Show Us Your WEI [3]

[Hopalong X]

My 7,200 RPM Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB in my desktop gets a 5.9, and it was my understanding that this was one of the fasted spinners. Then I just got a laptop with a 500GB spinner that runs at 5,400, and it also gets a 5.9....so I don't know what to believe anymore....lol.

What I posted concerned laptops only.

Remember lappys only have 1.8in. or 2.5in spinners not 3.5in.
There is a big performance difference between 1.8, 2.5 and 3.5 spinners.

Many 5400rpm 3.5in. desktop spinners perform as well as or better than 7200rpm 2.5in laptop spinner.

Also the older lappys may be running SATA 1.5 and newer laptops can be running SATA 6.0Gb/s
Chipset can effect speeds.

WEI is not a great benchmark. HD Tune is a much better utility for testing actual read/write speed on spinners.

EDIT: 1.8 inch spinners are common in laptops also. These are more likely to have 4.9 WEI scores.

 

[Brds7t7]

Here is mine. My system was built in 2007 and has had nothing added to it. Except for a Wireless Card and Replacement DVD-RW and new Blu-Ray drive.

 

[Hopalong X]

Burdus

Good marks.
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Also concerning laptops many only have 1.8in. spinners and those are more likely going to be 4.9 WEI scores.

 

[Brds7t7]

Burdus

Good marks.
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Also concerning laptops many only have 1.8in. spinners and those are more likely going to be 4.9 WEI scores.

Thanks, it's not a bad system to say it's a 5 year old Dell. Although the case is a stupid design! :roflmao:

 

[noobvious]

I realize WEI isn't the be-all and end-all, but it's fascinating to me that my on-board graphics on my laptop rate higher than the dedicated card on my desktop.
Laptop....

And desktop.....

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Either one can do everything I need it to do, so I'm not stressing over it or planning to buy a new card for the desktop.

I'm just curious as to the why. I know the 9400GT is old, and the laptop is new, so I'm guessing that the difference must be speed related, since the 9400GT has more dedicated memory and total memory available. Am I right, or totally off base?

 

[Britton30]

Yes Randy More graphics memory will help the WEI go a bit higher. If it is GDDR5 it is better than DDR2 or DDR3 memory on the card.

 

[Big Tom]

I'm thinking about upgrading my graphics card a little in my desktop. what do you guys think of this?

Newegg.com - ASUS EAH6570/DI/1GD3(LP) Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card

The card has some good solid reviews. with your RAM, SSD, and 980BE CPU if your budget allows I would look at something with GDDR5 graphics memory though. Otherwise this would be a good upgrade mate!

Meanwhile... OC at 4.6GHz

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Nice OC! I Wish I Could Get Mine Stable @ 4.4 GHz, but I don't think it's possible for my setup. Also I'll Look Into the DDR5 Cards, I know you're right about that

 

[Petey7]

Just got my new Toshiba laptop a few hours ago. Give me your opinions people.

 

[essenbe]

Just got my new Toshiba laptop a few hours ago. Give me your opinions people.

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nice numbers. Very good for a Laptop.

 

[nitroman84]

The newest laptop in my stable.

 

[A Guy]

The newest laptop in my stable.

Great lappy numbers

A Guy

 

[nitroman84]

The newest laptop in my stable.

Great lappy numbers

A Guy

It was a pleasant surprise the first time I ran it.

 

[Dave76]

Great scores, especially the graphics.
Good to see them moving up, my older laptop graphics scores are low, but it does what I need it to

 

[Katanyavich]

Here's mine.

Not too shabby, for a laptop.....

What are the laptop spec ? My Laptop although a few years old gets 4.9, I ain't complaining though

Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G
i7-2670QM quad-core.
8GB RAM@1366Mhz.
GeForce GT555M 2GB DDR3 (dual-GPU with Intel onboard, selectable)..
2x750GB spinners.
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Graphics scores drop somewhat if I run the WEI check using the Intel graphics chip, unsurprisingly.

(See my System Specs).

Only 3 months old.

I just LOVE this machine.

And it runs games like no-one's business........

 

[Hopalong X]

I realize WEI isn't the be-all and end-all, but it's fascinating to me that my on-board graphics on my laptop rate higher than the dedicated card on my desktop.
Laptop....


And desktop.....

\

Either one can do everything I need it to do, so I'm not stressing over it or planning to buy a new card for the desktop.

I'm just curious as to the why. I know the 9400GT is old, and the laptop is new, so I'm guessing that the difference must be speed related, since the 9400GT has more dedicated memory and total memory available. Am I right, or totally off base?

I don't think there is anything wrong with the video score as you are running two(2) monitors on the desktop.

Run the WEI with just the primary monitor and "video" WEI should go up.

At least that is my take on things.
Seems to me it would be like trying to run the new video cards such as the ATI 6900's or Nvidia 690's with one video card running two Unigine Heaven benchmarks on two 24" monitors at the same time with maxxed out settings. :shock:

 

[noobvious]

I realize WEI isn't the be-all and end-all, but it's fascinating to me that my on-board graphics on my laptop rate higher than the dedicated card on my desktop.
Laptop....


And desktop.....

\

Either one can do everything I need it to do, so I'm not stressing over it or planning to buy a new card for the desktop.

I'm just curious as to the why. I know the 9400GT is old, and the laptop is new, so I'm guessing that the difference must be speed related, since the 9400GT has more dedicated memory and total memory available. Am I right, or totally off base?

I don't think there is anything wrong with the video score as you are running two(2) monitors on the desktop.

Run the WEI with just the primary monitor and "video" WEI should go up.

At least that is my take on things.
Seems to me it would be like trying to run the new video cards such as the ATI 6900's or Nvidia 690's with one video card running two Unigine Heaven benchmarks on two 24" monitors at the same time with maxxed out settings. :shock:

Well, I just ran it with the secondary monitor disconnected, and sure enough, you were correct!

Fascinating!

 

[Hopalong X]

I was right? I surprised myself.

If it does what you want and need that is all that matters.

 

[noobvious]

I was right? I surprised myself.

If it does what you want and need that is all that matters.

Exactly right. I'm not a gamer, so it works just fine for me.

 

[A Guy]

C'mon Randy. I've heard you have game...

A Guy

 

[JerometheGiraff]

I realize WEI isn't the be-all and end-all, but it's fascinating to me that my on-board graphics on my laptop rate higher than the dedicated card on my desktop.
Laptop....


And desktop.....

\

Either one can do everything I need it to do, so I'm not stressing over it or planning to buy a new card for the desktop.

I'm just curious as to the why. I know the 9400GT is old, and the laptop is new, so I'm guessing that the difference must be speed related, since the 9400GT has more dedicated memory and total memory available. Am I right, or totally off base?

I don't think there is anything wrong with the video score as you are running two(2) monitors on the desktop.

Run the WEI with just the primary monitor and "video" WEI should go up.

At least that is my take on things.
Seems to me it would be like trying to run the new video cards such as the ATI 6900's or Nvidia 690's with one video card running two Unigine Heaven benchmarks on two 24" monitors at the same time with maxxed out settings. :shock:

Well, I just ran it with the secondary monitor disconnected, and sure enough, you were correct!

View attachment 213963Fascinating!

My laptop has a mixed bag of 4.9 -> 5.3 which is pretty good. The lowest number is the graphics card, it is only 2.5 yrs old though