GoCenter, a central repository for Go modules that was sunset as of May 1, 2021, was shown to significantly improve the speed and efficiency of downloading dependencies compared to traditional methods like using GitHub. Through independent tests conducted on different projects and networks, GoCenter demonstrated substantial reductions in CPU usage and faster overall performance, particularly as projects and dependency trees grew larger. The tests revealed that GoCenter was significantly faster in both the slowest and fastest runs, offering time and resource savings, especially on slower networks and more complex projects. This efficiency is attributed to GoCenter's ability to minimize bandwidth usage by downloading modules rather than source code, suggesting that even larger projects like Hugo benefit from using GoCenter for Go module retrieval.