What's your WEI score? Who has the best?

[Koby]

The Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is a module of Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7 that is available in the Control Panel under Performance Information and Tools. It measures various performance characteristics and capabilities of the hardware it is running on and reports them as a Windows Experience Index (WEI) score.

The WEI includes five subscores: processor, memory, 2D graphics, 3D graphics, and disk; the basescore is equal to the lowest of the subscores. The maximum possible score will increase as more powerful hardware becomes available: Windows Vista reports scores on a scale between 1.0 and 5.9, while Windows 7 increases the upper limit to 7.9.

The WEI enables users to match their computer hardware performance with the performance requirements of software. For example, the Aero graphical user interface will not automatically be enabled unless the system has a WEI score of 3 or higher.

The WEI can also be used to show which part of a system would be expected to provide the greatest increase in performance when upgraded. For example a computer with the lowest subscore being its memory, would benefit more from a RAM upgrade than adding a faster hard drive (or any other component).

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So get to showing screenshots of your WEI scores with the detailed performance and system information screen that actually shows what processor, how much ram, etc.. you have. CLICK DETAILED / PRINT OPTION (to show the actual parts giving the score) OR DON'T BOTHER.

Laptop:

HTPC:

Would have more RAM in this one but one of the slots is bad (only has two slots on motherboard) and thus whenever I put a stick in it, the PC fails to boot up.

[kashem2]

ok well heres mine

dam hard disk lol. would be even across the bored if it was better xP

[Koby]

dam hard disk lol. would be even across the bored if it was better xP

Windows cheats and limits hard drive score to max 5.9 for non-SSD hard drives.

[kashem2]

Windows cheats and limits hard drive score to max 5.9 for non-SSD hard drives.

really?! thats really lame. well it looks like its gonna be awhile till i get a perfect score.

[† Emotional Outlet]

Here is mine from my desktop! Who knows what my laptop is like. It is my first computer I ever built--a friend picked out the parts and then beat me with a stick until I put it together correctly.

ETA: Okay, here is my laptop! It is pretty okay. I just use it to write and browse the Internet, so I don't expect anything amazing out of it, haha.

[Spacecreepkitan]

Damn HDD -shakes fist-

[m2425]

[Koby]

I added a bigger power supply to my PC hooked up to my TV for watching videos so I could update the GFX card to a cheap one. I also tried adding another stick of ram or replace the one that failed. Problem is I'm guessing the memory slot itself is bad because the PC refused to boot up until I removed the new stick of ram as well.

However here is the before and after on that PC.

Before:

After:

I think for $15 that was a pretty nice upgrade. =O It's a shame the memory slot doesn't seem to work as I could really use more than 1GB of RAM.

[lemmingllama]

Heres mine, I was actually surprised that my laptop got as high as it did. Oh, and I realized its disregarding my other 500gb partition and my second graphics card...

[Ulquiorra]

My laptop

[† Mute point]

I added a bigger power supply to my PC hooked up to my TV for watching videos so I could update the GFX card to a cheap one. I also tried adding another stick of ram or replace the one that failed. Problem is I'm guessing the memory slot itself is bad because the PC refused to boot up until I removed the new stick of ram as well.

However here is the before and after on that PC.

I think for $15 that was a pretty nice upgrade. =O It's a shame the memory slot doesn't seem to work as I could really use more than 1GB of RAM.

Is the new stick of ram the same type as the one in the matching color slot? (Color of the hook tab thingies that hold the ram in the slot) The ram in each color slot must match the ram in the other color (if there are 4 or more slots)

I'll post my screenshot later, but my computer currently has a score of 5.0, limited by the "Graphics: Desktop performance for Windows Aero" thing.. If that was better, it would be 5.9, limited by hard disk transfer rate.

[Koby]

Is the new stick of ram the same type as the one in the matching color slot? (Color of the hook tab thingies that hold the ram in the slot) The ram in each color slot must match the ram in the other color (if there are 4 or more slots)

I'll post my screenshot later, but my computer currently has a score of 5.0, limited by the "Graphics: Desktop performance for Windows Aero" thing.. If that was better, it would be 5.9, limited by hard disk transfer rate.

There are only two slots, and yeah all the specs are the same although not sure about brand.

1GB PC2-5300 240-pin DDR2 667 MHz

[† Irish]

Here's my PC

[ZeroPenguins]

Here's mines again, posted it awhile ago but it got deleted since forum got reverted back.

7.9 xD HAHAHAHA even with old hardware ROFL!!

Ok seriously you can easily edit them, here are my real scores:

Again with the wrong OC, I'm at 3.3GHz, I could easily push it to 4.0GHz.

Windows 8:

Seems a bit higher than Windows 7 probably cause it goes upto 9.9

[renovalentine]

Here's my laptop:

I have got 1TB external for extra storage but obviously doesn't count.

[Hawkester]

Seems like the Disk Data transfer rate is letting down everyone.

[boink666]

This is the score for my laptop, which is sadly much better than my desktop.

[vi0]

My new system, dont mind the language its dutch

Its weird my OCZ Agility 3 SSD drive scores that low tho but ill run the test agin when i overclocked pc waiting for water cooling

[BobbyCool123]

7.7..... Damn Windows for not reading correct clock speeds for 1155 socket procs...........

[Kyle_Dimetri]

here's mine