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  1. 2011/09/24
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff Thread Starter

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    Hi everyone. For those members running Windows Vista or Windows 7 use this thread to post and share your Windows Experience Index score.

    For those users who don't know what the Windows Experience Index is then take a look here, What is the Windows Experience Index.

    I wanted to create this thread to encourage some friendly discussion about the components that are in your systems and what Windows rates them.

    I'll start by posting my score.

    Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Processor: 7.3
    Memory (RAM): 7.3
    Graphics: 3.8
    Gaming Graphics: 5.8
    Primary hard disk: 5.9
    Overall score: 3.8

    So whats your Windows Experience Index (WEI) score?
     

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  2. 2011/09/24
    wildfire

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    Processor Celeron(R) Dual-Core CPU T3500 @ 2.10GHz 5.4
    Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB 5.4
    Graphics Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family 3.4
    Gaming graphics 1340 MB Total available graphics memory 3.3
    Primary hard disk 2GB Free (116GB Total) 5.9
     
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  4. 2011/09/24
    BOBBO

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    Operating System: Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bit
    Processor: 7.2
    Memory (RAM): 7.4
    Graphics: 3.8
    Gaming Graphics: 5.8
    Primary hard disk: 5.9
    Overall score: 3.8

    Dell Studio XPS 8000, 6 GB RAM, 640 GB HDD, Windows 7 (Home Premium SP1), Norton NAV, COMODO, Malwarebytes, SpywareBlaster.
     
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  5. 2011/09/24
    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    Never thought of it of any value & therefore didn't run it till now. Below are my results - oven fresh:

    CPU : AMD Athlon II X2 250 @3.00 GHz
    Graphic Card: ATI Radeon HD 4200 [Inbuilt]
    Operating System: Windows 7 32 bit Ultimate

    Processor: 6.3
    Memory (RAM): 7.1
    Graphics: 4.3
    Gaming Graphics: 5.3
    Primary hard disk: 5.9
    Overall score: 4.3
     
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  6. 2011/09/25
    TonyT

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    LOL, my index is now 1.0!
    My mb recently fried so I slapped together a multi-boot system out of spare parts.

    I never considered the Windows Experience rating all that important. This current system operates faster than my previous system which had better hardware, albeit I have no Aero on this one.
     
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  7. 2011/09/25
    wildfire

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    I've never paid much attention to it either Tony, it has however drawn my attention to some much needed housekeeping on my primary partition :D
     
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  8. 2011/09/26
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    Mine:
    Processor 7.2
    Memory (RAM) 7.5
    Graphics (Desktop) 4.0
    Gaming 5.3
    Primary HD 6.8

    Can't understand why the Graming graphics scores higher than the desktop!

    Roger
     
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  9. 2011/09/27
    Arie

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    Mine are as follows:

    Processor: 7.6
    Memory (RAM): 7.9
    Graphics: 7.6
    Gaming Graphics: 7.6
    Primary hard disk: 7.7
    Base score: 7.6

    Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
    Memory (RAM): 12GB Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 Triple Channel
    Graphics: EVGA PCIe GeForce GTX 460, 1024MB GDDR5
    Primary hard disk: Intel X25-M SATA SSD 120GB
     
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  10. 2011/10/03
    Arie

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    I hadn't seen that before, but I just configured a Dell XPS 15z, and noticed that it lists:

    Processor: 6.9
    Memory (RAM): 7.3
    Graphics: 4.7
    Gaming Graphics: 6.6
    Primary hard disk: 5.9
    Base score: 4.7

    I figure it is because this laptop has 2 graphic modes... the standard is used to conserve energy (battery) and is the CPU graphics (Intel HD Graphics 3000), while the gaming test will use the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M.
     
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  11. 2011/10/03
    mnoble

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    Overall Score 6.5
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz 6.5
    Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 6.9
    Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 6.9
    Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 6.9
    Primary hard disk 67GB Free (149GB Total) 7.2
    Windows 7 Professional
    System
    Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Model EP45-UD3R
    Total amount of system memory 8.00 GB RAM
    System type 64-bit operating system
    Number of processor cores 2
    Storage
    Total size of hard disk(s) 2618 GB
    Disk partition (C:) 67 GB Free (149 GB Total)
    Disk partition (D:) 116 GB Free (140 GB Total)
    Disk partition (E:) 416 GB Free (466 GB Total)
    Disk partition (F:) 190 GB Free (466 GB Total)
    Disk partition (I:) 393 GB Free (932 GB Total)
    Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
    Total available graphics memory 4095 MB
    Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
    Dedicated system memory 0 MB
    Shared system memory 3071 MB
    Display adapter driver version 8.17.11.9745
    Primary monitor resolution 1600x1200
    Secondary monitor resolution 1600x900
    DirectX version DirectX 10
     
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  12. 2011/10/05
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    Operating System: Windows 7 Home 64 bit
    Processor 5.1
    Memory 5.5
    Graphics 3.7
    Gaming graphics 3.2
    Primary hard disk 5.9
    Overall 3.2

    Never really thought much about it, now I am looking at ways to increase it....but I don't know why..
     
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  13. 2011/10/06
    sawwah

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    This is my score.


    Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Processor: 7.4
    Memory (RAM): 5.9
    Graphics: 4.2
    Gaming Graphics: 6.0
    Primary Hard Disk: 5.9
    Overall Score: 4.2
     
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  14. 2011/10/16
    andrewsauce32

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    Heh, seems interesting. Here's mine:

    Processor: 7.1
    Memory (RAM): 5.9
    Graphics: 5.0
    Gaming Graphics: 6.2
    Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

    Base Score: 5.0
     
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  15. 2011/10/18
    hawk22

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    hanging in there,

    Processor: 7.3
    Memory (Ram): 7.5
    Graphics: 5.1
    Gaming graphics: 6.2
    Primary HD: 5.9

    Base score: 5.1
     
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  16. 2011/10/18
    PeteC

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    FYI - Aero is turned off on my desktop .....
     

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  17. 2011/10/19
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    Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
    Processor: 6.7
    Memory: 5.9
    Graphics: 4.5
    Gaming: 5.2
    Primary HD: 7.5

    Base Score: 4.5
     
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  18. 2011/10/19
    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    Good to see all those score, but do they mean something ?
     
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  19. 2011/10/19
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff Thread Starter

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    Those scores don't really mean much. They're mainly just a benchmark that you can use to determine how good your hardware specs are. You can use that information to help you figure out how well your system will perform when playing games or watching videos on it and you can compare your score with other computers.

    If you have a higher WEI then the computer will be able to handle more intense tasks such as gaming or video editing. However if you have a lower score then the machine would be more suited for more basic tasks such as web browsing or word processing.

    I personally see the WEI as a kind of guideline for people when they buy a computer. If it has a high WEI such as the processor and RAM are a 7.0 out of 7.9 for example, then people would be more tempted to buy that machine. But you should always look at the hardware specs of the computer before making a purchase since you should know what you are getting.
     
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  20. 2011/10/19
    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    Yep they are a rough guideline & on top of that are synthetic.

    But the best thing about these is that the overall score is the minimum score of any component. So if any computer has a very high end CPU but trashy graphic card, the overall score would be limited by the graphic card. So if someone needs to improve his/her PC, they know where to start. Beyond that I don't see any purpose of this WEI.
     
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  21. 2011/10/21
    hawk22

    hawk22 Geek Member

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    Spot on rsinfo, have a look at my score, Base Score 5.1 CPU 7.3, Ram 7.5, but a crappy graphics card puts the score down.
    I'll put it on the Christmas wish list, :D:D, wishful thinking I think.:mad:
     
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