WEI CPU Frustration

[nattyg]

So I'm stuck at a 7.8 CPU score with an overclocked (4.00GHz) 980x. The only component that seems subpar is the encoding, e.g.

<WinSPR>
<CpuScore>7.8</CpuScore>

<CPUSubAggScore>7.9</CPUSubAggScore>

<VideoEncodeScore>7.7</VideoEncodeScore>
</WinSPR>

I'm at 7.9s across the board aside from this and it's driving me absolutely nuts. Any suggestions on bumping this crappy 7.7 subscore to a 7.9??

 

[Mellon Head]

Is it worth risking your rig for a tenth of a meaningless WEI point?

 

[nattyg]

it's actually 0.2 per the subscore and the system is fine for overclocking...

I was looking for specific guidance as to what could boost that subscore

 

[sygnus21]

So I'm stuck at a 7.8 CPU score with an overclocked (4.00GHz) 980x. The only component that seems subpar is the encoding, e.g.

Dude you have a 980x running at 4Gig! I wouldn't lose sleep on that WEI score! Its not like its way off. The highest you can get is a 7.9, you have a 7.8. Come on.

And for what it's worth, I have a 930 running @ 3.5Gig and my WEI score for the processor is 7.6.

BTW you can check this sticky - http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/83699-show-us-your-wei-2-a.html

 

[A Guy]

I believe WEI should come with a disclaimer:

WEI is not a benchmark. It is an arcane numbering system meant to generally rate hardware performance.

I sincerely doubt one would experience any noticeable, usable performance improvement by raising a CPU rating from 7.7 or 7.8 to 7.9. Perhaps it could be measured on a synthetic benchmark, but in real world performance I doubt it could be felt or experienced. Someone at Microsoft is laughing maniacally at the thought of people obsessing on squeezing .1 improvement on a scale that has no other comparative. Enjoy your incredible machine, and don't chase that eluisve number. You'd be better served chasing increased performance on a CPU benchmarking program than on WEI. Bragging rights are all you could achieve. A Guy

 

[sygnus21]

+1

What he said.

 

[MK2]

+1 to A Guy too.
But if you want to know, I did see some people with a 7.9 score but I believe they had 12GB of ram or an even higher OC on their 980 cpu.
No guarantee though.

MK2

 

[nattyg]

Bragging rights are actually a large part of this And a couple of people from MS are attempting to build 7.9 machines as well, so no...the 0.2 whatevermagicmetricitis doesn't mean anything as far as my perception of the machine

 

[Petey7]

There is a tutorial on a easy was to change the score. It doesn't actually change anything hardware wise, but it gives you the perfect score you want.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91911-windows-experience-index-change-score-manually.html

 

[sygnus21]

I said it before and I'll say it again... manually changing the score is sort of like kissing your sister and calling it a date. Yeah... you kissed a girl... and it was a date, but...

My two cents

 

[Petey7]

Pretty much sygnus. I wish they never included it in the first place.

The guy was asking for a way to make it a 7.9 so that is what I offered. He never said he needed a way to boost the encoding, just the score.

 

[fseal]

I guess the question is, has anyone ever gotten a perfect 7.9?

It may not be possible with any CPU that exists today. Or maybe you need dual 980s to reach it. Same as you need dual SSDs raided (Or some other massive array) to reach 7.9 for HD?

 

[sygnus21]

The guy was asking for a way to make it a 7.9 so that is what I offered. He never said he needed a way to boost the encoding, just the score.

Hey, I ain't made. You gave him an option. I would have did the same thing... with my caveat

I guess the question is, has anyone ever gotten a perfect 7.9?

I'm not sure, you can look here... Show Us Your WEI (2)

 

[Petey7]

After looking at the tutorial I started to ask myself "Maybe I can make my score something higher than 7.9, like 8.1". Just want to let everyone know, you can't. Not having it be between 1.0 and 7.9 causes and error where no score will show at all.

 

[sygnus21]

That's good, otherwse we'd see scores like 10 and a flood fest of posts asking "why isn't my WEI score 10, i'm only getting 7.9"

 

[fseal]

I've not seen anyone post all 7.9s in the WEI thread myself.

Well it is mostly known that 7.9 is the limit. In fact at least a couple of "clever" people were caught posting fake scores in the Show us your WEI thread. Until windows 8 comes out, anything posted over a 7.9 is laughable.

 

[sygnus21]

I just repped this poster here... http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/97871-wei-worth-bother.html#post845883http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/97871-wei-worth-bother.html#post845894

WEI gives you a reasonable idea of the levels of system performance. I don't believe it means to be a serious benchmarking tool, but many people are offended when it doesn't accurately reflect their hardware upgrades, etc. If there is a real concern that some part of the system is under-performing then a dedicated benchmarking tool can be used to evaluate it. WEI is not that tool. Just ignore it.

This is one of the the best analysis I've read about WEI. Well stated

Perfect.

 

[nattyg]

I guess the question is, has anyone ever gotten a perfect 7.9?

It may not be possible with any CPU that exists today. Or maybe you need dual 980s to reach it. Same as you need dual SSDs raided (Or some other massive array) to reach 7.9 for HD?

I have a single Corsair 256GB SATA III SSD that gets 7.9 - you don't need an array.

 

[fseal]

I guess the question is, has anyone ever gotten a perfect 7.9?

It may not be possible with any CPU that exists today. Or maybe you need dual 980s to reach it. Same as you need dual SSDs raided (Or some other massive array) to reach 7.9 for HD?

I have a single Corsair 256GB SATA III SSD that gets 7.9 - you don't need an array.

Well that actually illustrates my point. Before that drive, you couldn't, you had to raid them. Now, with some new drives geting faster and faster it's hit the limit of the score.

It's possible that you may have to wait for a newer, faster, higher core count CPU before a single cpu will hit 7.9

ALL the scores were probably unatainable when the current version of the equations were coded at least 2 years ago now

 

[Dave76]

The elusive 7.9 for the CPU has been reach and documented.

AFAIK they are all on N2 cooling, seriously extreme setups. Maybe some dual processor system.

Unless your ready to go to those lengths, 7.8 is the highest any normal enthusiast can get.
Enjoy your 4-7.9's and that 7.8. It's a great machine.

MS, Intel and the other hardware manufacturers have made enough money from WEI scores, I'll bet they had this planned for a long time, marketing genius that one.

It initially came out after Vista, people couldn't use Aero and were getting mad so MS came up with a way for everyone to test their computer before buying Vista. It was also meant to generally tell you which part of your system was possibly in need of an upgrade.

Now look at what it's become! An upgrade marketing tool and sales generator.