What is your Windows Experience Index?

Kimberly wrote on 8/2/2013, 1:58 PM

Dell XPS laptop:

1. Processor: 7.3
2. Memory (RAM): 7.7
3. Graphics: 7.1
4. Gaming Graphics: 7.1
5. Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

When I bought it in August last year the faster hard drive was not available in 1T : ( Nevertheless, all the Vegas 10, 11, and especially 12, have been pretty stable for me. My needs are simple compared to most.

Regards,

Kimberly

AlanADale wrote on 8/2/2013, 2:09 PM

Processor: 7.7
Memory (RAM):- 7.8
Graphics:- 7.9
Gaming Graphics:- 7.9
Primary Hard Disk:- 7.7

cohibaman#1 wrote on 8/2/2013, 2:25 PM

System built on Intel I7 core Sandy Bridge, using SSD HD:
Processor: 7.8
Memory (RAM): 7.8
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming Graphics: 7.9
Primary Hard Disk: 7.9

Byron K wrote on 8/2/2013, 10:20 PM

Those are some nice numbers!

CJB wrote on 8/2/2013, 11:17 PM

I have an old system:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66GHz 7.2
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.2
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 7.2
Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7.2
Primary hard disk 126GB Free (238GB Total) 7.3
Windows 8 Pro

john_dennis wrote on 8/2/2013, 11:27 PM

Out of the Box System, SSD, no added GPU.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz 7.7
Determined by lowest subscore 6.5

Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB 7.7
Graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 6.5
Gaming graphics 6.5
1760 MB Total available graphics memory
Primary hard disk 69GB Free (112GB Total) 7.8
Windows 7 Professional

System
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Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model System Product Name
Total amount of system memory 16.0 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 5701 GB
Disk partition (C:) 69 GB Free (112 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 107 GB Free (1863 GB Total)
Disk partition (E:) 25 GB Free (1863 GB Total)
Disk partition (F:) 687 GB Free (1863 GB Total)
Media drive (R:) CD/DVD

Graphics
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Display adapter type Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Total available graphics memory 1760 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1504 MB
Display adapter driver version 9.18.10.3165
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection

My old system Was it really worth upgrading?

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz 7.2
Determined by lowest subscore 7.2

Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB 7.2
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 7.3
Gaming graphics 3839 MB Total available graphics memory 7.3
Primary hard disk 59GB Free (112GB Total) 7.4
Windows 7 Professional

System
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Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Model EP45-UD3R
Total amount of system memory 6.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 5934 GB
Disk partition (C:) 59 GB Free (112 GB Total)
Disk partition (D:) 789 GB Free (1863 GB Total)
Disk partition (E:) 963 GB Free (1863 GB Total)
Disk partition (F:) 10 GB Free (699 GB Total)
Media drive (R:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (Z:) 124 GB Free (1397 GB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
Total available graphics memory 3839 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 2815 MB
Display adapter driver version 9.18.13.1106
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)

Whitlam wrote on 8/2/2013, 11:38 PM

Processor (i7 3960X - not overclocked) - 7.8

RAM (64Gb: 8 x 8Gb) - 7.9

Graphics - 7.9

Graphic (gaming) - 7.9

Primary hard Disk (SSD) - 7.9

Home built system (Feb 2012) using an ASRock X79 Extreme 9 motherboard.

Ian E Pearson wrote on 8/3/2013, 12:13 AM

CPU 7.4
RAM 7.4
Graphics 7.3
Game Graphics 7.3
SSD 7.9

MSI Win 7 Laptop with SSD

Grazie wrote on 8/3/2013, 12:49 AM

Hmm...? My Primary HD is 5.9 . The other ratings are similar to the above: >7.8< . What can I do to improve that 5.9?

TIA

Grazie

set wrote on 8/3/2013, 1:25 AM

From my System #1:
Processor : 7.5
Memory (RAM) : 7.6
Graphics : 7.3
Gaming Graphics : 7.3
Primary HDD : 5.9

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Grazie, so far I ever heard, you need to change the drive SSD... we have reached the limit for physical hdd...

( http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/284605-32-windows-experience-index )

Although there is other way, but seems a little bit complicated, to risky for me right now:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-other-os-discussion-support/217404-primary-hard-disk-lowering-my-windows-experience-score.html

Set

Byron K wrote on 8/3/2013, 1:31 AM

Grazie,
Is the current HD SSD? I thought I had a pretty fast system w/ the RAID drives but only got a disappointing 3.7 performance rating on the drive. I think it may be because of the extra overhead to handle the RAID array. I recently upgraded to the SSD and I can say I can see the improved speed in boot up, application launch and project load.

So my new workflow is to load my media and projects on the SSD and do all the rendering and intermediate work to the RAID array. then perform incremental backups of the project to the RAID array. When the project is complete do a final backup to the external archive drive and delete the project from the SSD and load the next project on the SSD.

For me it makes for REALLY quick loads of the projects. I don't care if this shortens the life of the SSD cause the prices are dropping and I'm looking an excuse to upgrade to a bigger SSD anyway. (;

The 3 disk RAID5 array will eventually be dismantled and just RAID1 mirrored drives. The RAID1 array will be the "work" drive for intermediate renders and house the incremental backup project files from the SSD.

Grazie wrote on 8/3/2013, 3:02 AM

Ah! - We can add SSD-Envy to that on-going, male list of **** envy!

Yep, spinning, swinging disk here lads (lol). I wont worry too much then.

G

IAM4UK wrote on 8/3/2013, 7:31 AM

Processor: 7.5
Memory: 7.5
Graphics: 7.4
Game Graphics: 7.4
Primary HDD: 7.5

Home built system with i7-960 from late 2009.

BruceUSA wrote on 8/3/2013, 9:18 AM

1. Processor : 7.8
2. Memory (RAM): 7.9
3. Graphics: 7.9
4. Gaming Graphics: 7.9
5. Primary Hard Disk: 7.9

videoITguy wrote on 8/3/2013, 12:45 PM

One weakness in the calibration of the 'Experience' index is the weighting given to harddrive performance as most of you running the index begin to see. AFAIK the harddrive score is based on the pull of the registry of the OS at boot. So an SSD drive used as boot is going to give a much higher score in comparisons.

You can have a very fast boot drive, and a good peforming harddrive all things considered but your score will fall down in comparisons. AFAIK the score for harddrives will not measure any on-board chip raid performance and CERTAINLY NOT any added sub-system RAID arrays. In order to be fair to measure these sub-systems properly you should use a specific utitlity for harddrive read and write transfer performance.

Byron K wrote on 8/3/2013, 3:06 PM

Thanks VideoITGuy. I believe that the best score for a standard HD is about 5.9 (Grazie). The Performance Index measures how will the hardware works w/ Windows and not necessarily performance w/ applications and games but I'm sure can be a gauge to how the hardware "can" work w/ your apps.

So, guys, if the Performance Index is not all in the 7.x does NOT mean that the hardware is sub-standard to work well w/ Vegas.

I was just curious because the Performance Index was a simple, relatively even baseline which all of us have, using the same benchmark w/ out downloading or loading anything for us to see how different systems (in our profile) performs.

To be honest I wasn't surprised to see a few people w/ indexes w/ all 7.8 and 7.9, being that many in this community tend to be on the bleeding edge of speed and reliability. As you can see my rating is in the mid sevens and performance is working well.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate! (;

Editguy43 wrote on 8/3/2013, 4:22 PM

Here are my scores for my two systems.

OLD Editing rig (used for small projects now)
Intel Q6600 Quad Core
Processor: 7.1
Memory: 7.1
Graphics: 7.4
Gaming Graphics: 7.4
Primary Hard Drive: 7.3 (crucial SSD)

Core i7 950 Main Editing Rig (a little over 2 years old)
Processor: 7.5
Memory: 7.5
Graphics: 7.4
Gaming Graphics: 7.4
Primary Hard Drive: (crucial SSD) 7.9

arrmyslowrdr wrote on 8/3/2013, 9:57 PM

7.9 for everything but processor which is 7.8