Windows 7 WEI Giving Me A Lower Score

shaneblack · 13 Sep 2012

Recently I wanted to check out WinXP. I installed it and it ran pretty good. But Since I use Dx 10 for some of my gaming I decided Re-install 7.

When I returned to 7 I noticed WEI giving me a lower score then what I used to have. I used to have a 4.2 Aero / 5.4 Gaming graphics. Now its showing at best a 3.8 Aero / 5.3 Gaming graphics score. I say at best because first going into Windows after the re-install it showed 3.7 Aero / 5.2 Gaming. And at the 2nd day in use 3.8 Aero / 5.3 Gaming.

I did everything normal as always, installed DX update, Java, Flash, Visual C+. So maybe it just needs time to improve itself or maybe I'm missing something I don't know. The Graphics Driver is up to date and is setup as it always was when I had the high score. I know Windows 7 Improves Performance over time with superfetch so I'll continue to monitor it. I just thought I'd see if anyone had any advice.

CPU -- 6.4 AMD Phemon 2 dual 2.9ghz
RAM -- 7.1 6GB.
Aero -- Now - 3.8 - Used to be - 4.2
Gaming Graphics -- Now - 5.3 - Used to be - 5.4
HDD -- 5.8
Windows 7 Home Premium X64 ------ Lenovo Ideapad Z565 -- Ati Radeon HD 4200 Series.

karlsnooks · 13 Sep 2012

shaneblack,
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