Windows Experience Index for Vista

[daytrader7]

5.1 system specs in sig.
CPU was the limiting factor....... Opty165@2.6

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: chr6
how does one raise their memory score? mine scores a 5.0, all other scores 5.9.

Are you sure you have installed your RAM in Dual Channel mode? If yes then it must be the latency problem

 

[bsobel]

5.9 excpet for the quadrio fx4500 which is giving me 5.7 (new drivers should fix that eventually)

 

[Journer]

5.4

e6400@3.2
2gb ddr2-800
8800gtx
74gb raptor

edit:

cpu: 5.1 wtf...3.2ghz dual core isnt enough?
ram: 5.5 come on..wtf?
desktop perf: 5.9
gaming graphics: 5.9
disk transfer: 5.5

 

[wiin]

Originally posted by: rxblitzrx
Shoot man, I knew I should have remembered my score. I thought some machines were capable of hitting 10 so I was disappointed to see 5.?

5 is good. 1 is bad. I got a 1 on a system running RC1 with 512 memory, 64meg graphic, 27gig hard drive and an XP1600+ processor.

 

[remagavon]

I had a 5.8 or 5.9 but I put more RAM in and dropped it drastically to a 4.8... I think my Quad Channel RAM isn't working now but I can't run sandra to verify becuase it errors out every time saying it can't find the server (yes I tried to manually start the service-vista "Kindly" stops it for me.) Ugh.

 

[Don66]

How can one get past 5.9

Processor - 5.9
Memory - 5.9
Graphics - 5.9
Gaming graphics - 5.9
Primary hard disk - 5.9

My Water cooled system:
Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi
QX6700 @ 3.2GHz
2GB Corsair 6400C4
EVGA 8800gtx
150gb RaptorX OS drive
OS Vista Ultimate
2x WD 500gb storage and gamming drives
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad
X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty sound card
Liteon sata dvd burner
all wrapped up in a Silverstone tj07 silver case.

 

[w3stfa11]

4

Processor - 4
Memory - 4.3
Graphics - 4.9
Gaming graphics - 4.3
Primary hard disk - 5.0

Dell Dimension 8300
Intel P4 2.6GHZ
1.25 GB
Vista Business
ATI 9800 Pro

 

[Verse914]

5.8 - Base Score
Processor - 5.8
Memory - 5.9
Graphics - 5.9
Gaming Graphics - 5.8
Primary Hard Disk - 5.9

System Specs-
E6600@3.6GHz
2GB OCZ ATI DDR2 800 memory
x1950xtx video card
2 Raptor 74GB RAID0

It looks like you have to have an Nvidia card and a quad CPU to get the full 5.9 score...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/Verse914/pC/Vista_score.jpg

 

[Aberforth]

It looks like you have to have an Nvidia card and a quad CPU to get the full 5.9 score...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/Verse914/pC/Vista_score.jpg[/quote]

not necessarily- why don't you overclock your GPU just like your CPU i'm sure its not that hard. And you are running 2 Raptors in Raid0 - must be freaking fast

 

[Verse914]

yeah, the two raptors are running on RAID 0 (Intel Matrix RAID setup).

I had two x1950xtx's in Crossfire mode, but it was much more than I needed, so I sold it last week...

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Don66
How can one get past 5.9

5.9 is the current max.

 

[Saint Nick]

On an HP zd8000 laptop.

Processor: 4.4
Memory (RAM): 4.5
Graphics: 4.0
Gaming Graphics: 3.6
Primary hard disk: 4.4

Base score is 3.6

 

[Reckoner]

Processor: 5.4
Memory: 4.7
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.2
Hard Disk: 5.9

Base Score: 4.7
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Rig:

E6600 (Stock)
Asrock 775 Dual VSTA
2x1gig SuperTalent PC5300 DDR2-667
BFG 6800GT
Raptor 150gig
Enhance 5150gh 500W


Any ideas why the RAM score would be so low? It's running in dual channel mode.

 

[mzkhadir]

4.3

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: Aberforth
It looks like you have to have an Nvidia card and a quad CPU to get the full 5.9 score...

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/Verse914/pC/Vista_score.jpg

not necessarily- why don't you overclock your GPU just like your CPU i'm sure its not that hard. And you are running 2 Raptors in Raid0 - must be freaking fast [/quote]I think Aberforth's observation bears some truth. My 2nd rig (in the sig) has 64-bit Vista installed, and I got the score of 5.8, the CPU being the weakest link. I remember that I got 5.9 on gaming/desktop graphics with a mere 7600GT. (compared to his X1950XTX!)

 

[BugAlugs]

:Q

My PC is quite nice but a Windows Experience Index of ONLY 4.7 !

Processor - 4.7 RAM - 5.9 Graphics - 5.9 Gaming Graphics - 5.9 Primay Hard disk - 5.7

So why is my CPU so slow?
The new dual core E6600 should be hitting 5.4 according to forums/sites/pundits and the like. I've been into BIOS and Vista settings, I've made sure that no CPU throttling is occuring.
My only other though is that i'm running the 64bit version.

Does anyone know if the 64bit version puts a different requirement on the CPU/Pocessor test ?

Some example stats

My Rig

E6600 4 MB L2 2.40 GHz 1066 MHz - WEI RATING 4.7
Vista Ultimate - 64 bit
<CPUMetrics>
<CompressionMetric units="MB/s">85.94229</CompressionMetric>
<EncryptionMetric units="MB/s">48.20735</EncryptionMetric>
<Compression2Metric units="MB/s">229.75929</Compression2Metric>
<Encryption2Metric units="MB/s">394.35495</Encryption2Metric>
<DshowEncodeTime units="s">9.83065</DshowEncodeTime>


Friends Rig
Dell XPS Laptop

T7400 4 MB L2 2.16 GHz 667 MHz - WEI RATING 5.4
Vista Home Premium - 32 bit
- <CPUMetrics>
<CompressionMetric units="MB/s">110.64363</CompressionMetric>
<EncryptionMetric units="MB/s">56.51694</EncryptionMetric>
<Compression2Metric units="MB/s">312.99292</Compression2Metric>
<Encryption2Metric units="MB/s">510.65292</Encryption2Metric>
<DshowEncodeTime units="s">6.92793</DshowEncodeTime>

Any thoughts on this would be great

BugAlugs

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: BugAlugs
:Q

My PC is quite nice but a Windows Experience Index of ONLY 4.7 !

Processor - 4.7 RAM - 5.9 Graphics - 5.9 Gaming Graphics - 5.9 Primay Hard disk - 5.7

So why is my CPU so slow?
The new dual core E6600 should be hitting 5.4 according to forums/sites/pundits and the like. I've been into BIOS and Vista settings, I've made sure that no CPU throttling is occuring.
My only other though is that i'm running the 64bit version.

Does anyone know if the 64bit version puts a different requirement on the CPU/Pocessor test ?

Some example stats

My Rig

E6600 4 MB L2 2.40 GHz 1066 MHz - WEI RATING 4.7
Vista Ultimate - 64 bit
<CPUMetrics>
<CompressionMetric units="MB/s">85.94229</CompressionMetric>
<EncryptionMetric units="MB/s">48.20735</EncryptionMetric>
<Compression2Metric units="MB/s">229.75929</Compression2Metric>
<Encryption2Metric units="MB/s">394.35495</Encryption2Metric>
<DshowEncodeTime units="s">9.83065</DshowEncodeTime>


Friends Rig
Dell XPS Laptop

T7400 4 MB L2 2.16 GHz 667 MHz - WEI RATING 5.4
Vista Home Premium - 32 bit
- <CPUMetrics>
<CompressionMetric units="MB/s">110.64363</CompressionMetric>
<EncryptionMetric units="MB/s">56.51694</EncryptionMetric>
<Compression2Metric units="MB/s">312.99292</Compression2Metric>
<Encryption2Metric units="MB/s">510.65292</Encryption2Metric>
<DshowEncodeTime units="s">6.92793</DshowEncodeTime>

Any thoughts on this would be great

BugAlugs

The average rating for E6600 is 5.3/5.2(stock speed) under is Windows Vista 64bit with 2 GB Ram. There is really something wrong. I get 5.7 CPU Score under Vista 64bit but my CPU is Core 2 Duo 6800.

Goto WinSAT Folder and delete all recorded scores and then run the assessment again. See if the score changes.

 

[BugAlugs]

Okay did that no change to 4.7 for the E6600

<CPUMetrics>
<CompressionMetric units="MB/s">85.60123</CompressionMetric>
<EncryptionMetric units="MB/s">47.85686</EncryptionMetric>
<Compression2Metric units="MB/s">229.04747</Compression2Metric>
<Encryption2Metric units="MB/s">393.03786</Encryption2Metric>
<DshowEncodeTime units="s">9.87282</DshowEncodeTime>

I've a creative X-fi and an Nvidia 8800GTX under the hood. i've scouted about the forums on the net and so far i'm foxed as to why i get such a low number.

 

[Bish]

5.0 on the following running Vista Ultimate 64-bit

AMD Athlon64 4600+ Stock
2x1Gb Kingston Hyperx
EVGA 8800GTS
WD Raptor 150Mb

 

[spacejamz]

just loaded vista last night...

5.2 base

Processor: 5.2 - AMD X2 5200+ (stock)
Memory: 5.9 - 2 GB PC5300
Graphics: 5.9 - 7600GT 256 MB
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Hard Disk: 5.4

 

[Murasame]

Processor: 5.1
Memory (RAM): 4.5
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.8
Primary Hard Disk: 5.7

rig in question is the one in my sig.

 

[Aberforth]

Originally posted by: Murasame
Processor: 5.1
Memory (RAM): 4.5
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.8
Primary Hard Disk: 5.7

rig in question is the one in my sig.

thats the max rating for 1 GB Ram. Upgrade it

 

[nZone]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Processor: 5.4
Memory: 4.7
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.2
Hard Disk: 5.9

Base Score: 4.7
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Rig:

E6600 (Stock)
Asrock 775 Dual VSTA
2x1gig SuperTalent PC5300 DDR2-667
BFG 6800GT
Raptor 150gig
Enhance 5150gh 500W


Any ideas why the RAM score would be so low? It's running in dual channel mode.

Processor: 5.0
Memory: 5.3
Graphics Aero: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.9
Hard Disk: 5.9

System:

CPU: Pentium D 945 (stock speed)
MB: Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe
Memory: 4x512MB Wintec PC4200 (533)
Graphic: 8800GTX
Hard Driver: 300GB (2x160GB in RAID 0)
Power Supply: Antec NeoHE 550

 

[miniMUNCH]

E4300
2 GB Buffalo firestix mem
Asus P5B deluxe
8800 GTS
Samsung spinpoint 320 GB HDD

cpu: 5.2 at stock, 5.7 with the FSB set to 1066
mem: 5.9 either way
Graphics: 5.9
Game G: 5.9
HDD: 5.9

They are obviously capping the score on the majority of the performance tests.