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Firefox 27.0.1 takes 140 seconds to complete MS Chalkboard test

muckypaws
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Using the MS Chalkboard test http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/Chalkboard/

on an iMac 2012, 32gb RAM, Core i7, 3.4Ghz it takes approx 140 seconds to complete the test. In Safari about 6.46 seconds, and in IE11 on Parallels VM it takes 6 seconds.

Something seems very wrong with the responsiveness of Firefox.... Tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.

Using the MS Chalkboard test http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/Chalkboard/ on an iMac 2012, 32gb RAM, Core i7, 3.4Ghz it takes approx 140 seconds to complete the test. In Safari about 6.46 seconds, and in IE11 on Parallels VM it takes 6 seconds. Something seems very wrong with the responsiveness of Firefox.... Tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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It didn't run smoothly for me, and I'm not sure the stopping positions were accurate. It kept pausing to wait for something to complete, little resizing movements here and there.

In my regular profile with hardware acceleration of graphics disabled and lots of tabs open, it took about 68 seconds. In a new profile with no customization, it took about 34 seconds.

I don't have a modern IE on this computer to compare, but I tested in Google Chrome 33. It was much snappier and finished in about 12.5 seconds.

No idea what's going on with this benchmark that makes Firefox slower.