

The optimization performed by IObit Advanced SystemCare Free is very good. Throughout the software interface, there are constant suggestions to upgrade to Advanced SystemCare PRO and buttons to install other IObit software, which can get distracting. IObit Advanced SystemCare Free also requires a service to be installed on your computer and asks you to sign up for a newsletter. The installation process is bogged down slightly by pop-ups asking you to install third-party software, such as Opera. There are even buttons in this mini-interface for clearing RAM and taking screenshots. Clicking on this opens up a little performance monitor with tabs for RAM, CPU, Disk, and Metrics. IObit Advanced SystemCare Free also has a tiny desktop widget that shows your current RAM and CPU usage. There are only two skins, but the Readable skin feels more fitting to a corporate environment. IObit Advanced SystemCare Free has a modern interface with support for skins, window transparency, and custom backgrounds. On a relatively positive note, however, the slowed performance wasn’t significant enough to make the computer seem slower, much as Glary’s improvements weren’t sufficient to make the computer noticeably faster.Advanced SystemCare’s user interface is easy to use (Image credit: IObit Advanced SystemCare Free) Interface and in use By comparison, Glary Utilities Pro, our Best Overall pick, improved our test computer’s performance by 12.62 percent. Basic word and data processing slowed by 16.10 percent, web browsing slowed by 3.42 percent, and video chat performance declined by 1.87 percent. The only positive change in these tests was a 4.53 improvement to graphics processing. It actually made our computer slower by 7.12 percent. We even checked whether the boot speed improved, and we evaluated the program’s diagnostic consistency.Īfter multiple rounds of testing, Advanced SystemCare Pro had some of the worst performance results of any of the applications in our comparison. The benchmarking tests gauged word- and data-processing speed, graphics-processing performance, web-browsing speed and video chat quality. We ran PCMark 10 to benchmark the computer’s performance both before and after optimization. We used every available optimization tool within the application on our test PC here in Purch Labs.
