Windows 10 !!exclusive!!: Spectre

Heavy impact on NVMe drives. Because Spectre mitigation increased the cost of system calls, moving thousands of small files (developers, photo editors) dropped in performance by roughly 15-25% on older CPUs (i5-6000 series).

Install the verification module by typing: Install-Module SpeculationControl (Press to confirm). Run the script by typing: Get-SpeculationControlSettings spectre windows 10

Navigate to this path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management Heavy impact on NVMe drives

Install the official Microsoft verification module by running this command: Install-Module SpeculationControl moving thousands of small files (developers