What is youre Windows Experiance Index!!

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:50

Hello guys,

I'm a little bored and while playing around on the PC I found a little tab to update my Experiance Index, it was sitting at 5.5 before I upgraded some units, after 30 seconds it came up with a score of 7.5 is this good at the highest is 7.9 so I've been told,

Also I've been told that the index gives you youre score based on the lowest subscore so mine looks like this

Processor 7.5
Memory 7.8
Graphics 7.8
Gaming Graphics 7.8
Primary HD 7.5

I just think 7.5 overall is a bit harsh surly it should be in the middle at 7.6 or even 7.7.

so the question as it is in the title / What is youre personal Windows Experiance Index!!

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:52

its a pointless test, with zero meaning, and there has been threads before asking peeps to post up their scores.

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:54

stulid said:
its a pointless test, with zero meaning, and there has been threads before asking peeps to post up their scores.

There has to be a meaning to the test overwise why would it be a part of windows???

Thekwango · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:54

umboma said:
so the question as it is in the title / What is youre personal Windows Experiance Index!!

most folk are gonna say,

'don't know and don't care'

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:56

Thekwango said:
most folk are gonna say,

'don't know and don't care'

Meh, Fair enough, I just didnt see the meaning for the test so was just wondering really

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:56

umboma said:
There has to be a meaning to the test overwise why would it be a part of windows???

for 13 year old boys to talk about in the playground.

stulid · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:57

go download,

3dmark

Cinebench

super pi/pi fast

and come back with some results.

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:58

stulid said:
for 13 year old boys to talk about in the playground.

LOL, well I guess the index really has no meaning afterall.

umboma · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:59

stulid said:
go download,

3dmark

Cinebench

super pi/pi fast

and come back with some results.

I'll do that as I'm interested in what my pc is capible of doing..

Thekwango · 27 Jan 2011 at 23:59

umboma said:
There has to be a meaning to the test overwise why would it be a part of windows???

how can there be a meaning to it, my vapor-x 5770 reports in WEI @ 7.7, from memory. so, for example, a pair of 580 gtx's in sli at best can only be 0.2 points better, at least going by WEI.

it's absolutely pointless for hardware camparing or indexing

stulid · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:00

and there is also UNIGINE to try

http://unigine.com/download/

download heaven benchmark.

JonJ678 · 28 Jan 2011 at 02:00

Your.

I have no windows experience index, as I am not running windows. I feel this means I win.

More helpfully, if your computer is capable of doing everything you've asked it to within a sufficient time period, you know it's good enough. Benchmarks wont help there, they'll only tell you that it could be quicker.

Crowort · 28 Jan 2011 at 04:19

The only point of WEI is to let windows know if you can run Aero without it causing slow downs.

glenimp617 · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:42

Thekwango said:
most folk are gonna say,

'don't know and don't care'

Then these forums have definately changed for the better :eek:

I was under the impression a lot of forum members bought the high end hardware for benchmark and boasting reasons.

Like the £900 extreme CPUs

Murray · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:49

glen8 said:
Then these forums have definately changed for the better

I was under the impression a lot of forum members bought the high end hardware for benchmark and boasting reasons.

Like the £900 extreme CPUs

a lot do just not on WEI.

hybrid572 · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:54

As others have said, the WEI is possibly the worst benchmark available- not least because its scores use made-up scales with artificial maximums at very low levels. All the benchmarks that stulid's posted are well-known, respected benchmarks, which actually reflect the computer's performance at whichever tasks they test.

Rexton · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:06

stulid said:
go download,

3dmark

Cinebench

super pi/pi fast

and come back with some results.

+1

Thekwango · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:13

glen8 said:
I was under the impression a lot of forum members bought the high end hardware for benchmark and boasting reasons.

You're quite correct, however not too many are gonna boast that they have a WEI score of 7.7 or whatever it may be. not much of a boast!!

glen8 said:
Like the £900 extreme CPUs

which will be only 0.1 or 0.2 points better off than my 140 quid i5......again not much to boast about now is it

WEI = Pants

paradisiac · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:17

a lot of people wont get an overall score about 5.9 due to windows not being able to go any higher for mechanical drives. so in terms of overall performance boasting, its pretty poor, but like suggested, it lets users know if aero will run ok.
try some proper benchmarking apps, then play with your setup until you get something stable with a score you are happy with.

failing that, just install some games or whatever you are using it for and see how it performs in everday use, as, in all honesty this is all that matters. benchmarking is more for stability testing in my opinion.

MikeHunt79 · 28 Jan 2011 at 17:20

paradisiac said:
a lot of people wont get an overall score about 5.9 due to windows not being able to go any higher for mechanical drives.

So is 5.9 good for a 5400rpm HDD?