WEI 5.9

[linyoa]

Hey guys,

So back in November I built myself a new computer and managed to score myself a WEI of 7.8 after overclocking. Fast forward to today however, and I've noticed that my WEI has dropped to 5.9, namely because my Vertex 3 has dropped down to 5.9, though my cpu has also dropped down to 7.7.

I tried rerunning the test, as well as checking in BIOS to see if my overclocking remained, and if the Vertex 3 was indeed plugged into the SATA III slot with the correct settings. Everything seems fine to me.

Can anyone possibly lead me to the problem?
Thanks guys,
Linyoa

 

[Dereck47]

Reset your WEI and see if that works:

1.) Go to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSat\DataStore
2.) Delete all .xml files
3.) Reboot pc
4.) Re-run WEI

Also verify that the port your SSD is connected to is in AHCI mode.

 

[linyoa]

Yes it is in AHCI mode, and I followed your instructions but sadly it remains unchanged.

Maybe this should bother me, as it has not had a noticeable effect on boot speed, but it does...

Thanks for the help

 

[wpcoe]

How full is your Vertex 3? If the SSD is too full, say with less than 15% free space, the speed performance can take a big hit.

Another less likely scenario is if the computer runs 24/7 with no inactive period, i.e. continuous drive reads/writes, TRIM and garbage collection have little chance to do their work.

 

[rolli59]

WEI is not everything but your score looks like you have a SATA HDD in there. Guessing that the suggestion of close to full SSD moves storage score over to you storage drive

 

[linyoa]

It is almost full (2.5 GB left.) I'm going to try to remove my storage and retest. It's true if it's just my WEI that is suffering and not performance, I won't mind. But there is also my cpu that went slightly down...

EDIT:
Even with both my storage drives removed, and only the Vertex 3 left in its still at 5.9. I suppose I shall try clearing out some of the "useless" files off of the drive.
Speaking of which, does anyone know how to move the virtual store to another drive?
Thanks again

 

[rolli59]

Use the tweaks in here to default user files over to storage drive http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/270102-32-useful-articles-part

 

[wpcoe]

Yes, you definitely need to have more free space. I don't know if there's a cast-in-stone minimum, but usually it's recommended that you leave at least 20% of the drive free.

Some "usual suspects" are to turn off hibernation to remove a hibernation file roughly equal to your RAM size and/or to manually size your page file to something less than the default size.

 

[linyoa]

Alright, after freeing 13 GB of space I got the score to a 7.7
Not the 7.9 it originally had, but still far better than a 5.9
The help was much appreciated

 

[wpcoe]

Good job!

 

[linyoa]

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