Windows Experience Index

ianho · 31st May 2009, 01:51 AM

My rig should have been scoring 5.9 a loooooong time ago but for some reason it was only doing 5.7 with Vista32.

Now that I've finally gone up to Vista64 it shows the full score of 5.9. Silly windows.......... Maybe it was my gfx cards swallowing up all the RAM eh? I always thought that RAM quantity didn't play a part in the score.

Any1 else have the same experience?

Adrian Wong · 31st May 2009, 03:43 PM

The Windows Experience Index will use the lowest score, so if your RAM is stuck at 5.7, then that's the maximum aggregate score.

I believe you are getting stuck at 5.7 because of the limited RAM. See here for more details.

Chai · 31st May 2009, 06:19 PM

My score is at 5.8, not sure it means anything or not.

The_YongGrand · 31st May 2009, 08:46 PM

My score for that was around 4. something something.

Btw, is it the main benchmark for computer performance? I heard many people often compare computers using that scale.

PsYkHoTiK · 31st May 2009, 11:47 PM

It's an arbitrary number AFAIK. Doesn't really mean a whole much to me.

Scaled from 1.0 to 5.9. (I'm at 5.9).

Chai · 31st May 2009, 11:56 PM

My CPU is only at 5.8... But my 3.8GHz will whoop most high end quad core systems, maybe except the i7.

ianho · 7th Jun 2009, 03:49 PM

Wheeeeeeeeeeee. Vista 64 now allows me to be free like a bird. Even my 3DM scores went up. My system must have been choking from lack of ram on 32bit. Anyway, after liberating myself from the shackles of 32bit, I've added another 4gb for a total of 8gb now. Everything is so nice n smooth now. Vista's gone mad though. It's chomping about 1.8gb just sitting on desktop!!!!

Adrian Wong · 9th Jun 2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ianho

Wheeeeeeeeeeee. Vista 64 now allows me to be free like a bird. Even my 3DM scores went up. My system must have been choking from lack of ram on 32bit. Anyway, after liberating myself from the shackles of 32bit, I've added another 4gb for a total of 8gb now. Everything is so nice n smooth now. Vista's gone mad though. It's chomping about 1.8gb just sitting on desktop!!!!

That's Vista alright. It will chomp as much RAM as it can, but a huge chunk of it will be for the disk cache. The disk cache is about 1.45 GB in your case.

Hey, still on SP2?

Chai · 9th Jun 2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

That's Vista alright. It will chomp as much RAM as it can, but a huge chunk of it will be for the disk cache. The disk cache is about 1.45 GB in your case.

Hey, still on SP2?

Isn't SP2 the latest already? Windows 7?

Adrian Wong · 11th Jun 2009, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Chai

Isn't SP2 the latest already? Windows 7?

Aduiiiii.... So blur!

Speaking of SP2, it's still not appearing in my Windows Update. Has it appeared on yours?

31st May 2009, 01:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
ianho Getting there Join Date: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Malaysia Posts: 209 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 3	Windows Experience Index My rig should have been scoring 5.9 a loooooong time ago but for some reason it was only doing 5.7 with Vista32. Now that I've finally gone up to Vista64 it shows the full score of 5.9. Silly windows.......... Maybe it was my gfx cards swallowing up all the RAM eh? I always thought that RAM quantity didn't play a part in the score. Any1 else have the same experience? __________________ Blackbird Intel Q6600\|\| Corsair H50\|\| Asus Striker II Formula\|\| 8gb Kingston HyperX 1066\|\| 3 Way SLi 8800GTX\|\| 150Gb Raptor\|\| 1200W Silverstone Decathlon\|\| Logitech G9 n G19\|\| Edifier E3350 Speakers\|\| Sennheiser HD580 Precision Headphones\|\| Apple Cinema Display 30in\|\| Silverstone Raven RV02.

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Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	My score is at 5.8, not sure it means anything or not. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

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7th Jun 2009, 03:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
ianho Getting there Join Date: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Malaysia Posts: 209 Reputation: 71 Rep Power: 3	Wheeeeeeeeeeee. Vista 64 now allows me to be free like a bird. Even my 3DM scores went up. My system must have been choking from lack of ram on 32bit. Anyway, after liberating myself from the shackles of 32bit, I've added another 4gb for a total of 8gb now. Everything is so nice n smooth now. Vista's gone mad though. It's chomping about 1.8gb just sitting on desktop!!!! __________________ Blackbird Intel Q6600\|\| Corsair H50\|\| Asus Striker II Formula\|\| 8gb Kingston HyperX 1066\|\| 3 Way SLi 8800GTX\|\| 150Gb Raptor\|\| 1200W Silverstone Decathlon\|\| Logitech G9 n G19\|\| Edifier E3350 Speakers\|\| Sennheiser HD580 Precision Headphones\|\| Apple Cinema Display 30in\|\| Silverstone Raven RV02. Last edited by ianho : 7th Jun 2009 at 03:58 PM.

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