Windows Experience Index Question!

WingZero30 · 19 Jun 2010 at 20:47

Hi guys

I have windows 7 ultimate 32bit installed on my system. Now recently I overclocked my e6600 to 3ghz and re-ran the assessment. The overall index value increased from 5.3 to 5.9. In the description it shows [email protected] 3.00 Ghz. However yesterday I overclocked further to 3.2GHz. However the description stays and I don't see 3.2GHz although the cpu and ram individual index increased from 6.3 to 6.5 and also the overall index is still set at 5.9. Any idea?

gamesaregood · 19 Jun 2010 at 20:54

I expect HDD or graphics is the limit now.

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 20:56

Hard Drive usually gets 5.9 if it is 7200RPM and not a SSD. Or it could be your graphics.

setter · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:04

Creelers said:
Hard Drive usually gets 5.9 if it is 7200RPM and not a SSD. Or it could be your graphics.

Yep, i score 7.7-7.8 on everything bar hdd, only thing letting me down is lack of an ssd, not that i can afford one anyway.

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:06

setter said:
Yep, i score 7.8-7.9 on everything bar hdd, only thing letting me down is lack of an ssd, not that i can afford one anyway.

I don't see the need for one just yet, I can see the advantages for it etc. But I don't need one at the minute.

setter · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:09

Same here mate, happy enough with my 320gb samsung F1, old drive but still does what i need, used to run a pair of 74gb raptors in raid0, performance was great but the noise got on my nerves.

Off topic, i believe Creelers, you know my nephew andrew.

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:14

setter said:
Same here mate, happy enough with my 320gb samsung F1, old drive but still does what i need, used to run a pair of 74gb raptors in raid0, performance was great but the noise got on my nerves.

Off topic, i believe Creelers, you know my nephew andrew.

I'm happy with my 1TB Samsung F3 and yeah I know him.

setter · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:15

What are the 1TB F3's like noise wise? Im considering a 1TB drive for media storage and the F3 is very well priced.

WingZero30 · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:16

Creelers said:
Hard Drive usually gets 5.9 if it is 7200RPM and not a SSD. Or it could be your graphics.

Yes you are right. I have samsung spinpoint f3 500gb hdd 7200rpm and two older hdds which I have used for 6 years and continue to do so. I have hd5850 graphics card. I currently get 7.7 for gfx. However this is while I am running it at stock speed of725/1000MHz. I have overclocked gfx to 900/1200MHz; but last time i tried running windows experience index test it crashed. Do you think if I run the test at overclocked gfx settings and pass the test, the index value will increase?

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:17

setter said:
What are the 1TB F3's like noise wise? Im considering a 1TB drive for media storage and the F3 is very well priced.

Very very quiet, I can barely notice it.

WingZero30 said:
Yes you are right. I have samsung spinpoint f3 500gb hdd 7200rpm and two older hdds which I have used for 6 years and continue to do so. I have hd5850 graphics card. I currently get 7.7 for gfx. However this is while I am running it at stock speed of725/1000MHz. I have overclocked gfx to 900/1200MHz; but last time i tried running windows experience index test it crashed. Do you think if I run the test at overclocked gfx settings and pass the test, the index value will increase?

No - it takes the lower score so unless you get the likes of a SSD, your hard drive score will always be 5.9, hence why your score is 5.9.

setter · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:22

WingZero30 said:
Yes you are right. I have samsung spinpoint f3 500gb hdd 7200rpm and two older hdds which I have used for 6 years and continue to do so. I have hd5850 graphics card. I currently get 7.7 for gfx. However this is while I am running it at stock speed of725/1000MHz. I have overclocked gfx to 900/1200MHz; but last time i tried running windows experience index test it crashed. Do you think if I run the test at overclocked gfx settings and pass the test, the index value will increase?

Heres a screeny of my i7 at 4ghz, ram is at 1547mhz, 7-7-7-24, sli gtx 275's.

As you can see, hdd is the lowest.

Creelers said:
Very very quiet, I can barely notice it.

No - it takes the lower score so unless you get the likes of a SSD, your hard drive score will always be 5.9, hence why your score is 5.9.

Glad to hear that, cheers.

WingZero30 · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:23

Creelers said:
No - it takes the lower score so unless you get the likes of a SSD, your hard drive score will always be 5.9, hence why your score is 5.9.

So the limiting factor is the hard disk. Also does the windows experience index helps with the running of the windows by optimising it to your system specs or is it the case that it just gives you a value based on your system specs and shows how good or bad your system is and thats it. Nothing else? :confused:

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:25

WingZero30 said:
So the limiting factor is the hard disk. Also does the windows experience index helps with the running of the windows by optimising it to your system specs or is it the case that it just gives you a value based on your system specs and shows how good or bad your system is and thats it. Nothing else?

It doesn't optimise it or anything and the hard drive isn't really a limiting factor, to my knowledge the Windows Experience Index score doesn't do much that I would deem important to have a high score in, so I wouldn't worry.

setter · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:28

Very true, some people look into the index score too much, as long as the system performs well in the tasks you do thats all you need.

WingZero30 · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:29

Creelers said:
It doesn't optimise it or anything and the hard drive isn't really a limiting factor, to my knowledge the Windows Experience Index score doesn't do much that I would deem important to have a high score in, so I wouldn't worry.

Thanks for the info

Creelers · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:34

No problem, glad I could help.

robinbredin · 20 Jun 2010 at 12:28

That Windows Experience Index score is ued by the games folder, but even then I think its all hype. You could run those games with less. :cool:

Creelers · 20 Jun 2010 at 12:30

Apparently GTAIV is a racing game

robinbredin · 20 Jun 2010 at 12:42

Apparently GTAIV is a racing game

Can't see what that has to do with it, but here is another which requires a big Windows Experience Index score. :eek:

theheyes · 20 Jun 2010 at 13:51

The Windows Experience Index does benchmark your hardware, it just hides 95% of the detail when it spits out the score. It doesn't simply check what you have installed and assigns a pre-determined value.