Webroot SecureAnywhere® Internet Security
with Antivirus vs. Eight Competitors
Performance Benchmarks
Windows 10
November 2021

Document: Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security with Antivirus vs. Eight Competitors Performance Benchmarks
Authors:
J. Han, D. Wren
Company: PassMark Software
Date:
9 November 2021
File:
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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 – SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................................... 10
BENCHMARK 2 – SCHEDULED SCAN TIME ................................................................................................................... 11
BENCHMARK 3 – INSTALLATION SIZE ......................................................................................................................... 12
BENCHMARK 4 – INSTALLATION TIME ........................................................................................................................ 13
BENCHMARK 5 – REGISTRY KEYS ADDED .................................................................................................................... 14
BENCHMARK 6 – BOOT TIME ................................................................................................................................... 15
BENCHMARK 7 – USER INTERFACE LAUNCH TIME ........................................................................................................ 16
BENCHMARK 8 – CHROME LAUNCH TIME................................................................................................................... 17
BENCHMARK 9 – MEMORY USAGE DURING SYSTEM IDLE .............................................................................................. 18
BENCHMARK 10 – MEMORY USAGE DURING INITIAL SCAN ............................................................................................ 19
BENCHMARK 11 – BROWSE TIME ............................................................................................................................. 20
BENCHMARK 12 – FILE COPY, MOVE AND DELETE ....................................................................................................... 21
BENCHMARK 13 – FILE FORMAT CONVERSION ............................................................................................................ 22
BENCHMARK 14 – FILE COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION ........................................................................................ 23
BENCHMARK 15 – FILE WRITE, OPEN AND CLOSE ........................................................................................................ 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 report

9 November 2021

References
Ref #

1

Document

What Really Slows Windows Down (URL)

Performance Benchmarks
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AuthorO. Warner,
The PC Spy

Date

2006

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Executive Summary
PassMark Software® conducted objective performance testing on nine (9) Antivirus products. This report presents
our results and findings as a result of performance benchmark testing conducted for these products.
The aim of this benchmark was to compare the performance of Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security with
Antivirus with eight competitor antivirus products. The testing was performed on all products using fifteen (15)performance metrics. These performance metrics are as follows:• Scan Time• Scheduled Scan Time
• Installation Size
• Installation Time
• Registry Keys Added• Boot Time
• User Interface Launch Time
• Chrome Launch Time
• Memory Usage during System Idle
• Memory Usage during Initial Scan
• Browse Time
• File Copy, Move and Delete• File Format Conversion• File Compression and Decompression• File Write, Open and Close

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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. The table below shows overall scores achieved by the tested products, with a scoreof 100 being an ideal product achieving the highest possible score in each of the selected test metrics. Antivirus
products have been ranked by their overall scores:

Product Name

Overall Score

Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security with Antivirus

83

Norton 360 Deluxe

67

ESET Internet Security

63

Microsoft Defender60

AVG Internet Security

53

McAfee Total Protection

53

Trend Micro Internet Security

50

Malwarebytes Premium

40

Bitdefender Internet Security

39

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Products and Versions
For all products, we have tested the full retail release of the most current and publicly available version of each
Antivirus product. The names and versions of products are as follow:

Manufacturer

Product Name

Release

Product

Date Tested

Webroot Inc.

Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security with Antivirus

Year
2021

Version
9.0.31.84

October 2021

Microsoft
Corporation
Trend Micro Inc.

Microsoft Defender2021

4.18.2109.6

October 2021

Trend Micro Internet Security

2021

17.7.1130

October 2021

Bitdefender

Bitdefender Internet Security

2021

26.0.1.23

October 2021

Malwarebytes Inc.

Malwarebytes Premium

2021

4.4.9.142

October 2021

ESET, spol. s r.o.

ESET Internet Security

2021

15.0.16.0

November 2021

Avast Software s.r.o.

AVG Internet Security

2021

21.9.3208

November 2021

NortonLifeLock Inc.

Norton 360 Deluxe

2021

22.21.10.40

November 2021

McAfee, LLC

McAfee Total Protection

2021

16.0

November 2021

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Performance Metrics Summary
The following list of metrics were selected to provide a detailed and realistic indication of the areas in which an
Antivirus software may impact system performance for end users. Our metrics test the impact of the Antivirus
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 – Scan TimeAll Antivirus solutions have functionality designed to detect viruses and various other forms of malware byscanning files 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 enduser machines, such as media files, system files and Microsoft Office documents.

Benchmark 2 – Scheduled Scan Time
This metric measured the amount of time required to run a scheduled scan on the system. The scan is set for aparticular time via the client user interface.

Benchmark 3 – Installation Size
In offering new features and functionality to users, Antivirus 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 4 – Installation Time
The speed and ease of the installation process will strongly influence the user’s first impression of the Antivirus
software. This test measures the minimum installation time required by the Antivirus software to be fully
functional and ready for use by the end user. Lower installation times represent Antivirus products which arequicker for a user to install.

Benchmark 5 – Registry Keys Added
A large registry increases a machine’s use of resources. This may negatively impact system performance, especiallyon much older machines. This test measures the number of keys and values added to registry, after rebooting thetest machines, following a successful product installation. Lower numbers mean that a product has added fewer
keys during installation and had less impact on the registry.

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Benchmark 6 – 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 less impact on the normal operationof the machine.

Benchmark 7 – User Interface Launch Time
This metric provides an objective indication as to how responsive a security product appears to the user, bymeasuring the amount of time it takes for the user interface of the Antivirus software to launch from Windows.
To allow for caching effects by the operating system, both the initial launch time and the subsequent launch times
were measured. Our final result is an average of these two measurements.

Benchmark 8 – Chrome Launch Time
This metric is one of many methods to objectively measure how much a security product impacts on the
responsiveness of the system. This metric measures the amount of time it takes to launch the user interface ofGoogle Chrome browser. To allow for caching effects by the operating system, both the initial launch time and thesubsequent launch times were measured. Our final result is an average of these two measurements.

Benchmark 9 – Memory Usage during System Idle
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product while the machine and Antivirus softwareare in an idle state. The total memory usage was calculated by identifying all Antivirus software processes and theamount of memory used by each process.
The amount of memory used while the machine is idle provides a good indication of the amount of system
resources being consumed by the Antivirus software on a permanent basis. Better performing products occupy
less memory while the machine is idle.

Benchmark 10 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
This metric measures the amount of memory (RAM) used by the product during an Antivirus scan. The total
memory usage was calculated by identifying all Antivirus software processes and the amount of memory used byeach process during an Antivirus scan.

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 websites to consecutively load from a local server in auser’s browser window.

Benchmark 12 – File Copy, Move and Delete
This metric measures the amount of time taken to move, copy 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.).
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Benchmark 13 – File Format Conversion
This test measures the amount of time taken to convert an MP3 file to a WAV and subsequently, convert the same
MP3 file to a WMA format.

Benchmark 14 – 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 include documents, movies and images.

Benchmark 15 – 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.

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Test Results
In the following charts, we have highlighted the results we obtained for Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet
Security with Antivirus in green and the average in blue colors for ease of comparison.

Benchmark 1 – Scan TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken to perform on-demand scan on a sample dataset with 6,166
files in it and 982 MB size in total.

Bitdefender Internet Security

20.13

Norton 360 Deluxe

38.00

ESET Internet Security

39.00

Malwarebytes Premium

41.63

Trend Micro Internet Security

43.72

Microsoft Defender

49.63

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

54.50

McAfee Total Protection

79.88

Average

89.68

AVG Internet Security

440.630s

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Benchmark 2 – Scheduled Scan TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken to run a scheduled scan on the system. Products with lower
scan times are considered better performing products in this category. 1

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

26.50

Trend Micro Internet Security

46.28

Norton 360 Deluxe

169.25

Average

192.38McAfee Total Protection

197.75

Malwarebytes Premium

223.75Bitdefender Internet Security

248.75AVG Internet Security

270.00ESET Internet Security

356.75

0s

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100 s

150 s

200 s

250 s

300 s

350 s

400 s

1 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 3 – Installation Size
The following chart compares the total size of files added during the installation of Antivirus products. Productswith lower installation sizes are considered better performing products in this category. 2

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

51.33

ESET Internet Security

801.00

Malwarebytes Premium

874.18

Norton 360 Deluxe

1,142.95

McAfee Total Protection

1,190.93

Average

1,239.58

Trend Micro Internet Security

1,248.52

AVG Internet Security

1,796.87

Bitdefender Internet Security

0 MB

2,810.88

500 MB

1,000 MB1,500 MB2,000 MB2,500 MB3,000 MB

2 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as it was a Windows 10 built-in software.

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Benchmark 4 – Installation TimeThe following chart compares the minimum installation time it takes for Antivirus products to be fully functionaland ready for use. Products with lower installation times are considered better performing products in thiscategory. 3

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

2.52

ESET Internet Security

20.74

Malwarebytes Premium

63.16

AVG Internet Security

83.78

Average

87.41

Bitdefender Internet Security

96.02

Norton 360 Deluxe

104.00Trend Micro Internet Security

129.29McAfee Total Protection

199.77

0s

50 s

100 s

150 s

200 s

250 s

3 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as it was a Windows 10 built-in software.

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Benchmark 5 – Registry Keys Added
The following chart compares the number of Registry Keys created during the security products installation.
Products with lower key counts are considered better performing products in this category. 4

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

1,785

Bitdefender Internet Security

2,894

ESET Internet Security

3,255

AVG Internet Security

4,617

Trend Micro Internet Security

5,026

Average

5,984

Norton 360 Deluxe

6,436

Malwarebytes Premium

6,864

McAfee Total Protection

16,994

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,00012,00014,00016,00018,0004 Microsoft Defender was excluded from this test as it was a Windows 10 built-in software.

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Benchmark 6 – Boot TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken for the system to boot (from a sample of five boots).
Products with lower boot times are considered better performing products in this category.

Norton 360 Deluxe

9.22

Microsoft Defender

10.63

McAfee Total Protection

11.06

ESET Internet Security

11.22

Average

11.64

Trend Micro Internet Security

12.08

AVG Internet Security

12.26

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

12.33

Bitdefender Internet Security

12.52

Malwarebytes Premium

13.44

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Benchmark 7 – User Interface Launch TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken to launch an Antivirus product’s user interface. Productswith lower launch times are considered better performing products in this category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

126.3

AVG Internet Security

286.1

Trend Micro Internet Security

346.1

Microsoft Defender

373.5

ESET Internet Security

437.0

Average

1,030.3

McAfee Total Protection

1,100.4

Bitdefender Internet Security

1,155.8

Norton 360 Deluxe

1,679.2

Malwarebytes Premium
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1,500 ms

2,000 ms

2,500 ms

3,000 ms

3,500 ms

4,000 ms

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Benchmark 8 – Chrome Launch TimeThe following chart compares the average launch times of Google Chrome browser after rebooting the machinefor each Antivirus product we tested. Products with lower launch times are considered better performing productsin this category.

Microsoft Defender475.7

Norton 360 Deluxe

585.1

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

601.6

Bitdefender Internet Security

621.0

AVG Internet Security

629.3

Malwarebytes Premium

677.5

Average

771.7

McAfee Total Protection

846.6

ESET Internet Security

1,166.0

Trend Micro Internet Security
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600 ms

800 ms1,000 ms

1,200 ms

1,400 ms

1,600 ms

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Benchmark 9 – Memory Usage during System Idle
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an Antivirus product during a period of system
idle. This average is taken from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at roughly 60 seconds apart after reboot.
Products with lower idle RAM usage are considered better performing products in this category.

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

41.50

Norton 360 Deluxe

70.07

ESET Internet Security

79.69

Trend Micro Internet Security

221.94Microsoft Defender

264.39Average

275.67

AVG Internet Security

297.11

Malwarebytes Premium

302.00

McAfee Total Protection

Bitdefender Internet Security
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Benchmark 10 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
The following chart compares the average amount of RAM in use by an Antivirus product during an initial scan on
the system drive. The average RAM usage is obtained from a sample of ten memory snapshots taken at fiveseconds interval. Products that use less memory during a scan are considered better performing products in thiscategory.

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

71.51

ESET Internet Security

186.89

Norton 360 Deluxe

187.38AVG Internet Security

440.09Trend Micro Internet Security452.19Microsoft Defender

480.76

Average

541.24

McAfee Total Protection

924.90

Bitdefender Internet Security

1,000.23

Malwarebytes Premium
0 MB

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200 MB

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600 MB

800 MB

1,000 MB1,200 MB

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Benchmark 11 – Browse TimeThe following chart compares the average time taken for the Google Chrome browser to successively load a set of
popular websites hosted on a local server. Products with lower browse times are considered better performing
products in this category.

McAfee Total Protection

12.57

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

12.61

Malwarebytes Premium

13.14

Norton 360 Deluxe

14.55

ESET Internet Security

15.66

Trend Micro Internet Security

16.46

Microsoft Defender

16.71

Average

17.13

Bitdefender Internet Security

24.03

AVG Internet Security

28.43

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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 Antivirus product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in thiscategory.

Microsoft Defender

3.11

McAfee Total Protection

3.44

AVG Internet Security

4.09

Norton 360 Deluxe

4.24

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

4.35

Average

4.36

Malwarebytes Premium

4.85

Trend Micro Internet Security

4.87

Bitdefender Internet Security

5.09

ESET Internet Security

5.23

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Benchmark 13 – File Format Conversion
The following chart compares the average time it takes for five sample files to be converted from one file format
to another (MP3  WMA, MP3  WAV) for each security product tested. Products with lower times are consideredbetter performing products in this category.

Microsoft Defender

50.34

ESET Internet Security

50.75

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

52.35

Average

52.57

Norton 360 Deluxe

52.62

AVG Internet Security

52.82

Trend Micro Internet Security

53.14

McAfee Total Protection

53.23

Bitdefender Internet Security

53.94

Malwarebytes Premium

53.99

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Benchmark 14 – File Compression and Decompression
The following chart compares the average time it takes for sample files to be compressed and decompressed foreach security product tested. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in thiscategory.

McAfee Total Protection

39.87

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

39.90

ESET Internet Security

40.30

AVG Internet Security

40.38

Norton 360 Deluxe

40.50

Trend Micro Internet Security

41.18

Bitdefender Internet Security

41.42

Average

41.83

Malwarebytes Premium

43.14

Microsoft Defender

49.77

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Benchmark 15 – 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. Products with lower times are considered better performing products in this category.

Microsoft Defender

13.98

Webroot SecureAnywhere
Internet Security with Antivirus

15.49

AVG Internet Security

24.78

McAfee Total Protection

25.42

Norton 360 Deluxe

38.13

ESET Internet Security

59.25

Trend Micro Internet Security

95.38

Malwarebytes Premium

119.82Average173.68Bitdefender Internet Security

1,170.87

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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.

Contact Details
PassMark Software Pty Ltd
Level 5, 63 Foveaux St.
Surry Hills, 2010
Sydney, Australia
Phone + 61 (2) 9690 0444
Fax

+ 61 (2) 9690 0445

Web

www.passmark.com

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Appendix 1 – Test Environment
PassMark Software set up the test environment with the following hardware specifications:

Testing Machine
Model:

Lenovo H50W-50 i5

CPU:Intel Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz

Video Card:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 705

RAM:

8GB DDR3 RAM

Main Boot Drive:

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB

nd

Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GBrd

3 Drive:

Seagate HDD 1TB (7200 RPM)

Network:

1Gbps (Connected via Gigabit Ethernet cable)

O/S:

Windows 10 Pro Version 2004 (OS Build 19041.508)

2 Drive:

For network tests, PassMark Software used a server with the following specifications:

Testing Server
Motherboard:Intel S1200BTL Server Motherboard

CPU:Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2 @ 3.10 GHz

Video Card:Intel Integrated Graphics CardRAM:

8GB (2x4GB) ECC RAM, 1333 MHz

Hard Drive:

SSD 128GB

Network:

1Gbps (Connected via Gigabit Ethernet cable)

O/S:

Windows Server 2012 Standard

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Appendix 2 – Methodology Description
Windows 10 Image Creation
A bootable version of Macrium Reflect (backup and cloning software) was used to create a “clean” baseline image
prior to testing. Our aim was to create a baseline image with the smallest possible footprint and reduce thepossibility of variation caused by 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 10 image were as follows:1.

Installation and activation of Windows 10 Pro Edition.

2.

Remove Windows login password.

3.

Change User Account Control settings to “Never Notify”.

4.

Disable SysMain to ensure consistent results.

5.

Install HTTP Watch for Browse Time testing.

6.

Install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit for Boot Time testing.

7.

Install OSForensics for testing (Installation Size) purposes.

8.

Install Windows Updates.

9.

Disable Windows Automatic Updates.

10. Create a baseline system image using Macrium Reflect.

Benchmark 1 – Scan Time
This benchmark measures the time it takes for Antivirus 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. A breakdown of the file types and numbers in the sample dataset is as follows:
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

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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

TBL

13

606 KBDIZ

1428 bytes

AW122.59 MBDLS

1

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
3.09 KB

CNT

54.15 KB

RAT

1

DUN

5

2.46 KB

RSP

1

4.19 KB

MPP

51.83 MBSCF

1

75 bytes

PIP5

12.5 KB

SDB

11.03 MBSAM

5305 KBSDF

1888 bytes

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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 by right clicking the dataset 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
measured manually with a stopwatch.
For each product, five samples were taken with the machine rebooted before each sample to clear any cachingeffects by the operating systems. In the past, many products have shown a substantial difference between theinitial 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 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.

Benchmark 2 – Scheduled Scan Time
This test measures the time required by the Antivirus software to complete a scheduled scan on the system. The
default scan options were used and the scan was scheduled to run at the next convenient time. C:\ Drive wasselected for scanning when the Antivirus software asked to select a scan target. The scan was run three times witha reboot between each run to remove potential caching effects. The result is calculated as a weighted averagewith a 50% weighting on the initial scan and a 50% weighting on the subsequent scans. Where this option is notavailable or the scheduling appears to be unreliable, the product is omitted from the metric, and given the lowest
score for this metric.

Benchmark 3 – Installation Size
OSForensics software was used to create the initial and post-installation disk signatures for each product. These
disk signatures record the number of files and directories, and complete details of all files on the drive (including
file name, file size, checksum, etc.) at the time of the signature is 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 and updates. Then 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 is the sum of total new and modified size.

Benchmark 4 – 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:
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configurable options for installation.
• The File Copy phase occurs when the product is being installed; usually this phase is indicated by aprogress 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
the installation 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 local disk before initializing
installation. Each step of the installation process was manually timed with a stopwatch and recorded in as muchdetail 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 an Antivirus product).
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.

Benchmark 5 – Registry Keys Added
This test measures the number of keys and values added to registry, after rebooting the test machine following a
successful product installation. The test was conducted using OSForensics software to count the number of keys
added under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_USERS. The OSForensics Signatures feature was used to take asnapshot of the Windows Registry before and after installation of Antivirus products, and the signatures werecompared so that the new keys can be identified.

Benchmark 6 – Boot Time
PassMark Software used the Windows Performance Toolkit (as part of the Windows Assessment and Deployment
Kit obtainable from the Microsoft Website) tool to run this test.
The test was executed as an individual assessment via the Windows Assessment Console. The network connection
was disabled to avoid interruption. The final result is taken as the total boot duration excluding BIOS load time.

Benchmark 7 – User Interface Launch TimeThe launch time of a product’s user interface was taken using AppTimer. For each product tested, we obtained atotal of fifteen samples from five sets of three UI launches, with a reboot before each set to clear caching effects
by the operating system. When compiling the results, the first of each set was separated out so that there was aset of values for the initial launch after reboot and a set for subsequent launches.

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We have averaged the subsequent launch times to obtain an average subsequent launch time. Our final result forthis test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.
In some cases, AppTimer did not correctly record the time taken for UI launch. For instance, some applications
would open their window and look like they were ready, but then continued to be unresponsive. Where themeasurement from AppTimer appeared inaccurate, we have taken the time manually with a stopwatch.

Benchmark 8 – Chrome Launch TimeThe average launch time of Chrome interface was taken using AppTimer. This test was practically identical to theUser Interface launch time test. For each product tested, we obtained a total of fifteen samples from five sets ofthree Chrome launches, with a reboot before each set to clear caching effects by the operating system. Whencompiling the results, the first of each set was separated out so that there was a set of values for the initial launch
after reboot and a set for subsequent launches.
For this test, we have used Google Chrome (Version 95) as our test browser.
We have averaged the subsequent launch times to obtain an average subsequent launch time. Our final result forthis test is an average of the subsequent launch average and the initial launch time.

Benchmark 9 – Memory Usage during System Idle
The PerfLog++ utility was used to record process memory usage on the system at boot, and then every minute foranother fifteen minutes after. This was done only once per product and resulted in a total of 15 samples. The firstsample taken at boot is discarded.
The PerfLog++ 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 PerfLog++.

Benchmark 10 – Memory Usage during Initial Scan
The PerfLog++ utility was used to record memory usage on the system while a malware scan is in progress. Pleaserefer to the metric “Memory Usage during System Idle” above for a description of the PerfLog++ 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 Antivirus 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 PerfLog++ utility, enabling PerfLog++ to record memory usage for 60 seconds at five second
intervals.

Benchmark 11 – Browse TimeWe used JavaScript to load a list of 108 ‘popular’ websites consecutively from a local server. Front pages of hightraffic websites were used in this test including shopping, social, news, finance and reference websites.
On each page of the sample data, a few lines of JavaScript were added to execute the JavaScript that loads thenext website. Then the start and end times were recorded to get the final result.

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For this test, we have used Google Chrome (Version 95).
The Browse Time test was executed five times and our final result was an average of these five samples.

Benchmark 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. A breakdown of the file types and numbers in the sample dataset is as follows:
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 MB

JPG

1045

135 MB

GIF

27

82.4 MBPNG

5483 KBMOV

7

54.7 MBRM

1

5.39 MB

AVI

24

130 MB

WMV

543.9 MBMP3

84

356 MBEXE

38

5.62 MB

DLL

208

56.6 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

1800

1.57 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 Format Conversion
This test measures the time it takes to convert five (5) different MP3 files into WAV files and subsequently, convert
the same MP3 samples into a WMA files. The total size of the files was 24.6 MB.

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To encode the MP3 into another format, we used an application called ffmpeg.exe. The format conversion process
was timed using CommandTimer.exe.
This test was conducted five times to obtain the average conversion speed between these formats, with the test
machine rebooted between each sample to remove potential caching effects.

Benchmark 14 – 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.
A breakdown of the file types and numbers in the sample dataset is as follows:
File Type

NumberTotal Size

Document Files78

97.9 MB

Image Files

1073

113 MB

Video Files

65

568 MB

Total

1216

783 MB

This 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 15 – 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).
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.

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