Show Us Your WEI

[Paxnominus]

Bare Foot Kid,

I did as you advised, however, it went down again to 1.0, still the subscore is from my processor. I'll try to reset and re-run the assessment one more time.. I really don't know what's going on.. I think I'll have to re-install windows7 again if it won't work this time.. Thanks for helping, though.

 

[jr26]

Current.

 

[Seven Eleven]

Current.

hehe we have almost similar scores...

Athlon II X4 630 7.2 | Phenom X4 925 7.3
4GB Kingston 1333MHz DDR3 7.3 | 4GB GSkill 1600MHz DDR3 7.3 (looks like score counts memory size and not clock)
MSI R5770 HAWK 7.4 7.4 | EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked 7.4 7.4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 250GB 5.7 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 1TB 5.9 (size counts?)

 

[Thorsen]

Current.

hehe we have almost similar scores...

Athlon II X4 630 7.2 | Phenom X4 925 7.3
4GB Kingston 1333MHz DDR3 7.3 | 4GB GSkill 1600MHz DDR3 7.3 (looks like score counts memory size and not clock)
MSI R5770 HAWK 7.4 7.4 | EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked 7.4 7.4
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 250GB 5.7 | Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 1TB 5.9 (size counts?)

More so than size is the read/write speed. The only way to get above a 5.9 on HDD is to get an SSD. otherwise, dont pay attention to this score that much you have a great system.

 

[Seven Eleven]

More so than size is the read/write speed.

ah i see.

The only way to get above a 5.9 on HDD is to get an SSD. otherwise, dont pay attention to this score that much you have a great system.

thank you and SSD is in my future upgrade list

 

[KMoore4318]

You can get a 7.8 with a single Intel X25M, but you will need two in Raid 0 for a 7.9, Downside you can not use TRIM with raid yet, But GC seems to be working.

 

[Paxnominus]

In relation to my past posts about my WEI, someone from Microsoft forums answered my question.. Here's his answer about my inquiry...

Hi
The WEI score has no effect on the performance of the system.
The WEI is good enough to be able to tell if a particular graphics card will meet the Aero requirements, but beyond that it is not a real accurate performance measuring tool.
See this article: Engineering the Windows 7 “Windows Experience Index”

"The WEI was introduced in Windows Vista to provide one means across PCs to measure the relative performance of key hardware components. Like any index or benchmark, it is best used as a relative measure and should not be used to compare one measure to another. Unlike many other measures, the WEI merely measures the relative capability of components."
Hope this helps.


I hope this helps out some people who are experiencing the same problem I do with my WEI..

 

[DaGooN]

You can get a 7.8 with a single Intel X25M, but you will need two in Raid 0 for a 7.9, Downside you can not use TRIM with raid yet, But GC seems to be working.

? really. because my Single Intel X25m 80GB SSD G2 has a 7.9 in Wei.

 

[KMoore4318]

7.8-7.9 X25N SSD's

? really. because my Single Intel X25m 80GB SSD G2 has a 7.9 in Wei.

I get a 7.8 with one and a 7.9 with two, on HDD score with a I-7 920 and a 4.3 OC,6G of redline running at about 1624,and 2 ( 295's ) for quad SLI, From what I understang it would take 2 more cores, and 4 more threads with a 4.5 OC to bring CPU up .1 to 7.8 at the cost of about $1100, and that a 7.9 is still not possible.

 

[DaGooN]

i make you right there, but i don't understand this wei thing, because i used the windows wei and got a 7.8 on my SSD. then used the blackbox app. that i think uses the wei. and got a 7.9? as i think the blackbox tool runs a better test.

give it a try..

Hardwaremania BlackBox | Özellikler

 

[KMoore4318]

i make you right there, but i don't understand this wei thing, because i used the windows wei and got a 7.8 on my SSD. then used the blackbox app. that i think uses the wei. and got a 7.9? as i think the blackbox tool runs a better test.

give it a try..

Hardwaremania BlackBox | Özellikler

My BlackBox score

 

[Techymike]

Thinking about an SSD

I really can't complain but the current HDD is pulling my score down and I honestly do not have much faith in Microsoft's assessment of systems.

 

[KMoore4318]

HD performance

I really can't complain but the current HDD is pulling my score down and I honestly do not have much faith in Microsoft's assessment of systems.

You could always use HD Tune to check your performance if you wish. Below is two Segates in rade 0 and they yeild a WEI of about 6.1

and 2 SSD's in raid 0 (X25m-G) yeild a 7.9

 

[mbreslin]

Actually the hdd subtest is the only part of wei that IS worth anything imho.

I got my 980x to 4.7ghz and still 7.8 cpu score, 7.9 doesn't seem possible without ln2/phase. I didn't bother screenshotting at the time. Many people said this was the case, I just thought they might be wrong as I got 7.8 when it was stock 3.3ghz, nearly 1.5ghz more wasn't enough to move the final .1.

SSD is still the biggest "actually feel it" performance boost to your computer, watch newegg for x25-v to dip below 100$ and get one (or 2!).

And on that note I retire with all 7.9's and a 7.8 for cpu. Been fun..

 

[hubris]

thought i may give you a laugh for the day.

blackbox looks ok. look at more later, ta mr.moore

 

[ZaLiTH]

I really can't complain but the current HDD is pulling my score down and I honestly do not have much faith in Microsoft's assessment of systems.

Haha... Nice. Spoken like a true MS fan.. I don't take their WEI rating system too seriously either, but like anything in computers, if it gives a number, people want that number to be higher, so it creates competition and boosts hardware sales... It's just another one of the contributing factors to helping computer technology move along.

My PC still averages about the mid 5's to upper 6's range in the WEI score, but I can play Resident Evil 5 at 1440x900 maxed out on DX10, so I have no complaints.

 

[F1FAN]

heres my new system, used to be on my old Acer

CPU-5.9
RAM-7.1
graphics-4.3
gaming-5.1
HDD-5.1

i used some of the parts again, replaced the case,motherboard,GPU fan and PSU. kept the CD,HDD,CPU and RAM. Overclocked the CPU:2.3ghz, may get a 940 soon.

 

[Techymike]

ZaLiTH

I am no fan of MS! LMAO, I still recall but never used Windows ME. Won't go there! I do agree with you on they play the game to boost sales and people do like the NUMBERS.
For the rest of us, if your computer does what you want and whenever you want it to then be happy. If you wish to race and get the newest toys then do so, what ever makes you happy! I just wish there was some true and blue HDD or SSD that would fill the numbers game.

 

[Brink]

Sorry,

Forgot to post my updated WEI score from the old WEI score for the new system. Same old bottleneck.

 

[Sanvean]

Thought I would post with my newly installed EVGA GTX 470.
The 470 is overclocked to stock 480 specs: (Core: 700MHz / Memory: 1848MHz / Processor: 1400MHz.