Windows Experience Index.... what does it take to get a 7.9?

[FireFox]

I think people are confusing benchmark programs and stress test programs.

There is a difference.

many of us are not confused.

 

[Bill_Bright]

You are right - they are different and I was not making that distinction. My mistake. But regardless the type, they are synthetic and that was my point before I drifted.

 

[Jetster]

I agree that in the end its how it plays or does what you built it for. I not one to post scores for just that.

 

[P4-630]

Probably you all got a malware from that crap piece of software.

Yup, you were right, after uninstall I did a malware bytes scan and it found some malware
All removed and cleaned up now though, I won't install it again....

 

[eidairaman1]

In many cases, running a benchmarking program is like pushing a solid tone (single frequency) through a speaker or amplifier at full power. Okay, it will tell you if the amp and speaker can handle it, but music, even 130dB rock music does not put a load on speakers or amps that way. It is constantly varying many times a second just as the most challenging computer game is constantly varying as action moves. I realize it is not a perfect analogy comparing analog loads to digital loads, but the idea is the same. Benchmarking programs are synthetic and some get totally obsessive over achieving the best benchmarking scores instead of just enjoying their games.

A few years ago I saw the same thing with overclockers. Their only goal was to reach the highest clocks so they could brag they got a higher clock. If that is why you build your computer, then fine.

Yup theres a difference besides suicide runs and day to day oc. My rig is stable at 5.1GHz. 5.2GHz or faster needs too much to justify buying water cooling.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I bench a Lot, and I am no more than an enthusiast, but as most of you know these things have a purpose and sometimes I do use them correctly, ie for something other then trying for my personal best on timespy.
Folding and crunching gives the best definition of both a stress test and a true stability test for me (and a sensible power virus)and due to doing some or both for years I have truly used benching for its most useful purpose ie learning what your system can do in different area's both constrained and unconstrained in opposing areas to find its most efficient oc , and also to learn the underlying limitations of the whole system and its constituent parts.
I don't fold And crunch at the same clocks I just fold on ,yet both those oc profiles have an element of suitability to game added in some way plus I'll oc via overdrive for some games, but it's definitely been soak tested to hell and back either way.
Also I thought you could still run the Experience index vis console commands using M$ software.

 

[R00kie]

Let me whip my pinkie

 

[Ferrum Master]

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Let me whip my pinkie

Another infection Are you nuts people

 

[Recon-UK]

Haha.
WEI.... 2500k scored lower than my XEON though, i guess it counts cores / threads?
Whatever it is it's bad anyway, even a 6950X may not crack 7.9

That gaming GPU score though, and 7.9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In this test the XEON 6 cores show their superiority to the 4 core version

 

[jboydgolfer]

it must cuz i got a 8.1 on my Xeon 1231V3, as where my 4690k got a 7.8,
Win+r
shell:Games
in win 10 elevated CMD prompt.

 

[Jetster]

This is not a contest to see who can get the highest score. Its a discussion how useless the WEI is *Sarcasm

 

[P4-630]

This is not a contest to see who can get the highest score. Its a discussion how useless the WEI is *Sarcasm

We have a thread for it here!
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/your-windows-7-wei-score.164710/

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

I don't think that thread mentions this virus ridden software so I'd nuke this thread before that shit spreads.

 

[nomdeplume]

I bench a Lot,

How much are we talking, #350..more? Sorry, the ant spurred me into making a joke about lifting X times your body weight.

The answer to Microsoft is Microsoft. Start uninstalling updates and turning stuff off. Your scores might not be reflective but your actual UX will be.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

How much are we talking, #350..more? Sorry, the ant spurred me into making a joke about lifting X times your body weight.

The answer to Microsoft is Microsoft. Start uninstalling updates and turning stuff off. Your scores might not be reflective but your actual UX will be.

I picked the ant as a personal reference point I think you should have to do everything on the net in one name so I do as much as possible.
My online mate's nicknamed me mark cos they only see 3dmark highlighted as on my pc in steam but realistically just 97 hours so not too long lol.
In my defence unstable folding and crunching is useless for the cause and my PCs been on months solid now.

 

[Kanan]

There's a reason Microsoft did away with the Windows Experience Index - it is not and never was intended to be used as some sort of benchmarking program. It was a flop when introduced in Vista. It didn't get any better in W7. It was hidden in W8 and removed in W10. Yeah, you can still run winsat formal -v -xml c:\winstatresults.xml from an elevated command prompt, but most users would not understand the results.

It was a sliding scale that would be adjusted as advances in the state of the art saturated the market. This is why your scores could go down over time.

Too many users misunderstood the scores and started stressing out because their scores dropped, or they could not get them higher. Benchmarks are artificial scenarios that are designed to "abuse" your hardware - that is, to stress them to the point they become unstable. That's great for manufacturers and review sites who can afford to abuse someone else's hardware.

I say don't bother with benchmarks, and especially ignore the WEI score. There are better ways to analyze the performance of your hardware - like just using it and see if the computer is stable and temps stay out of the red zone.

I actually tried that, result was this (just a small portion of it, the score):
<GraphicsScore>8.8</GraphicsScore><Dx9SubScore>9.9</Dx9SubScore><Dx10SubScore>9.9</Dx10SubScore><GamingScore>9.9</GamingScore>

didn't find any other scores other than graphics or I'm blind.

 

[slozomby]

I actually tried that, result was this (just a small portion of it, the score):
<GraphicsScore>8.8</GraphicsScore><Dx9SubScore>9.9</Dx9SubScore><Dx10SubScore>9.9</Dx10SubScore><GamingScore>9.9</GamingScore>

didn't find any other scores other than graphics or I'm blind.

its right near there. open the file up in IE ( yeah I know) so it will format it better

it also helps if you turn folding off and disable the igpu when you want it to bench your discreet gpu.

I'm also pleasantly surprised by the amount of usefull information in the output file.


<SystemScore>8.15</SystemScore>
<MemoryScore>8.7</MemoryScore>
<CpuScore>8.7</CpuScore>
<CPUSubAggScore>8.5</CPUSubAggScore>
<VideoEncodeScore>8.8</VideoEncodeScore>
<GraphicsScore>9.1</GraphicsScore>
<Dx9SubScore>9.9</Dx9SubScore>
<Dx10SubScore>9.9</Dx10SubScore>
<GamingScore>9.9</GamingScore>
<StdDefPlaybackScore>TRUE</StdDefPlaybackScore>
<HighDefPlaybackScore>FALSE</HighDefPlaybackScore>
<DiskScore>8.15</DiskScore>

 

[Kanan]

its right near there. open the file up in IE ( yeah I know) so it will format it better

it also helps if you turn folding off and disable the igpu when you want it to bench your discreet gpu.



<SystemScore>8.15</SystemScore>
<MemoryScore>8.7</MemoryScore>
<CpuScore>8.7</CpuScore>
<CPUSubAggScore>8.5</CPUSubAggScore>
<VideoEncodeScore>8.8</VideoEncodeScore>
<GraphicsScore>9.1</GraphicsScore>
<Dx9SubScore>9.9</Dx9SubScore>
<Dx10SubScore>9.9</Dx10SubScore>
<GamingScore>9.9</GamingScore>
<StdDefPlaybackScore>TRUE</StdDefPlaybackScore>
<HighDefPlaybackScore>FALSE</HighDefPlaybackScore>
<DiskScore>8.15</DiskScore>

Those are not included in mine, couldn't find them. Just GPU. Test was too short anyway.

 

[Melvis]

An 8350, 8gb 1600MHz RAM, GTX 970 and a SSD, I get all 7.9 (I think)

 

[eidairaman1]

I know this thread is old, just sharing my data (for anyone who still cares)

@Melvis my cpu is at 5.0GHz, Ram is at 2400 with timings as tight as they go 10-10-12-20-20 1T 1.65V, CPU still shows 7.8 in W7

 

[jboydgolfer]

My old Xeon used to get the 7.9, that's weird is it the AMG see if you and your specs that got that score? Because it 5 GHz I'm pretty sure it's out powering my old Xeon 1231

 

[eidairaman1]

My old Xeon used to get the 7.9, that's weird is it the AMG see if you and your specs that got that score? Because it 5 GHz I'm pretty sure it's out powering my old Xeon 1231

What is AMG?

By the way if you are saying AMD

Yes that is what my Rig just produced as of today

here is how hot it gets on Ryzen Blender LOL

 

[cdawall]

My old Xeon used to get the 7.9, that's weird is it the AMG see if you and your specs that got that score? Because it 5 GHz I'm pretty sure it's out powering my old Xeon 1231

My 5960x@4.6 scored 7.8 as well.

 

[Melvis]

I know this thread is old, just sharing my data (for anyone who still cares)

@Melvis my cpu is at 5.0GHz, Ram is at 2400 with timings as tight as they go 10-10-12-20-20 1T 1.65V, CPU still shows 7.8 in W7

Yeah mine even at stock clocks is showing 7.8 as well, everything else is a 7.9.

 

[FireFox]

Yeah mine even at stock clocks is showing 7.8 as well, everything else is a 7.9.

The same here, just my ex Xeon Machine scored 7.9