{"id":416,"date":"2024-10-10T02:21:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T02:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tqh.info\/?p=416"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:37:08","slug":"performance-difference-defender-on-vs-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tqh.info\/?p=416","title":{"rendered":"Defender ON VS OFF Performance Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Overview:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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Pretty simple, having Windows Defender running in the background VS off.\u00a0
<\/span>Often you will hear something like “no this does NOT make a difference at all, you are just
risking getting a virus!!”<\/span><\/p>

Well i am here to tell you that it does, infact, make a huge difference.
We are talking about a CPU-Upgrade level of performance increase.<\/span><\/p>

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Defender ON:
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Defender OFF:
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Conclusion:<\/span>

As you can see Defender alone tanks around 10~% CPU performance by itself.\u00a0<\/span>
Even while gaming!!<\/span><\/p>

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Now, do i recommend everyone to get rid of Defender?<\/span>
Absolutely not.<\/span><\/p>

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This should only be done by experts who know exactly what they download and install.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Quick side info, i have been fine without Defender for over 4 years now. So, as mentioned, it really comes down to the individual person.<\/span><\/p>

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-Tqhr<\/span>

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Overview: \u00a0 Pretty simple, having Windows Defender running in the background VS off.\u00a0Often you will hear something like “no this does NOT make a difference at all, you are just risking getting a virus!!” Well i am here to tell you that it does, infact, make a huge difference.We are talking about a CPU-Upgrade level … <\/p>\n

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