$start = Get-Date

# get all hotfixes
$task1 = { Get-Hotfix }

# get all scripts in your PRofile
$task2 = { Get-service | Where-Object status -eq Running }

# parse LOG file
$task3 = { Get-Content -Path $env:windir\windowsupdate.log | Where-Object { $_ -like '*successfully installed*' } }

# run 2 tasks in the background, and 1 in the foreground task
$job1 =  Start-Job -ScriptBlock $task1
$job2 =  Start-Job -ScriptBlock $task2
$result3 = Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $task3

# wait for the remaining tasks to complete (if not done yet)
$null = WaIT-Job -Job $job1, $job2

# now they are done, get the results
$result1 = Receive-Job -Job $job1
$result2 = Receive-Job -Job $job2

# discard the jobs
Remove-Job -Job $job1, $job2

$end = Get-Date
Write-Host -ForegroundColor red ($end - $start).totalSeconds

$start = Get-Date

# get all hotfixes
$task1 = { Get-Hotfix }

# get all scripts in your profile
$task2 = { Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq Running }

# parse log file
$task3 = { Get-Content -Path $env:windir\windowsupdate.log | Where-Object { $_ -like '*successfully installed*' } }

# run them all in the foreground:
$result1 = Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $task1
$result2 = Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $task2
$result3 = Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock $task3

$end = Get-Date
Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red ($end - $start).TotalSeconds