On a home network, there are two similar computers running Windows 10. On one computer, operations execution is noticeably slower (by eye) than on the other. By operations I mean: 1) calling pages from the network at the same address, 2) opening text files and images of approximately the same size, 3) opening help and maintenance windows (for example, Settings).
A significant difference between computers is that the first computer stores more user files - pictures, clips, sound and text files than the second. As a result, the volumes of the C: \ Windows and C: \ Users \ <user name> partitions vary greatly on computers:
On the first: Windows - 26.4 Gb, <user name> - 92.3 Gb (165.847 files)
On the second: Windows - 18.9 Gb, <user name> - 34.4 Gb (76,120 files)
(It is difficult to calculate the difference in the size of user files due to their scattered across disks.)
It would seem that files stored on hard drives do not use performance resources and their presence should not affect the speed of operations execution.
Could the above difference in the amount of stored information be the reason for this slowdown? Or do I need to look for other reasons?