Decreasing Windows Rating?

[ishbuggy]

A couple of days ago I ran a windows score assessment out of boredom but something really weird happened. My gaming graphics score had decreased to a 6.9. It was a 7.8 previously. I did not make any hardware or firmware changes and the last time I the assessment ran was about 3 weeks ago. None of the other scores changed. This is my system:
CPU: i7 930
RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600
GPU: 2x Nvidia GTX 460
Mobo: EVGA X58 SLI
Storage: 80GB Intel X25-M + 600GB 7200rpm + 2TB 5400rpm

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Different drivers can change the score. Also, having a video that is hardware accelerated(something like Blu-Ray rips in .mkv)playing or paused in the background can interfere with the testing. As long as games are still performing like they should there is no reason to worry.

 

[ishbuggy]

I didn't change the drivers during that time. Yeah as far as I can tell game performance didn't change. It was more of a curiosity as to why windows suddenly decided to rate them worse. And nothing else was running that would have been using them. I made sure nothing else was running while the test was going.

 

[Seero]

Did you by any chance disabled SLI?

 

[skipsneeky2]

i like trying to get those 7.9 but im guessing intels 10 core cpu coming out in 2015 might be the one to get 7.9 by then windows 10? might need a 20 core for that magical 9.9 sorry to rain on everyones parade but the scores dont do much of anything for me i lost effort in finding logic in getting that high score in the user experience tab a long time ago...cause if i got a 5.4 or a 7.9 my system runs just fine and so do all my apps,so if i was you i wouldnt worry about it even a 7.8 is still good

 

[mnewsham]

i like trying to get those 7.9 but im guessing intels 10 core cpu coming out in 2015 might be the one to get 7.9 by then windows 10? might need a 20 core for that magical 9.9 sorry to rain on everyones parade but the scores dont do much of anything for me i lost effort in finding logic in getting that high score in the user experience tab a long time ago...cause if i got a 5.4 or a 7.9 my system runs just fine and so do all my apps,so if i was you i wouldnt worry about it even a 7.8 is still good

Did you read the original post? D:

Besides the max ANY hardware can score is 7.9 and it is possible with dual Xeon's.

 

[alcoholbob]

Your drivers heavily affect your windows performance score. I had something like 4.5 with SLI GTX 285s when they first came out, but with one card I was getting over 6.

 

[ishbuggy]

No SLI was enabled. And I think I wasn't super clear about my "problem" haha. I am in no way concerned about my windows score. I realize it has little if nothing to do with how effective my computer is at doing whatever I need it to do, especially with it's already very high scores. This was more just a very odd thing that I noticed and I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts.

 

[ishbuggy]

@Astrallite Interesting. I think the drivers have matured since then, I have always gotten a higher score with SLI than without.

 

[skipsneeky2]

newsham i hope you didnt buy dual xeons just to get that 7.9 i think the whole user experience index thing is pointless and useless xp didnt have it why should windows 7 have it?i remember reading it was so when people buy software it would have the number on the back?or something like that what if the program relied on a powerful cpu and your index was 3.6 cause of your gpu but the program recommends a 4.5?im betting that program will still work,so whats the point of it?if you know your set up can get 7.9 why not claim whats yours and modify it and just get it?lol

 

[mnewsham]

newsham i hope you didnt buy dual xeons just to get that 7.9 i think the whole user experience index thing is pointless and useless xp didnt have it why should windows 7 have it?i remember reading it was so when people buy software it would have the number on the back?or something like that what if the program relied on a powerful cpu and your index was 3.6 cause of your gpu but the program recommends a 4.5?im betting that program will still work,so whats the point of it?if you know your set up can get 7.9 why not claim whats yours and modify it and just get it?lol

Not me this person

SR-2 o/c to "just" 4.5GHz is fine for 7.9!

More SR-2 goodies!

Got to keep those CPUs busy with lots of F-A-S-T storage, pal! :biggrin:

And Cinebench:

Fritz Chess Benchmark only supports 16 cores so those results are bogus. :|

 

[skipsneeky2]

maybe the amd bulldozer 6 cores will get 7.9 but still its a useless gesture also im impressed with the amount of memory that bad boy has but damn i was expecting to see like 20tb of storage in that system i had to doublecheck it to make sure it said 2tb

 

[sandorski]

Did MS update it perhaps? Seems to me that it would require some updating as new Hardware becomes available.

 

[alcoholbob]

8 core Sandy at 4.5GHz might get a 7.9

 

[pw38]

Heck my 6950 1GB gets a 7.9

 

[DirkGently1]

WEI is serious business!

 

[Smartazz]

Mnewsham, that rig is absolutely ridiculous. I scored 3.65 with a Q6600 and was happy, but 22.43 is absurd.

 

[taltamir]

@OP: your overall score is equal to the lowest score you have in any one particular benchmark.

So, please inform us WHICH of your benchmarks is showing a 6.9 now.

 

[Arkaign]

It's okay, the WEI is useless garbage. Go find a real benchmark for whatever you're interested in, and compare results there.

 

[taltamir]

It's okay, the WEI is useless garbage. Go find a real benchmark for whatever you're interested in, and compare results there.

I agree that WEI is useless garbage... I am still curious to know what happened.