Windows Experience Index - Update or Refresh Score

How to Update or Refresh the WEI Score in Windows 7​

   Information

The Windows Experience Index measures the capability of your computer's hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number called a base score. A higher base score generally means that your computer will perform better and faster than a computer with a lower base score, especially when performing more advanced and resource-intensive tasks.

Each hardware component receives an individual subscore. Your computer's base score is determined by the lowest subscore. For example, if the lowest subscore of an individual hardware component is 2.6, then the base score is 2.6. The base score is not an average of the combined subscores.

For more information about WEI, see: Engineering Windows 7 : Engineering the Windows 7 "Windows Experience Index"

This will show you how to update or refresh the Windows Experience Index (WEI) score in Windows 7 to help measure the capability of your computer.

   Tip

In Windows 7 the WEI score ranges from 1.0 to 7.9.

The WEI log file is located at: C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\winsat.log

   Warning

You will need to update your WEI score after you have installed Windows 7, and have a minimum of 2.0 in both Graphics & Gaming graphics in order to have the Aero features enabled.

Here's How: 1. Open the Control Panel (icons view). A) Click on the Performance Information and Tools icon.

B) Go to step 5.
OR

2. Open the Start Menu.

3. Right click on the Computer button, and click on Properties. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: You could also just press the Windows Key + Pause/Break key to open System Properties.
4. Click on the System rating is not available, Windows Experience Index, or Your Windows Experience Index needs to be refreshed link. (See screenshots below)
NOTE: The left screenshot is to score the WEI for the first time, the middle screenshot is to just update the WEI, and the right screenshot is to refresh the WEI usually after a change in the hardware or certain drivers (ex: video).




5. Click on the Rate this computer button, Re-run the assessment link, or Refresh Now button. (See screenshots below)
NOTE: The left screenshot is to score the WEI for the first time, the middle screenshot is to just update the WEI, and the right screenshot is to refresh the WEI usually after a change in the hardware or certain drivers (ex: video).




6. You will now see this status window. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: To get the best score possible while the WEI is updating, it is best to let the computer sit idle with nothing else opened or running in the background.

7. When finished you will see your updated WEI base score. (See left screenshot below step 5)
That's it,
Shawn

Related Tutorials

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• How to See Windows 7 Reliability and Problem History with Reliability Monitor
• How to Create a Windows Experience Index Shortcut in Windows 7
• How to Create a Performance Troubleshoot Shortcut in Windows 7
• How to Reset the Windows Experience Index (WEI) in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8
• How to Manually Change WEI Score in Windows 7
• How to Enable or Disable the Windows Experience Index in Vista and Windows 7

 

[sabi]

i found this after running sfc/scan now in command prompt

 

[Brink]

Sabi,

I would still recommend doing the repair install. It will be easier than trying to manually extract the corrupted files from your Windows 7 installation DVD to replace them on your computer.

 

[sabi]

thanks brink but can u tell me which version i install of windows 7 which have rating score in it? bcz mine shows system rating not availible i told u

 

[Brink]

Sabi,

Click on the repair install link here for more details on how to do this. You would use the same retail Windows 7 installation disk if you have one. You can open About Windows to see what Windows 7 edition you have though.

 

[sabi]

thanks alott brink you solved my problem

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Sabi. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[athon1]

I just tried to update my WEI scores and found no previous score, I clicked on the Rate this computer button and nothing happens.

any ideas?

Thanks,
Athon1

 

[Brink]

Hello Athon, and welcome to Seven Forums.

See if running a sfc/ scannow command may be able to allow it to work afterwards for you.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[athon1]

Thanks Brink,

scc reports all is well
still no idea why nothing happens when I click on the Rate this computer button.

Athon1

 

[Brink]

Athon,

A repair install may be able to fix it for you then.

 

[Little Darwin]

Here is mine after a video upgrade.

 

[Frostmourne]

Here is mine after a video upgrade.

Time for an upgrade - my laptop is better than that, apart from the gaming/aero scores.

 

[v8280z]

I am unable to view my WEI now. when ever I click on the system icon in the control panel i get a blank page that says "Page failed to load" This only started a few weeks ago but I have been unable to figure out why. Any guesses?

 

[Brink]

Hello v8280z, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if running a SFC /SCANNOW command may be able to fix this for you. If not, then a repair install should be able to.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[v8280z]

Great job

That was it found a few bad files and fixed them and everything works now. Thank you Shawn!

 

[Brink]

You're welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[Wandering Flame]

When I choose to run WEI test for the first time or to update it, how do I check if my computer has run the test before? What if I choose it to run for the first time when it has before? I'm not sure if Dell already did this. This is a new computer from them.

 

[Brink]

Hello WF,

Simple, if you have a WEI score, then the WEI test has been ran before. If not, then it hasn't.

 

[Wandering Flame]

What's the difference between refreshing the WEI and updating it? Isn't that kind of the same thing?

And thanks for the previous answer.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome WF.

Yeah, it's basically just the same thing. I only use both words since Windows 7 uses both of them as well for it.