Windows Experience Index

[Raskolnikov]

Any reason I'm only getting a 6.6 score? I have a 250GB, 840 Series Seagate SSD. I'm running on my mobo's power saving plan; don't know if that changes anything.

http://i.imgur.com/MQ6SVBh.jpg

 

[CoPhotoGuy]

What video card? That can affect it quite a bit.

 

[Raskolnikov]

There's a sub-category for "disk data transfer rate."

I don't think my two Gigabyte G1 GTX 980s are outdated yet.

 

[Charlie98]

Your score is based on the lowest item in the list... what is that item?

 

[Raskolnikov]

Disk data transfer rate.

Processor: 7.8
Memory (RAM): 7.8
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming graphics: 7.9
Disk transfer rate: 6.9

I'm reading in many places (including Anandtech) that WEI is trash, and inaccurate. No wonder they dropped it for 8.1

The SSD is also over half-full.

 

[Charlie98]

Disk data transfer rate.

Processor: 7.8
Memory (RAM): 7.8
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming graphics: 7.9
Disk transfer rate: 6.9

I'm reading in many places (including Anandtech) that WEI is trash, and inaccurate. No wonder they dropped it for 8.1

The SSD is also over half-full.

I would run a benchmark on your drive... make sure the SSD is getting SATA3 speeds.

 

[ArisVer]

Indeed it's low. Mine is at 7.7 and it's using a SATA 2 speed (see sig). One thing I noticed at the Speccy info is that mine has also the APM feature, but would it make any difference in disk transfer rate?

Edit. That's a Samsung not a Seagate as mentioned in your OP.

 

[Zorander]

My old system with a Crucial M4 on SATA2 attained 7.8. Yours should score similar or higher.

Just a few basics to check: Are you using the motherboard chipset native SATA port? Is it on IDE or AHCI mode? Is the cable firmly plugged in?

 

[spacejamz]

Disk data transfer rate.

Processor: 7.8
Memory (RAM): 7.8
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming graphics: 7.9
Disk transfer rate: 6.9

I'm reading in many places (including Anandtech) that WEI is trash, and inaccurate. No wonder they dropped it for 8.1

The SSD is also over half-full.

If you wanted, you can still run the assessment from the command prompt:

Step 1: Open a command prompt as administrator, then type "winsat prepop" and press Enter. This will run the benchmark and store the results on your PC as XML files.

Step 2: Open the Windows Powershell as administrator, then type "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT" and press Enter. This will analyze the results in the XML files, then present them as scores for each category.

 

[Raskolnikov]

Just did again the test after switching cases. The score improved to a less worrying 7.2

83.5 remaining of 232 GB= 64 % full.

It's in AHCI mode.

Samsung Magician:

http://i.imgur.com/8BD5qyn.jpg

AS SSD Benchmark

http://i.imgur.com/NjDm7Ew.jpg

 

[Raskolnikov]

Don't mean to "spam," but any comments? It would be appreciated.

 

[MongGrel]

Does 8.1 even have this anymore ?

I thought about running it once and can't even find it.

NM I found something but probably won't bother.

 

[MongGrel]

Actually just ra it on win 8.1 for grins and giggles.

"winsat formal -restart" without the quotes in a Admin command line works.

8.2 it looks, but still have a new goodie haven't popped in.

 

[alkemyst]

Actually just ra it on win 8.1 for grins and giggles.

"winsat formal -restart" without the quotes in a Admin command line works.

8.2 it looks, but still have a new goodie haven't popped in.

Yeah, they removed WEI from the GUI....

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/find-your-windows-experience-index-scores-in-windows-8-1/

Maybe easier with that link.

winsat is rumored to be deprecated and may disappear from the next Windows.

 

[Morbus]

Just FYI, my year old EVO840 250GB scores me 7.9 on the disk thing on WEI.
I do have a 1TB SATA3 HDD, and I do believe that also matters.
WEI scores aren't all about speed. There's a bunch of different aspects that come in effect.

Also, I think the decision to drop WEI for Windows 8.1 was more due to the woeful lack of horsepower portable W8 devices suffer from in comparison to proper PCs, and I do believe it may have been hurting sales for Microsoft.

After all, who wants to pay 400 bucks for a netbook with 3.4 on WEI?

Not that most people care about that, but WEI really was created to create a kind of "relative" benchmark to guide consumers in their purchases. Techies know WEI is totally irrelevant.

 

[alkemyst]

Just FYI, my year old EVO840 250GB scores me 7.9 on the disk thing on WEI.
I do have a 1TB SATA3 HDD, and I do believe that also matters.
WEI scores aren't all about speed. There's a bunch of different aspects that come in effect.

Also, I think the decision to drop WEI for Windows 8.1 was more due to the woeful lack of horsepower portable W8 devices suffer from in comparison to proper PCs, and I do believe it may have been hurting sales for Microsoft.

After all, who wants to pay 400 bucks for a netbook with 3.4 on WEI?

Not that most people care about that, but WEI really was created to create a kind of "relative" benchmark to guide consumers in their purchases. Techies know WEI is totally irrelevant.

It was because WEI is not a good indicator.