So my Windows Experience Index is stuck at 5.9 because of my Primary hard disk (Disk data transfer rate).
Here is my hard drive model:
Seagate Barracuda ST3750525AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive-Bare Drive
What can I do to raise my score?
Please don't respond simply by saying, "Your hard drive sucks. Get a new one." I know full well I bought a low-end hard drive. If you are going to recommend I buy a new hard drive (and I am open to that recommendation) please also avoid simply saying, "Go buy <x> hard drive." Please give me more detail. Why should I buy that drive? Can you put it in reference of the specs? What is it (specs-wise) in the hard drive you recommend for me that my hard drive doesn't have so that I can recognize that when I shop for drives in the future?
Also, is there anything I can do with my current hard drive to make it better? Here's some other details of my system:
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II x3 450 3.2GHz
2x2GB DDR3 1066 RAM
The HDD is plugged into the SATA 0 port on the board.
If you want to recommend any BIOS tweaks my motherboard's manual can be found here with shots of the BIOS screens: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-970a-ds3_e.pdf
I don't know if anyone is going to suggest I try unlocking the fourth core of my CPU. However I already tried that and started getting blue screens and system hangs so I'm stuck with the triple-core.
Thanks in advance!
Here is my hard drive model:
Seagate Barracuda ST3750525AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive-Bare Drive
What can I do to raise my score?
Please don't respond simply by saying, "Your hard drive sucks. Get a new one." I know full well I bought a low-end hard drive. If you are going to recommend I buy a new hard drive (and I am open to that recommendation) please also avoid simply saying, "Go buy <x> hard drive." Please give me more detail. Why should I buy that drive? Can you put it in reference of the specs? What is it (specs-wise) in the hard drive you recommend for me that my hard drive doesn't have so that I can recognize that when I shop for drives in the future?
Also, is there anything I can do with my current hard drive to make it better? Here's some other details of my system:
GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon II x3 450 3.2GHz
2x2GB DDR3 1066 RAM
The HDD is plugged into the SATA 0 port on the board.
If you want to recommend any BIOS tweaks my motherboard's manual can be found here with shots of the BIOS screens: http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-970a-ds3_e.pdf
I don't know if anyone is going to suggest I try unlocking the fourth core of my CPU. However I already tried that and started getting blue screens and system hangs so I'm stuck with the triple-core.
Thanks in advance!