A:Answer Installer/setup lets you decline some bloatware pieces, it's got "support/setup assistants" that eat CPU when running, RGB/gaming controller things to set (and then ignore) that fails to control the RAM colors (fine by me, I replaced the RAM almost immediately), usual annoying "Free MS office trial!, free OneDrive trial" (etc.) MS garbage...
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is a clean Windows+drivers install, and 10 is McAfee+Norton+Shopping Assistants+Browser Extensions+VPN clients+Business Trial-ware+Gamer Trial-ware (etc. etc. etc.), I'd give it a 4.