WD Velociraptor - Need some Help/info

[catty]

Hello

Ive recently installed a wd velociraptor WD5000BHTZ. My mother board is a GA-H67A-UD3H-B3.
Now basically my question is , do i need to do anything else in order for the HDD to run at full capacity ? I do have a sata 3 cable (6gb) aswell.

Basically everything is running smoothly but according to Windows Experience Index it still rates my hdd as a 5.9 which was the same rating my old drive got. So im not sure if perhaps i need to get sata 3 drivers ( if there is such a thing??)

Also my current bios version is very old, F1 to be exact so bk from 2011 i think. Should i update that? does that impact my drives performance at all?

any input on this is greatly appreciated ty

 

[zakblood]

i'd always use the latest bios, same as drivers tbh

 

[decto]

WEI is pointless since it's not a proper benchmark it just takes a look at your system and makes up some number, ignore it.

Try some actual benchmarking software e.g. ATTO disk benchmark or HDTach to check how the disk performs and then compare the results to reviews on google

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