i7-2600k 7.9 on WEI possible?

Tintai · Oct 23, 2013

Hi,

I wonder if anyone have 7.9 score in WEI(Windows Experience Index) on Sandy Bridge processor like i7-2600k or i5.
It is possible? I read many topics about this and people can't get 7.9 even on 5 GHz.

It's not that I care about these results but I'm curious why I hit only 7.8.

Tintai

RCoon · Oct 23, 2013

WEI is an autistic piece of crap that has a scoring system that literally means very little.
Don't beat yourself up. My 2133mhz RAM scores lower than 1333mhz in WEI. Why? Because reasons.

Kursah · Oct 23, 2013

They even removed it in Windows 8.1. :toast:

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

RCoon said:
WEI is an autistic piece of crap that has a scoring system that literally means very little.
Don't beat yourself up. My 2133mhz RAM scores lower than 1333 in WEI. Why? Because reasons.

agreed, tho my main rig end with a 7.7 WEI

7.7 Calculation (Xeon E3-1275v2, basically a i7-3770 with i7-3770K base frequencies and turbo)

7.9 Ram (Gskill ARES 2133)

7.9 Aero

7.9 3D

7.7 SDD wich is funny since with a i5-2400 i had 7.9 and i didnt changed my SSD ahah proof thats a joke this WEI

Kursah said:
They even removed it in Windows 8.1.

best update ever! improving by removing for once did something good

Tintai · Oct 23, 2013

What about Win 8? Anyone get 9.9?

RCoon said:
My 2133mhz RAM scores lower than 1333mhz in WEI.

I have 7.9 on 1866MHz.

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

Tintai said:
What about Win 8? Anyone get 9.9?

I have 7.9 on 1866MHz.

no use 8.1 will have no WEI, another proof its a useless thing rather rely on benchmark than WEI

Tintai · Oct 23, 2013

GreiverBlade said:
7.7 SDD wich is funny since with a i5-2400 i had 7.9 and i didnt changed my SSD ahah proof thats a joke this WEI

My SSD give me 7.9 but only when I have a 25GB or more free space on the disk. When I had 7GB WEI showed me 5.9 :twitch:

RCoon · Oct 23, 2013

Tintai said:
My SSD give me 7.9 but only when I have a 25GB or more free space on the disk. When I had 7GB WEI showed me 5.9

I am almost certain Win7 WEI assumes that all drives are HDD's. When there is less than 25% space on a HDD, it performs considerably worse than when there is more than 50% free (Because the largest portions of the HDD are on the outer rim of the platters, more data can be written per revolution). Thus, WEI assumes your SSD is a HDD, and believes it should be running like shit on a shovel.

That's just speculation though.

Random Murderer · Oct 23, 2013

Tintai said:
Hi,

I wonder if anyone have 7.9 score in WEI(Windows Experience Index) on Sandy Bridge processor like i7-2600k or i5.
It is possible? I read many topics about this and people can't get 7.9 even on 5 GHz.

It's not that I care about these results but I'm curious why I hit only 7.8.

Tintai

7.9 CPU can only be achieved with 16 cores or more, regardless of clock speed.
Or you could always just edit the XML file that holds your scores to say 7.9

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

i ha d 7.9 then 7.7 now 7.8, yes yet another proof that rating is a total failure.

the only time i did see a WEI used as a argument was on a website like EBAY (ricardo.ch) in a pc auction and the seller titled "WOW 7.8 WEI best computer worth the price asked" and it was a i7-2600 +4gb ram 32gb SSD 250gb HDD GT550 450w random crap psu in a generic case at 2200chf ...

that was the most bad argument i ever saw to justify a terribly wrong pricing :roll:

RCoon · Oct 23, 2013

GreiverBlade said:
i ha d 7.9 then 7.7 now 7.8, yes yet another proof that rating is a total failure.

the only time i did see a WEI used as a argument was on a website like EBAY (ricardo.ch) in a pc auction and the seller titled "WOW 7.8 WEI best computer worth the price asked" and it was a i7-2600 +4gb ram 32gb SSD 250gb HDD GT550 450w random crap psu in a generic case at 2200chf ...

that was the most bad argument i ever saw to justify a terribly wrong pricing

Probably secret code for selling cocaine or something. Or people are just that dumb. I'd rather believe the first

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

RCoon said:
I am almost certain Win7 WEI assumes that all drives are HDD's. When there is less than 25% space on a HDD, it performs considerably worse than when there is more than 50% free (Because the largest portions of the HDD are on the outer rim of the platters, more data can be written per revolution). Thus, WEI assumes your SSD is a HDD, and believes it should be running like shit on a shovel.

That's just speculation though.

luckly its a speculation because the 7.7 was when i had 30gb+ free and the 7.8 is just now with 19.5gb free

Tintai · Oct 23, 2013

Random Murderer said:
7.9 CPU can only be achieved with 16 cores or more, regardless of clock speed.

So for e.g I need 8 core(+ 8 virtual cores) processor to get 7.9? lol

Random Murderer · Oct 23, 2013

Tintai said:
So for e.g I need 8 core(+ 8 virtual cores) processor to get 7.9? lol

It doesn't matter how they're arranged, as long as Windows sees 16 threads.

Tintai · Oct 23, 2013

It's not fair.

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

Tintai said:
It's not fair.

aherm ... i fail to see why ... no point in fairness in a stupidly useless rating .... 7.7-7.8 = 4core 8thread or 8core 8thread 7.9 = high end workstation cpu 8core 16thread or 16core 16thread and above .... kinda logical in the end

and you have 7.8 with a cpu who is way under mine who have 7.7

be proud! (i fail to see the logic where a i7-3770 based Xeon is under a i7-2600K since the WEI doesnt seem to count the OC)

edit indeed i cant understand

1 Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 - 3.50GHz 13567pts
2 Intel Core i7-2600K - 3.40GHz 12120pts

BarbaricSoul · Oct 23, 2013

I agree with the others that it is not a accurate rating, but just cause you asked, my 2600k at 4.5ghz gets 7.8, my memory and GFX gets 7.9, and my HD, well let's just say I really need to replace the SSD that died on me.

TheHunter · Oct 23, 2013

Win7 is limited to max 7.9.

I got 8.4 in win8 lol, but yeah like Kursah said they removed it in 8.1..

Frick · Oct 23, 2013

Just close your eyes and hit alt+f4. Don't look at that filth.

gdubc · Oct 23, 2013

Kursah said:
They even removed it in Windows 8.1.

GreiverBlade said:
no use 8.1 will have no WEI, another proof its a useless thing rather rely on benchmark than WEI

Actual it is still in windows 8.1. Just not in an easy g.u.i. form.

GreiverBlade · Oct 23, 2013

gdubc said:
Actual it is still in windows 8.1. Just not in an easy g.u.i. form.

raaaahhhhh Dreambreaker! (oh wait why do i even bother about win8 8.1 ... im still on win7)

gdubc · Oct 23, 2013

Anyone that wants to do it:
1. Run admin. cmd: Winsat formal (takes a little bit)
2. Open: C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore
3. Open latest: date.time.Formal.Assessment.XML

ruff0r · Oct 23, 2013

BarbaricSoul said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/131023/wie.jpg

How did i beat you with only 4,3GHZ ?

BarbaricSoul · Oct 23, 2013

ruff0r said:
http://img.ctrlv.in/img/5267ebac6a45a.jpg

How did i beat you with only 4,3GHZ ?

windows 7 vs windows 8

7 only goes to 7.9

Steve-007UK · Oct 23, 2013

gdubc said:
Anyone that wants to do it:
1. Run admin. cmd: Winsat formal (takes a little bit)
2. Open: C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore
3. Open latest: date.time.Formal.Assessment.XML

This works in 8.1 i ran it yesterday

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