Windows 7 bumps up Experience Index

[NormCameron]

"Windows 7 bumps up the Experience Index

After nearly a week of using the pre-beta PDC release of Windows 7, I’m starting to notice the little things. Like this:

Windows 7 Experience Index



See that number in the lower right corner? In Windows Vista, the maximum value for any subscore is 5.9. Clearly the scale is now higher, as that 6.3 (solid-state drives are fast) indicates."

Ed Bott’s Windows Expertise | News and advice for a Windows-centric world

If you’re running the pre-beta Windows 7 build, share your Windows Experience Index scores.

 

[mansrm81]

I notice that my both my graphics score is a 4.0 instead of 3.6 cause vista basic doesn't have aero.

 

[smarteyeball]

When I installed the beta yesterday, it went up from 4.3 to a whopping 4.4

now that I've re-installed the beta again it's gone back to 4.3

 

[rodcwahr]

My Vista/Win7 Experience Comparison

My results for my dual-boot. Both Vista Ultimate and Win 7 are 64-bit:

Hardware

MB: Asus Maximus Formula
Processor: Intel Core2Duo 6600 (2.4GHz)
Memory: Corsair Dominator TWIN2X8500C5DF 4096MB, DDR2, 2x2GB(KIT), DHX, E.P.P, with FAN
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 768MB
HD Vista Boot: WDC WD3200 SATA = 320 GB. Boot partition 1, 100 GB
HD Win7 Boot: SAMSUNG HD103UJ SATA = 1 TB. Boot partition 1, 130 GB

Vista Ultimate Experience

Windows 7 Experience

Note: I have a Dutch Vista Ultimate installation.

Greetings from Amsterdam,
Roderick

 

[Abhimanyu]

The Maximum is 7.9

 

[garysgold]

Odd thing is in Vista my RAM was holding me back with a 5.4.



A shocking difference.

Gary

 

[StellaStar]

Confused... My graphics index rating in Vista (Home Premium) was at least a 3.5... I installed Win7 tonight and it's dropped to a 2.7, yet gaming graphics is still way up at 5.3...
Huh?

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Confused... My graphics index rating in Vista (Home Premium) was at least a 3.5... I installed Win7 tonight and it's dropped to a 2.7, yet gaming graphics is still way up at 5.3...
Huh?

Your lowest sub-score determines what your overall is. To me the scores mean very little as its more a 'show-off-too-your-computer-friends' feature.

 

[Tews]

WEI is nothing more than a way to impress your l337 friends..

 

[ShazaM]

WEI is nothing more than a way to impress your l337 friends..

WEI is nothing but a number. Scores can be easilly edited via XML file modification. Stores like BestBuy or Costco edit these scores to make the computer seem powerful. The scores represent nothing and have no accuracy whatsoever in determining a computer's performance.

These numbers should be disregarded.

My computer gives me a 7.2 in Windows 7 Ultimate and a 6.9 in Windows 7 Professional, a 6.2 in Windows Vista Ultimate and a 5.9 in Windows Vista Home Premium. Just an example of how useless these numbers are.

 

[pmc]

Well my obsolete systems as the following numbers:

Processor 4.2 (Amd 3500+ Single Core Socket 939 )
Memory 5.5 ( 2 GB Dual Channel GSKILL F1-3200PHU2- Cl2-3-2-5)
Graphics 7.2 ( Asus Ati Raedon 4870 512Mb - Low power profile 500/750)
Gaming 7.2
Disk 5.9 ( VeliRaptor 300 GB )

This is my less obsolete pc which runs flawless (suspend/hibernation +cnq), the other 2 are a mean machine ( xp-m 2500@3200 ) and a ( Amd 64 3000+ Socket 754 ).
Several ppl say its impossible and/or im lying when i said im running this on this PSU - CHieftec GPS-450AA ( smart-power).

Rgds

 

[SMOKKINU]

i have two 300GB Velociraptors in RAID0 and its telling me they are rated a 6.2? wth?

my core i7 920 is also a 7.5?


my memory is the only thing a 7.9

my dual GTX 285's in SLI ranks a 7.3?

hmm...

 

[chaser1]

Looks like I need an SSD.................