That said, what's the point of a reviewer "grading their experience" if they use a scale that either makes no sense or a scale that doesn't seem to have any real meaning?
There has *never* been a Motherboard review on TPU that received a numerical score of less than 6.5.
No graphics card has ever recieved below a 7.
No case has ever received below a 6.2.
No PSU has ever received below a 7.3
No headphones have received below a 7.9
No CPU cooler has ever received below a 6.5
No RAM has ever received below a 7
No keyboard has ever received below 6.8
No "Other" product has received below 7.2
No Mouse has received below a 6.
No SSD has received below a 7.5
No NAS has received below a 7.5
No external HDD has received below a 7.2
No CPU has received below a 7
No USB stick has received below 7.4
No mouse pad has received below a 7.3
I could keep going through all of the categories of review TPU has done, but I think you get the point by now.
In fact, the lowest score TPU has *ever* assigned to a product was a 6, an honour given to this waterblock in 2017 -
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Bitspower/Summit_EF-X/
and to this mouse in 2007 -
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/OCZ/Equalizer/
The conclusion of that waterblock review reads "There are some silver linings in this dark cloud" and "Overall, even without the QC issues considered, there are simply too many options available that cost less and perform better. As such, I can not recommend the Bitspower Summit EF-X as it is now."
The first sentence of the mouse review conclusion is "The OCZ Equalizer disappoints in almost every possible way, right from the tracking performance to the driver setup. "
I'm not against TPU grading products with an easy-to-use number, but what the fuck is the point of a site that literally seems unable to review a product badly, even when the conclusion of the same review clearly outs that product as being utter garbage?