Windows Experience Index for Vista

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
Do you really need ReadyBoost?

Of course not, but if you can afford to shell out a few extra bucks for a few added ticks of performance, why not? Does RB work? Maybe I'm dense, but VU seems to perform equally for me, whether a jump is installed or not.

5.0 for my CPU
5.7 for my OS HD
The rest are 5.9

 

[EricMartello]

My base is 5.0 thanks to my X2 4800+, with everything ranking between 5.8 and 5.9 except my memory, which gets 5.2.

 

[EricMartello]

Originally posted by: Cutthroat

Originally posted by: AllGamer

Originally posted by: Cutthroat

Do you have write caching turned on?

by default it is on, what's the idea you have?

Umm no, it`s off by default.

He's right, Write Caching is on by default for fixed drives. There is an option to enable "advanced performance", which is disabled by default. Not sure what that is tho.

 

[Cutthroat]

Originally posted by: EricMartello

Originally posted by: Cutthroat

Originally posted by: AllGamer

Originally posted by: Cutthroat

Do you have write caching turned on?

by default it is on, what's the idea you have?

Umm no, it`s off by default.

He's right, Write Caching is on by default for fixed drives. There is an option to enable "advanced performance", which is disabled by default. Not sure what that is tho.

That's what I meant.

 

[EricMartello]

Apparently, enabling that turns your standard writeback cache in to delayed writeback cache. I'm still leary about enabling this feature, I'll wait a bit more to see if we end up with threads about data corruption/loss as a result of having this enabled...if not, I'll flip it on. Picking up a UPS would probably not be a bad idea for those of you who do enable this.

 

[DXtreme]

Base 5.8

Processor 5.8
RAM 5.9
Graphics 5.9
Gaming 5.9
HDD 5.9

 

[timtodd]

Base 5.7

Processor 5.7
Ram 5.9
Graphics 5.9
Gaming 5.9
HDD 5.7

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IP35-E
E2160 @ 3.2Ghz
2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800
XFX 8800 GTX
160GB 7200 RPM Western Digital

 

[TheVrolok]

Just got Vista x64 Home Premium.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1.0
Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory 1.0
Primary hard disk 273GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8

Bummer. Wonder why my 8800GT is only getting a 1. and I'm not quite sure why my RAM (2x2GB A-DATA DDR2 (800) - 4-4-4-12) is only getting a 4.5. I've yet to overclock tho.

 

[Seppe]

hey,
dell laptop, vista x64 hp

proccesor turion 64 x2 1.6ghz - 4.6
memory 2gb nanya - 5.6
graphics integrated 1150 - 2.8
gaming graphics - 3.0
primary hard disk 120 gb sata - 4.4

 

[bsobel]

He's right, Write Caching is on by default for fixed drives. There is an option to enable "advanced performance", which is disabled by default. Not sure what that is tho.

Actually they are both right. The default write caching only occurs when it's very safe for the system to do so, the 'advanced performance' turns on some more risky (in case of power failure) caching. Run that option on a laptop or with a UPS on your desktop.

 

[kanad1]

The system is in my signature.
Processor - 4.9
RAM - 4.5
Aero graphics - 4.0
Gaming graphics - 4.0 <= This was raised this afternoon from 3.6 after I insatlled v169.25
Primary HDD - 5.6

 

[SpeedEng66]

base 4.9

Processor - 5.6
RAM - 5.9
Aero graphics - 5.9
Gaming graphics - 4.9
Primary HDD - 5.9

E6550 (@ 2.8)
2x2gb super talent 800
x800xl 256
Raptor 150

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Just got Vista x64 Home Premium.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1.0
Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory 1.0
Primary hard disk 273GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8

Bummer. Wonder why my 8800GT is only getting a 1. and I'm not quite sure why my RAM (2x2GB A-DATA DDR2 (800) - 4-4-4-12) is only getting a 4.5. I've yet to overclock tho.

Make sure all of your drivers are updated. You should get a 5.9 with that card. Don't know about the ram. I'm getting 5.9 on mine. Maybe check for BIOS updates, and chipset drivers.

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Just got Vista x64 Home Premium.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1.0
Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory 1.0
Primary hard disk 273GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8

Bummer. Wonder why my 8800GT is only getting a 1. and I'm not quite sure why my RAM (2x2GB A-DATA DDR2 (800) - 4-4-4-12) is only getting a 4.5. I've yet to overclock tho.

Make sure all of your drivers are updated. You should get a 5.9 with that card. Don't know about the ram. I'm getting 5.9 on mine. Maybe check for BIOS updates, and chipset drivers.

is it 4 sticks or 2
if 2 is it in the correct dual channel slots?

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: SpeedEng66

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Just got Vista x64 Home Premium.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1.0
Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory 1.0
Primary hard disk 273GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8

Bummer. Wonder why my 8800GT is only getting a 1. and I'm not quite sure why my RAM (2x2GB A-DATA DDR2 (800) - 4-4-4-12) is only getting a 4.5. I've yet to overclock tho.

Make sure all of your drivers are updated. You should get a 5.9 with that card. Don't know about the ram. I'm getting 5.9 on mine. Maybe check for BIOS updates, and chipset drivers.

is it 4 sticks or 2
if 2 is it in the correct dual channel slots?

It indeed was the RAM. 2x2GB. Was like 4am when I put my system together a few days ago and dual channel set up didn't even occur to me. Swapped the second stick and now I'm at:

5.9
5.2
5.9
5.9
5.8

 

[Twista]

4.3 for me

 

[SpeedEng66]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: SpeedEng66

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
Just got Vista x64 Home Premium.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 1.0
Gaming graphics 2303 MB Total available graphics memory 1.0
Primary hard disk 273GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8

Bummer. Wonder why my 8800GT is only getting a 1. and I'm not quite sure why my RAM (2x2GB A-DATA DDR2 (800) - 4-4-4-12) is only getting a 4.5. I've yet to overclock tho.

Make sure all of your drivers are updated. You should get a 5.9 with that card. Don't know about the ram. I'm getting 5.9 on mine. Maybe check for BIOS updates, and chipset drivers.

is it 4 sticks or 2
if 2 is it in the correct dual channel slots?

It indeed was the RAM. 2x2GB. Was like 4am when I put my system together a few days ago and dual channel set up didn't even occur to me. Swapped the second stick and now I'm at:

5.9
5.2
5.9
5.9
5.8

:thumbsup:

 

[SpeedEng66]

my pos htpc

base 3.7

Processor - 3.7
RAM - 4.6
Aero graphics - 4.7
Gaming graphics - 3.9
Primary HDD - 5.7

Pentium M 1700 @ 1951
pc 3200 1.5gb
geforce 6600
(I think) seagate 320gb hd

 

[Marty502]

Processor: 4.3 (when not OCed it gives me 3.9)
Memory: 4.1
Aero: 5.9
Gaming: 5.8
HDD: 5.6

EDIT #1: I just took the 1GB stick off, to enable Dual Channel and 1T command rate. The base score is now 4.3 (CPU) because my memory score jumped to 4.5

EDIT #2: OCed the CPU to 2.7 Ghz... now my base score is 4.4!

Getting faster each minute! At least to Vista's eyes...

Vista Home Premium 32 bit, by the way.

 

[imported_wired247]

Ghetto measure of performance, but entertaining... (glad I searched instead of starting a new thread on this )

CPU: 5.8
RAM: 5.9
Graphics : 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.9
Hard disk: 5.9

 

[spacejamz]

Processor: 5.9
Memory: 5.9
Graphics : 5.9
Gaming: 5.9
Primary Hard disk: 5.8

Q6600 @ 2.7Ghz
4GB PC6400
512MB 8800GT
2 x 500GB Maxtor SATA HD

 

[angry hampster]

5.4 limited by my processor.

 

[TC91]

5.7 base score with hdd being the lowest, cpu is 5.8, everything else is 5.9 across the board

laptop is 3.5 base score with the gaming graphics/graphics in @ 3.5 (gma x3100) cpu @ 4.6 (c2d t5250), mem @ 4.5 (667mhz cl5), hdd @ 5.2 (WD 250gb)

 

[cwdegood]

Base score: 4.8

Processor: 4.8
Memory: 4.9
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming graphics: 5.7
Primary hard disk: 4.9

Runs pretty well, I dont do any gaming but I do play around with Xna.
Most of my time is spent in Visual Studio 2005, which runs great.

 

[n7]

5.9s across the board.

They really need to bump it to 10 though, & make scoring semi-realistic/accurate though.

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