My new i3-2120 only getting 7.1 Windows Experience Index.

[Zeze]

I know WEI is not a good measure, but this bothers me because...

1. i3-2120 is supposed to get 7.6, based on few separate benchmark sites showing just that. Why am I not getting this?

2. My old Phenom X3 720 BE got a higher score- 7.2 (4th core unlocked & OC'd, but still supposed to be WAY slower).

 

[borisvodofsky]

I know WEI is not a good measure, but this bothers me because...

1. i3-2120 is supposed to get 7.6, based on few separate benchmark sites showing just that. Why am I not getting this?

2. My old Phenom X3 720 BE got a higher score- 7.2 (4th core unlocked & OC'd, but still supposed to be WAY slower).

If you're talking about the composite score, it is the lowest score out of all the scores.

If you're talking about specific cpu score. It could depend on the motherboard as well.

and Different releases of Win7 could have updated Calculations for the Wei, because new technologies have come out.

So a 7.2 score 2 years ago may not be the same as a 7.2 this year.

 

[Magic Carpet]

perhaps it measures MT performance instead?

 

[Zeze]

perhaps it measures MT performance instead?

MT?

 

[Arachnotronic]

Multithreaded.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

I know WEI is not a good measure, but this bothers me because...

1. i3-2120 is supposed to get 7.6, based on few separate benchmark sites showing just that. Why am I not getting this?

2. My old Phenom X3 720 BE got a higher score- 7.2 (4th core unlocked & OC'd, but still supposed to be WAY slower).

That doesn't mean anything. The WEI is useless to determine anything other than what could be the main bottleneck in your system.

Perhaps you should try setting your computer to High Performance in Power Options and see if it makes any difference.

In any case, like I just told you, you can't determine real system speed with WEI. It rates both the i7-2600K and FX-8150 at 7.6 even though the 2600K smashes it in performance. If it rates the i3-2120 at 7.6, too, then there's clearly something wrong with the test. 7.1 seems like something more accurate for the 2120, and something like 6.5-6.7 for the Phenom II X4.

 

[LoneNinja]

That doesn't mean anything. The WEI is useless to determine anything other than what could be the main bottleneck in your system.

Perhaps you should try setting your computer to High Performance in Power Options and see if it makes any difference.

In any case, like I just told you, you can't determine real system speed with WEI. It rates both the i7-2600K and FX-8150 at 7.6 even though the 2600K smashes it in performance. If it rates the i3-2120 at 7.6, too, then there's clearly something wrong with the test. 7.1 seems like something more accurate for the 2120, and something like 6.5-6.7 for the Phenom II X4.

My Athlon II X4 gets a 7.3, no way would a Phenom II X4 get 6.5.

But regardless this is a very inaccurate benchmark.

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

My Athlon II X4 gets a 7.3, no way would a Phenom II X4 get 6.5.

But regardless this is a very inaccurate benchmark.

I'm saying that if it WERE an accurate benchmark that's what it should get, a 6.5-6.7. The 2120 should get around 6.9-7.1, again if the benchmark were accurate.

Core i3>Phenom/Athlon II X4.

 

[Don Karnage]

WEI is a worthless measure of performance

 

[Zap]

1. i3-2120 is supposed to get 7.6, based on few separate benchmark sites showing just that.

My stock clocked Core i5-2500K gets 7.5.

This guy's i7-2600K gets 7.6 at stock clocks.

This end user review of the i3-2120 got the same 7.1 as you did.

This totally different end user also got the same 7.1 as you, with his i3-2120.

This review is the one showing the i3-2120 getting a lofty 7.6. Somehow I don't think it is as fast as an i7-2600K and faster than my i5-2500K, let alone all the other i3-2120s.

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[Coup27]

My details are in my sig and my WEI score for my CPU is 7.2.

 

[blastingcap]

WEI is a worthless measure of performance

Worthless E-peen Index

 

[Magic Carpet]

Let alone the fact, that the score can easily be rigged by modifying a few values in a plain xml file. Excellent benchmark, indeed... (for the housewives).

 

[Denithor]

Yeah, WEI has always seemed more like a check system than a true benchmark.

2 'modern' cores ~ 7
4 'modern' cores ~ 7.5

And I think I remember seeing where the WEI limits your level if you have an HDD instead of an SSD (IE not possible to get over a certain number without an SSD).

 

[Don Karnage]

When i saw that my WEI score was 7.7 i almost cried

 

[N4g4rok]

When i saw that my WEI score was 7.7 i almost cried

And it's just because Windows knows 8 "core" systems exists. It's a really weird skew. My phenom at 3.9 gets 7.7 as well. I feel it might be inaccurate.

Only use WEI for a quick glance at answering "can my computer do this." Even then, it's only a ballpark estimate.

 

[thelastjuju]

WEI has got to be the stupidest thing Microsoft has ever implemented.

I'm not even lying when I say I've never even bothered to check it.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Let alone the fact, that the score can easily be rigged by modifying a few values in a plain xml file. Excellent benchmark, indeed... (for the housewives).

Really? Cool - 10.0 WEI score, here I come!

 

[soccerballtux]

Yeah, WEI has always seemed more like a check system than a true benchmark.

2 'modern' cores ~ 7
4 'modern' cores ~ 7.5

And I think I remember seeing where the WEI limits your level if you have an HDD instead of an SSD (IE not possible to get over a certain number without an SSD).

scoring higher than 5.9 on HDD/SSD is probably a cutoff like "if your random seek latency is <1mS, you win more points"

 

[sm625]

OP, is your OS 64 bit?

 

[n0x1ous]

my 3770k gets a 7.8 so no way would your sandy 2120 get a 7.6

 

[Skurge]

mine gets 7.1 as well.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I need to doublecheck mine when I'm at home. I know I maxed out every area but 1; it may be the CPU at 7.8 vs 7.9.

It's a silly benchmark all the same. And my computer kills it!

 

[StinkyPinky]

I think my 2500k gets 7.6 or 7.7.

It is pointless and just simply a basic guide. Microsoft never intended for it to be anything else.

 

[Trizzay]

My 3570K gets 7.6