Does this sound right?

Jonnodude · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:29

Hi there, ive recently received my PC and i was wondering how the score compares with others and if its as good as it should be considering the hardware i have.

This is my spec:

- Case: Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX850 High Performance 850W Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with 2000RPM Sharkoon Silent Eagle 120mm
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel
- Hard Drive: Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
- Graphics Card: HIS ATI Radeon HD 5970 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Sound: Realtek ALC889 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
- OS: Windows 7 Home (64 bit)

The windows experiance PC Score rated me as follows:

Processor: 7.7
Memory: 7.9
Graphics: 7.7
Gaming Graphics: 7.7
Primary Hard Disk: 7.5

Overall: 7.5

Does that sound about right?

mjones1 · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:33

Yes it does, but don't use Windows experience to see how good your computer is, run 3d mark.

Redmint · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:34

You can also run Performance Test to see how the CPU/RAM etc are.

Nocky24 · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:36

Its pretty much what you'd expect, but Windows experience index is basically useless and gives very odd results sometimes. Theres much better benchmarking software out there if you want to test your system. I've tried passmark recently and compared mine against other peoples systems. 3D mark 06 and vantage are also very popular.

roger_37 · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:44

Yes it does, but don't use Windows, run 3d mark

Jonnodude · 21 Jul 2010 at 17:59

Ok thanks

ill post back when ive run to see what you think

stulid · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:52

the windows experience score don't mean a thing.

Jonnodude · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:55

well i couldnt get it to work the 3dmark vantage, it says click here for a product key but never takes you anywhere :-P

incedently my gpu is faulty as it was running at 100 degrees C when in any game so sending back for a replacement

Ordokai · 22 Jul 2010 at 12:03

Being on this forum and quoting the windows index - blasphemer ! But seriously, leave the index to grandma, mate its worthless. :rolleyes:

Get something that gives out a properly quantifiable score. Otherwise you end up with a situation whereupon my lousy HD5770 gives me 7.5 and your throbbing 5970 only a feeble 0.2 more lol.

- Ordokai

milkinc13 · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:54

7.7 on CPU i'd love to get that as my Phenom II, 955 scores a whooping 3.7!

stulid · 22 Jul 2010 at 18:57

milkinc13 said:
7.7 on CPU i'd love to get that as my Phenom II, 955 scores a whooping 3.7!

my 955 gets 7.3

AMG · 22 Jul 2010 at 21:02

also use gaming benchmarks such as crysis

3dmark likes high clock speeds anyways

beefybarn · 22 Jul 2010 at 22:33

Theres no way your 955 should be scoring 3.7 :confused: