Low score on Hard drive - Possible issue?

Hi guys,

I'm just looking for your input on here, to know what you think about that. My primary hard drive used to be rated 5.9 on the Windows experience index score, but now it seems to have lowered and I do not know why it would have done so. I have not noticed any difference in performance or any issues that could have happened in the past with it. Just wondering if it could mean something wrong might be coming.

This is the specs for this hard drive based on the model number:

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Here's the index score for the hard drive (well including the rest):


Just let me know your opinion if there are concerns to have with the hard drive or if it doesn't change anything.

Thanks.

It's natural - new hardware ( HDD , CPU etc. ) is coming every day , so from M$ have to reconsider and rebuild the score list every time it happens .

Thanks guys, I'll run the tests, and I'll have to agree that this score is overblown to a certain point. Having it change got me to wonder, it's all :).

It's overblown, period. Not to a point. What good is a "benchmark" that you can have altered scores just by rerunning a test, or you can manipulate the scores to be whatever you want? My system gets a 9.9 across the board whenever I feel like it.

I believe a 5.9 is the highest any spinner HDD can get, and considering you have a 3 Gbps, that score seems normal.

Yeah, I figured it would still be a normal score seeing as it is an old drive with specs from that time. The change just made me wonder if something was starting to go wrong, but with the seatools it all passed.