miktex slow compile

Question

I have written a build system in sublime text 3 to build markdown files and convert them to pdf.

my system is:

• OS: Windows 10
• MiKTeX version: MiKTeX 20.12
• pdflatex version: MiKTeX-pdfTeX 4.1

To build a md file with one word ("test") it takes 17.5 seconds inside sublime text.

I have done some profiling with the powershell using the eisvogel template:

1. conversion md to tex with pandoc: 0.0907997 [s]
2. conversion: tex to pdf with pdflatex: 6.3132436 [s]
3. conversion md to pdf with pandoc: 13.2551959 [s]

If I run 1 and 2 in sublime text 3 the process lasts ca. 8 seconds and the console prints this:

LaTeX2e <2020-10-01> patch level 3
L3 programming layer <2020-12-07> xparse <2020-03-03>
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scra
rtcl.cls
Document Class: scrartcl 2020/09/21 v3.32 KOMA-Script document class (article)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrk
base.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrb
ase.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrl
file.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrl
file-hook.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrl
ogo.sty))) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics\keyval.sty")))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\tocb
asic.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\scrs
ize11pt.clo)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/koma-script\type
area.sty)) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsmath\amsmath.sty"
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsmath\amstext.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsmath\amsgen.sty"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsmath\amsbsy.sty")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsmath\amsopn.sty"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsfonts\amssymb.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/amsfonts\amsfonts.sty"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/lm\lmodern.sty")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/setspace\setspac
e.sty) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/iftex\ifxetex.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/iftex\iftex.sty"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/iftex\ifluatex.sty")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\fontenc.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/lm\t1lmr.fd"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\inputenc.sty")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\textcomp.sty")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/upquote\upquote.
sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/microtype\microt
ype.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/microtype\microt
ype-pdftex.def)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/microtype\microt
ype.cfg)) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xcolor\xcolor.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics-cfg\color.cfg")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics-def\pdftex.def")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/colortbl\colortb
l.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/latex-tools\arra
y.sty)) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/graphics\dvipsnam.def")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xcolor\svgnam.def")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xcolor\x11nam.def"))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xurl\xurl.sty
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/url\url.sty"))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/bookmark\bookmar
k.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hyperref\hyperref.sty"
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/ltxcmds\ltxcmd
s.sty) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/pdftexcmds\pdftexcmds.sty"
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/infwarerr\infw
arerr.sty))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/kvsetkeys\kvse
tkeys.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/kvdefinekeys\k
vdefinekeys.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/pdfescape\pdfe
scape.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hycolor\hycolor.
sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/letltxmacro\letl
txmacro.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/auxhook\auxhook.
sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/kvoptions\kvopti
ons.sty) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hyperref\pd1enc.def")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/intcalc\intcal
c.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/etexcmds\etexc
mds.sty) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hyperref\puenc.def")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/bitset\bitset.
sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/bigintcalc\big
intcalc.sty)) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\atbegshi-ltx.sty"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hyperref\hpdftex.def"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\atveryend-ltx.sty")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/rerunfilecheck\r
erunfilecheck.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/uniquecounter

uniquecounter.sty)))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/bookmark\bkm-pdf
tex.def))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/geometry\geometr
y.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/iftex\ifvtex.sty")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/geometry\geometr
y.cfg))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/footnotebackref

footnotebackref.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/float\float.sty)
 ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/babel\babel.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/babel\babel.def"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/babel\txtbabel.def"))


Local config file bblopts.cfg used


("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/arabi\bblopts.cfg")
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/babel-english\english.ldf"))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/csquotes\csquote
s.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/etoolbox\etoolbox.sty")
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/csquotes\csquote
s.def)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/csquotes\csquote
s.cfg))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/caption\caption.
sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/caption\caption3
.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/caption\caption-
koma.sto)))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/mdframed\mdframe
d.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/l3packages/xparse\xparse.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/l3kernel\expl3.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/l3backend\l3backend-pdftex.def"))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/l3packages/xparse\xparse-generic.tex"))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/zref\zref-abspag
e.sty
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/zref\zref-base.s
ty))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/needspace\needsp
ace.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/mdframed\md-fram
e-0.mdf))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/sourcesanspro\so
urcesanspro.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/xkeyval\xkeyval.sty"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/xkeyval\xkeyval.tex"
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/generic/xkeyval\xkvutils.tex")))
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\fontenc.sty"
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/ly1\ly1enc.def
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\ly1enc.dfu"))))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/sourcecodepro\so
urcecodepro.sty ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/base\fontenc.sty"
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/sourcesanspro\t1
sourcesanspro-tlf.fd)))
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/titling\titling.
sty)
Class scrartcl Warning: Usage of package fancyhdr' together (scrartcl) with a KOMA-Script class is not recommended. (scrartcl) I'd suggest to use (scrartcl) packagescrlayer' or scrlayer-scrpage', because (scrartcl) they support KOMA-Script classes. (scrartcl) Withfancyhdr' several features of class scrartcl' (scrartcl) like optionsheadsepline', footsepline' or command (scrartcl)\MakeMarkcase' and the commands \setkomafont' and (scrartcl)\addtokomafont' for the page style elements need
(scrartcl)              explicite user intervention to work.
(scrartcl)              Nevertheless, using requested
(scrartcl)              package `fancyhdr' on input line 248.
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/fancyhdr\fancyhd
r.sty) (test.aux)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/ly1\ly1ptm.fd)
("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/context/base/mkii\supp-pdf.mkii"
[Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).]
) ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\tex/latex/hyperref\nameref.sty"
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/latex/refcount\refcoun
t.sty)
(C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\tex/generic/gettitlestring
\gettitlestring.sty))
geometry driver: auto-detecting
geometry detected driver: pdftex
[1{C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/pdftex/config/pdftex.map}]
 (test.aux) ){C:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming/MiKTeX/fonts/enc/dvi
ps/sourcesanspro/a_emkxm5.enc}<C:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming/MiK
TeX/fonts/type1/adobe/sourcesanspro/SourceSansPro-Regular.pfb>
Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 53720 bytes).
Transcript written on test.log.

With the same build system on a macbook pro (M1 processor, late 2020, texlive installed), the process with pandoc from md to pdf lasts less than 2 seconds.

Do you have any idea why miktex is ~3 times slower than texlive?