According to Microsoft’s tests on PCs that had not been updated for 18 months and ones that were regularly updated, there were significant improvements to celebrate. On the well-maintained PCs, installation time was 45.6% faster, restart time was 39.7% faster, and CPU usage was 15.3% less. In an atypical scenario with an 18-month out-of-date PC, the installation time was 43.6% faster, restart time was 33.5% faster, and CPU usage was 25% less.

Microsoft said it achieved these improvements using different methods, such as parallel processing, which allows PCs to control numerous parts of the update simultaneously. Another method used was smart caching, which stores already processed information, so your PC doesn’t have to do the same job twice. Smart caching is a huge help in speeding this up with updates that used to take forever.

Lastly, the Windows 11 update will be able to take advantage of RAM (random access memory) by checking whether your computer has enough RAM and modifying the update process accordingly to prevent it from slowing down. Microsoft summarized everything by saying that “the newest Windows release uses less CPU time (a 15.3-25% improvement) for a monthly security update. The tests also showed that the update is even faster to install (43.6-45.5%) and to restart, which shortens the offline time (33.5-39.7%).”

However, Microsoft had more good news: It has redesigned how non-system and system apps are structured in the Unified Update Platform (UUP) collection of files. The Edge browser will save 200MB of space during more significant feature updates.