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Hi wozzie, I had my i5-2550K at 5.0GHZ as a test (not stable) and my WEI was still 7.8.
I've seen Sandy Bridge-E 6 core CPU's not hit 7.9 on WEI, I wouldn't stress over hitting that number
If 7.9 isnt possible for the CPU, I would like to hit it for the memory. What kind of performance does one need to hit 7.9 for the memory? I have attempted some slight OC'ing for the memory but I have never been able to get past POST, almost everything I try it tells me my OC failed. I know I can squeeze more out of my setup because I have done barely any changes, it is just my lack of knowledge that is holding my system back. I will look into the OC section of the forums. Thanks for all the replies.
Wozzle, I think you need an older generation motherboard (1st gen core i7 9xx) that supports triple-channel setup or an x79 board with quad-channel setup.
If someone who has the dual CPU Xeon E5-2687W Sandy Bridge EP with 8 cores at 3.1 GHz and 32 overall threads did not score a 7.9 on the CPU, I could safely say that Microsoft never intended to give any x86-64 CPU a perfect 7.9 CPU score.