date information and shall not be liable
in any manner whatsoever for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from theavailability of, use of, access of, or inability to use this information.

Disclosure
Webroot Inc. funded the production of this report. The list of products tested and the metrics included in thereport were selected by Webroot.

Trademarks
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Phone + 61 (2) 9690 0444
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https://www.passmark.com

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Appendix 1 – Test Environment
Endpoint Machine
Motherboard:

ASUS PRIME Z690-A

CPU:Intel Core i3-12100 CPU @ 3.30GHz

Video Card:Intel UHD Graphics 730

RAM:

Crucial 32GB DDR5-4800

Main Boot Drive:

Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD 250GB

2nd Drive:

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GBrd

3 Drive:

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB

Network:

1Gbps (Connected via Gigabit Ethernet cable)

O/S:

Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1105)

Web Server
The Web server was not benchmarked directly but served the web pages and files to the endpoint machine duringperformance testing.
Motherboard:
CPU:
Video Card:
RAM:
Hard Drive:
Network:

Intel S1200BTL ServerIntel Xeon E3-1220v2 @ 3.10 GHz
Intel Integrated Graphics Card
8GB (2 x 4GB) ECC RAM, 1333Mhz
SSD 128GB
1Gbps (Connected via Gigabit Ethernet cable)

O/S:

Windows Server 2012 Standard

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Appendix 2 – Methodology Description
Windows 11 Image Creation
As with testing on Windows 11, Macrium Reflect was used to create a “clean” baseline image prior to testing. Our
aim is to create a baseline image with the smallest possible footprint and reduce the possibility of variation causedby external operating system factors.
The baseline image was restored prior to testing of each different product. This process ensures that we install
and test all products on the same, “clean” machine.
The steps taken to create the base Windows 11 image are as follows:1.

Installation and activation of Windows 11 Pro.

2.

Remove Windows login password.

3.

Change User Account Control settings to “Never Notify”.

4.

Install HTTP Watch for Browse Time testing.

5.

Install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Boot Time testing.

6.

Install OSForensics for testing (Installation Size test) purposes.

7.

Install important Windows updates.

8.

Disable SysMain to ensure consistent results.

9.

Disable Windows Automatic Updates.

10. Create a baseline system image using Macrium Reflect.

Benchmark 1 – Installation Time
This test measures the minimum Installation Time a product requires to be fully functional and ready for use by
the end user. Installation time can usually be divided in three major phases:• The Extraction and Setup phase consists of file extraction, the EULA prompt, product activation and user
configurable options for installation.
• The File Copy phase occurs when the product is being installed; usually this phase is indicated by a progress
bar.
• The Post-Installation phase is any part of the installation that occurs after the File Copy phase. This phasevaries widely between products; the time recorded in this phase may include a required reboot to finalize theinstallation or include the time the program takes to become idle in the system tray.
To reduce the impact of disk drive variables, each product was copied to the Desktop before initializing installation.
Each step of the installation process was manually timed with a stopwatch and recorded in as much detail as
possible. Where input was required by the end user, the stopwatch was paused and the input noted in the raw
results in parenthesis after the phase description.
Where possible, all requests by products to pre-scan or post-install scan were declined or skipped. Where it was
not possible to skip a scan, the time to scan was included as part of the installation time. Where an optional
component of the installation formed a reasonable part of the functionality of the software, it was also installed(e.g. website link checking software as part of a Security Product).
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Installation time includes the time taken by the product installer to download components required in the
installation. This may include mandatory updates or the delivery of the application itself from a download
manager. We have noted in our results where a product has downloaded components for product installation.
We have excluded product activation times due to network variability in contacting vendor servers or time takenin account creation. For all products tested, the installation was performed directly on the endpoint, either using
a standalone installation package or via the management server web console.

Benchmark 2 – Installation Size
A product's Installation Size was previously defined as the difference between the initial snapshot of the Disk Space(C: drive) before installation and the subsequent snapshot taken after the product is installed on the system.
Although this is a widely used methodology, we noticed that the results it yielded were not always reproducible
in Vista due to random OS operations that may take place between the two snapshots. We improved theInstallation Size methodology by removing as many Operating System and disk space variables as possible.
Using PassMark’s OSForensics we created initial and post-installation disk signatures for each product. These disk
signatures recorded the number of files and directories, and complete details of all files on that drive (including
file name, file size, checksum, etc.) at the time the signature was taken.
The initial disk signature was taken immediately prior to installation of the product. A subsequent disk signature
was taken immediately following a system reboot after product installation. Using OSForensics, we compared thetwo signatures and calculated the total disk space consumed by files that were new, modified, and deleted during
product installation. Our result for this metric reflects the total size of all newly added files during installation.
The scope of this metric includes only an ‘out of the box’ installation size for each product. Our result does notcover the size of files downloaded by the product after its installation (such as engine or signature updates), or
any files created by system restore points, pre-fetch files and other temporary files.

Benchmark 3 – Boot Time
PassMark Software uses tools available from the Windows Performance Toolkit (as part of the Microsoft Windows
11 ADK obtainable from the Microsoft Website).
The Boot Performance (fast startup) test is run as an individual assessment via the Windows Assessment Console.
The network connection is disabled and the login password is removed to avoid interruption to the test. The final
result is taken as the total boot duration excluding BIOS load time.

Benchmark 4 – CPU Usage during System Idle
CPUAvg is a command-line tool which samples the amount of CPU load two times per second. From this, CPUAvg
calculates and displays the average CPU load for the interval of time for which it has been active.
For this metric, CPUAvg was used to measure the CPU load on average (as a percentage) during a period of system
idle for 500 samples. This test is conducted after restarting the endpoint machine and after five minutes ofmachine idle.

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Benchmark 5 – CPU Usage during Scan
CPUAvg is a command-line tool which samples the amount of CPU load approximately two times per second. From
this, CPUAvg calculates and displays the average CPU load for the interval of time for which it has been active.
For this metric, CPUAvg was used to measure the CPU load on average (as a percentage) by the system while theOn-Demand Scan Time test was being conducted. The final result was calculated as an average five sets of thirty
CPU load samples.

Benchmark 6 – Memory Usage during System Idle
The MemLog++ utility was used to record process memory usage on the system at boot, and then every minutefor another fifteen minutes after. This was done only once per product and resulted in a total of 15 samples. The
first sample taken at boot is discarded.
The MemLog++ utility records memory usage of all processes, not just those of the anti-malware product. As aresult of this, an anti-malware product’s processes needed to be isolated from all other running system processes.
To isolate relevant process, we used a program called Process Explorer which was run immediately upon thecompletion of memory usage logging by MemLog++. Process Explorer is a Microsoft Windows Sysinternals
software tool which shows a list of all DLL processes currently loaded on the system.

Benchmark 7 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
The MemLog++ utility was used to record memory usage on the system while a malware scan is in progress. Pleaserefer to the metric “Memory usage – System Idle” above for a description of the MemLog++utility and an
explanation of the method by which memory usage is calculated.
As some products cache scan locations, we take reasonable precautions to ensure that the security software does
not scan the C:\ drive at any point before conducting this test. A manual scan on the C:\ drive is initiated at thesame time as the MemLog++ utility, enabling MemLog++ to record memory usage for 120 seconds at 12 second
intervals.

Benchmark 8 – Memory Usage during Scheduled Scan
The MemLog++ utility was used to record memory usage on the system while a scheduled malware scan is inprogress. Please refer to the metric “Memory usage – System Idle” above for a description of the MemLog++utility
and an explanation of the method by which memory usage is calculated.
A scheduled scan is configured on the target endpoint and once started, the MemLog++ utility is launched,enabling MemLog++ to record memory usage for 120 seconds at 12 second intervals.

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Benchmark 9 – On-Demand Scan Time
On-Demand Scan Time is the time it took for each product to scan a set of sample files. The sample used was
identical in all cases and contained a mixture of system files and Office files. In total there were 6166 files whose
combined size was 982 MB. Most of these files come from the Windows system folders. As the file types caninfluence scanning speed, the breakdown of the main file types, file numbers and total sizes of the files in thesample set is given here:
File Format

NumberTotal Size

File Format

NumberTotal Size

DLL

2589

490 MB

FRA

3880 KB

EXE

694

101 MB

IQY

3830 bytes

SYS

332

23.3 MBISP

3

601 bytes

GIF

302

567 KBITA

3930 KB

DOC

281

64.2 MBMB

3

4.36 MB

WMF

185

1.78 MBMML

3771 KB

PNG

149

1.93 MBMMW

3946 KBHTM/HTML

126

946 KB

NLD

3

1.11 MBCAT

111

7.25 MBRAR

3

1.91 MB

NLS

80

6.63 MBROM

3

54.1 KB

JPG

70

1.09 MBSIG

3

19.8 KB

INI

59

1.76 MBSVE

3993 KB

ICO

58

58.2 KB

TTF

3580 KB

MOF

43

6.12 MBACS

2

3.8 MBAX

39

4.48 MBC2

28.5 KB

XLS

38

3.62 MBCMD

2

1.6 KBCFG

36

141 KBLO_

2

128 KB

POT

36

2.37 MB

LXA

2

1.19 MB

IME

35

5 MB

MAP

2

3.72 KB

DRV

31

1.19 MBMDB

2

516 KBTXT

31

366 KB

MMF

2

1.92 KB

CHM

30

6.28 MB

MSI

2

1.65 MBOCX

30

6.12 MBNT

2

4.16 KB

CPL

29

4.42 MB

OBE

2

13.9 KB

MFL

29

2.62 MBODC

2386 bytes

INF

26

1.54 MBPOL

2

488 bytes

TLB

25

2.17 MBRLL

2

112 KB

DOT

24

1.55 MBTAB

2

160 KB

HLP

22

3.44 MBTSK

22.25 KB

IMD

20

18 MB

XLA

2

79 KB

PY

20

79.2 KB

ACL

1

37 KB

[NO EXTENSION]

19

3.29 MBBMP

1

234 KBMSC

18752 KB

BTR

1

1.25 MBVBS

18

838 KB

BUD

1

93 KB

XML

18

574 KB

CHK

1

8 KB

RTF

16

62.1 MBCHS

1

1.65 KB

ECF

15

15.6 KB

CHT

11.65 KB

INC

1527.3 KB

CNV

1

52 KB

COM

14

282 KBCPI

1124 KB

DAT

14

1.83 MBDATA

1

5.99 MB

LOG

14

4.53 MBDB

1

17.5 KB

TSP

14

1.22 MBDBL

1

2.13 KB

XSL

1444.3 KB

DHS

1

138 bytesH

1256.5 KB

DICT

1

18 KB

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TBL

13

606 KB

DIZ

1

AW

12

2.59 MBDLS

1

428 bytes
3.28 MBFAE

12

1.02 MBDPC

1

414 bytes

JS

12429 KBENG

1751 bytes

SCR

12

2.5 MBGRA

1

182 KB

VSD

12

1.67 MBHOL

1

269 KBZIP

11

25.2 MB

HTC

1

28 KB

[HIDDEN FILES]

11

-

HXX

1

6.55 KB

PNF

10

1 MB

ICS

1

375 bytes

ACM

9836 KB

IMG

1

66.2 KB

ICM

9192 KB

JPN

1

2.01 KB

LEX

910.3 MB

KOR

1

2 KB

PPT

9

4.46 MBLOCAL

1

0 bytes

MANIFEST8

5.96 KB

MOD

1

2.03 KB

UCE

8240 KB

MST

1

3.99 MBACG

7780 KB

NVU

1

2.74 KB

OLB

71.34 MBOPS

1

2.26 KB

WAV

75.03 MBPAT

1

42 bytes

WIZ

7

1.11 MBPRF

1

6.62 KB

BIN

6

25 MB

PRO

1

20.7 KB

GPD

6112 KBRAM

1

64 bytes

CNT

5

4.15 KB

RAT

1

3.09 KB

DUN

5

2.46 KB

RSP

1

4.19 KB

MPP

51.83 MBSCF

1

75 bytes

PIP5

12.5 KB

SDB

11.03 MB888 bytes

SAM

5305 KB

SDF

1

ADM

4

1.64 MBSLL

1

471 KB

BAT

4

22.4 KB

SPD1

1.6 MB

CPX

4

6.46 KB

SQL

1748 KB

FON

4

61.3 KB

SVG

177.5 KB

SCP

4

8.53 KB

THA

1697 bytes

SEP

4

6.79 KB

TPL

110.5 KB

CSS

3

11.4 KB

TRM

1

4 KB

DEU

3

1.45 MBVXD

1

81 bytes

DTD

3

22.6 KB

WMA

1

2.5 MBENU

3999 KBWMV

1649 KBESN

3815 KB

WSC

1

39.5 KB

Total

6166

982 MB

This scan was run without launching the product’s user interface, by right clicking the test folder and choosing the“Scan Now” option. To record the scan time, we have used product’s built-in scan timer or reporting system.
Where this was not possible, scan times were taken manually with a stopwatch.
In previous years of testing, we noticed many more products showing a substantial difference between the initialscan time (first scan) and subsequent scan times (scans 2 to 5). We believe this behavior is due to products
themselves caching recently scanned files. As a result of this mechanism, we have averaged the four subsequentscan times to obtain an average subsequent scan time. Our final result for this test is an average of the subsequentscan average and the initial scan time.

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Benchmark 10 – Scheduled Scan Time
This scan is configured as a full system scheduled scan from user interface or management console. The defaultscheduled scan settings are kept (except for the start time) and the scan is scheduled to run at the next convenient
time. To record the scan time, we have used product’s built-in scan timer or reporting system. Where this was notpossible, scan times were taken manually with a stopwatch.
The scan is run three times with a reboot between each run to remove potential caching effects. In the past, many
products have shown a substantial difference between the initial scan time (first scan) and subsequent scan times(scans 2 to 5). We believe this behavior is due to products themselves caching recently scanned files. As a resultof this mechanism, we have averaged the four subsequent scan times to obtain an average subsequent scan time.
Our final result for this test is an average of the subsequent scan average and the initial scan time. Where thisoption is not available, the product is omitted from the metric, and given the lowest score for this metric.

Benchmark 11 – Browse TimeWe used a script in conjunction with HTTPWatch (Basic Edition, version 9.1.13.0) to record the amount of time ittakes for a set of 108 ‘popular’ websites to load consecutively from a local server. This script feeds a list of URLs
into HTTPWatch, which instructs the browser to load pages in sequence and monitors the amount of time it takes
for the browser to load all items on one page.
For this test, we have used Microsoft Edge (version 108) as our browser.
The set of websites used in this test include front pages of high traffic pages. This includes shopping, social, news,
finance and reference websites.
The Browse Time test is executed five times and our final result is an average of these five samples. The local serveris restarted between different products and one initial ‘test’ run is conducted prior to testing to install Adobe Flash
Player, an add-on which is used by many popular websites.

Benchmarks 12 – File Copy, Move, and Delete
This test measures the amount of time required for the system to copy, move and delete samples of files in various
file formats. The breakdown of the main file types, file numbers and total sizes of the files in the sample set isshown in the following table:

Performance Benchmark

File Format

NumberTotal Size

DOC

24

91.6 MB

DOCX

1248.8 MBPPT

9126 MB

PPTX

974.4 MBXLS

12

51.5 MB

XLSX

12

14.6 MBPDF

219

323 MBZIP

8

84.5 MB

7Z

2

1.66 MB

JPG

1045

135 MB
82.4 MB

GIF

27

PNG

5

483 KBMOV

7

54.7 MB

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File Format

NumberTotal Size

RM

1

5.39 MB

AVI

24

130 MB

WMV

543.9 MBMP3

84

356 MBEXE

138

87.12 MB

DLL

625

213.6 MB

AX

2

36 KB

CPL

4

4.02 MB

CPX

4

8.56 KB

DRV

20302 KBICO

2210 KB

MSC

2

81.2 KB

NT

2

3.28 KB

ROM

4

71.4 KB

SRC

44.28 MBSYS

4

88.12 KB

TLB

6264 KB
2.24 KB

TSK

2

UCE

2

44.8 KB

Total

2329

1.89 GBThis test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to copy, move and delete the sample files, with thetest machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 13 – File Compression and Decompression
This test measures the amount of time required to compress and decompress a sample set of files.
CommandTimer.exe tool recorded the amount of time required for 7zip.exe to compress the files into a *.zip andsubsequently decompress the created *.zip file.
This subset comprised 1,316 files over 1.15 GB. The breakdown of the file types, file numbers and total sizes of thefiles in the sample set is shown in the following table:
File Type

NumberTotal Size

Document Files78

97.9 MB

Image Files

1073

113 MB

Video Files

65

568 MB

Music Files

100

395 MB

Total

1316

1.15 GBThis test was conducted five times to obtain the average file compression and decompression speed, with the test
machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 14 – File Write, Open, and Close
This benchmark was derived from Oli Warner’s File I/O test at http://www.thepcspy.com (please see Reference#1: What Really Slows Windows Down).

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For this test, we developed OpenClose.exe, an application that looped writing a small file to disk, then opening
and closing that file. CommandTimer.exe was used to time how long the process took to complete 180,000 cycles.
This test was conducted five times to obtain the average file writing, opening and closing speed, with the test
machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 15 – Network Throughput
This benchmark measured how much time was required to download a sample set of binary files of various sizes
and types over a 1Gbps network connection. The files were hosted on a server machine running Windows Server
2012 and IIS 7. CommandTimer.exe was used in conjunction with GNU Wget (version 1.10.1) to time and conduct
the download test.
This data set contains 1,471 files. A breakdown of the file types is as follows:
File Type

NumberTotal Size

Image Files

182

16.2 MBMusic Files

1070.8 MB

Video Files

973.4 MBPDF Files

36

56.8 MB

Compressed Archive Files8

26.4 MB

Document Files

1226

85.4 MB

Total

1471

329 MB

This test was conducted five times to obtain the average time to download this sample of files, with the test
machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

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