Windows Experience Index
Two days ago I've got a faulty HDD that was making my computer slow to a craw. Well, I didn't know it back then and I thought it was simply a case of much needed reformat.
After a couple of hours battling the Windows 7 install, I discovered the faulty HDD, and as it was an old 60GB that was lingering with no vital data whatsoever, I simply plug it off and the installation went in its merry way.
After everything was configured I needed to configure some Environment Variables and pressed Win+Break to bring me the necessary interface and noticed the Windows Experience Index of my little box.
Although I really don't give much of a thought about my WEI score, it just occurred me what would it takes to get the perfect (and so far somewhat mythical) 7.9 score.
A little bit of searching gave me some start points.
In short what would you need to achieve the perfect 7.9 score would be something like the following specification:
Yep, no known HDD configuration so far has been able to achieve the mythical 7.9 score in Windows 7. I've seen reports that even with two SSD drives in a RAID0 configuration the best score it achieved was 6.5.
Except for the hard disk configuration, all other items are feasible today, if not cheap.
Let's see how much:
And I didn't even included a compatible motherboard. :-P
After a couple of hours battling the Windows 7 install, I discovered the faulty HDD, and as it was an old 60GB that was lingering with no vital data whatsoever, I simply plug it off and the installation went in its merry way.
After everything was configured I needed to configure some Environment Variables and pressed Win+Break to bring me the necessary interface and noticed the Windows Experience Index of my little box.
Although I really don't give much of a thought about my WEI score, it just occurred me what would it takes to get the perfect (and so far somewhat mythical) 7.9 score.
A little bit of searching gave me some start points.
In short what would you need to achieve the perfect 7.9 score would be something like the following specification:
- Processor:
- Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition running at a whopping 4GHz
- Memory:
- At least 12GB of DDR3-2000 triple channel
- Graphics:
- Two Radeon 5970 in a crossfire configuration
- Hard disk:
- ???
Yep, no known HDD configuration so far has been able to achieve the mythical 7.9 score in Windows 7. I've seen reports that even with two SSD drives in a RAID0 configuration the best score it achieved was 6.5.
Except for the hard disk configuration, all other items are feasible today, if not cheap.
Let's see how much:
| Item | Description | Price |
| Processor | Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition | $ 969.99 |
| Memory | 6 GB DDR-2000 | 2 x $199.99 |
| Graphics | Radeon 5970 | 2 x $ 649.99 |
| Total | $ 2,021.96 | |
And I didn't even included a compatible motherboard. :-P
posted by Paulo Santos
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1/09/2010 08:28:00 AM
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