The Top 5 Causes of PC Slowdowns
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Nobody wants a sluggish PC. By nature, every device tends to become slower over time. The software updates put a strain on the hardware, which loses its ability to handle them overtime. This means that you can expect your PC to start letting you down at some point.
Other than time, another thing that can slow down your PC is heavy usage. This causes something called ‘bottlenecks’. Basically, bottlenecks refer to an overloaded PC, in which one or more components aren’t able to keep up with the rest.
There are many underlying issues that can cause bottlenecks, depending on which component starts crawling. Some of them you can notice immediately, while other are a bit more subtle. Here are the 5 most common reasons why you might be dealing with a slow PC:
1. Fragmented Hard Drives
Your PC holds an incredible amount of data. With time, some of that data gets scattered all over the hard drive. The reason for this is that your PC has to use plenty of extra resources to perform different tasks, mainly related to writing and reading files.
This can reach a level such that some apps might not even be able to run. With all those additional resources needed, there’s no room for all the processes to run smoothly. Freeing up some of the disk space can help, but that’s a short-lived solution.
The best way to deal with this problem is defragmentation. To make this process easy, iolo’s team has developed System Mechanic. Among its many options that can increase your PC’s performance, the defragmentation feature is the one that can give your PC the biggest boost if the problem is a fragmented hard drive.
In just a couple of steps, you can defragment your drives and speed things up by optimizing hard drives.
2. Cluttered Startup
The last thing a person on the go needs is having to wait 5+ minutes for their PC to boot. If your PC has a slow startup, there’s a high chance that its overall performance isn’t that good either. For this reason, increasing the startup time of your PC might also help with other issues.
The reason for this is that the main cause of a slow startup is a bunch of programs that it has to load during startup. Immediately upon turning it on, your PC’s CPU and RAM get overwhelmed by a bunch processes required to run every of these programs.
Keep in mind that some of these programs are essential to your PC’s functions, but they usually aren’t the ones slowing your PC down. It’s the excess unnecessary apps that do this.
Instead of manually removing each program that’s slowing down the startup, you can let System Mechanic do it for you. It can remove unwanted programs and help reduce your PC’s boot time.
3. Unoptimized Internet Settings
When you install Windows on your PC, there’s a high chance that its default settings don’t support optimal Internet connection. And since the Internet is something we pretty much can’t function without, this can lead to you not being able to perform your main tasks in a productive manner.
This is because certain settings prevent your PC from reaching the maximum download/upload speeds. If there’s no obvious hardware issues that might cause this, such as an outdated router, there’s a high chance that the network setting are the underlying issue. This means that instead of rushing to subscribe to a better network plan, you should try to maximize the performance of your current network.
System Mechanic’s NetBooster can make this happen. It can identify the settings that are causing a slow connection and optimize them to fit your network. This can greatly enhance file transfer speed, with some experiencing up to 300% faster connection speed.
4. Fragmented and Bloated Registry
Pretty much all low-level settings of Windows and different apps are stored in your PC’s registry. As you change these settings by performing everyday tasks, the registry bloats and become fragmented. Same as a fragmented hard drive, this puts a strain on CPU and RAM, which causes significant performance drops.
Since the registry contains OS settings, it’s not just the apps that get slower, but the entire Windows as well. This is why defragmenting the registry on a regular basis can help boost your PC’s performance by restructuring the data that it needs for performing many actions.
Compacting the registry ensures that there’s no wasted space that requires the usage of resources, which is another way that you can optimize your PC’s speed.
With System Mechanic, you can defragment the registry easily so that the memory allocation is better and your system can work far more efficiently.
5. Fragmented Memory
Good RAM memory management is essential to your PC’s performance. You might not have known this, but RAM memory can get fragmented in a similar fashion as ROM memory. The only difference is in the problems this causes.
Each program needs a block or RAM memory. Once the program is closed, the memory should be released and ready for allocation to a different program. However, this doesn’t always happen, especially when you run multiple program at once and open and close them frequently. Some of the memory gets ‘locked’, which can slow down your PC by lot.
Unfortunately, defragmenting RAM isn’t as easy as defragmenting your hard drives. This is why iolo came up with a solution for this in System Mechanic. It can help release the memory and ensure better allocation, which can help you run programs much faster.
System Mechanic ActiveCare®
System Mechanic’s first level of performance optimization is ActiveCare®, a series of processes that run whenever your PC is idle. ActiveCare repairs dozens of hard drive, registry and security errors, speeds up your PC's startup process, stabilizing and decluttering your PC for the very best overall system health. Learn more about optimizing Windows startup process.
The Final Word
Among many reasons why your PC might suffer performance drops, these are the ones that users encounter the most. Unless there’s proof that your hardware is worn out, it might be that your software just needs a bit of tweaking. Unless you’re an expert, you might not notice the need for this until your PC comes to a crawl.
If this happens, System Mechanic can be a great solution. It’s a comprehensive software that fixes all of the issues discussed here, along with many others. If you don’t want to have to deal with each of these issues separately, System Mechanic might be the best option at your disposal. You can also make a choice between System Mechanic Pro and System Mechanic Ultimate Defense. Hit the button below to compare all System Mechanic editions.
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