Who has the best WEI score? Is it you?

[drunkchiwawa]

Processor 7.5 : intel core i7-860 2.80 GHz
Memory (Ram) 7.5 : 4 x 2gb Mushkin XP3-12800 Blackline DDR3 SDRAM
Graphics 7.6 : Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 1GB
Gaming graphics 7.6
Primary hard disk 5.9 = Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.12 SATA II w/ 32MB Cache

 

[Brooksgordon]

CPU: 7.9 (i7 965 @4GHz)
Memory: 7.9 (12 gigs Dominator tri channel @ 1600 CAS 7)
Graphics: 6.2 (4870 quadfire - something's kind of odd about my graphics scores...)
Gaming graphics: 6.2
HDD: 5.9 ( 1TB caviar black - I also have a pair of velociraptors, but they are used for my main Vista install, and I won't wipe that until the full retail version of 7 is available)

Your only rated on one card via WEI. It doesn't support multiple cards, and since four cards are sharing performance, ATI essentially drops performance on each card to save power on your system when not running heavy processes. You'd score higher with a single 4870. Even the 5970 suffers because it has dual GPU's. I believe an overclocked 5870 will score 7.9! No hard disc hard drive will score better than 5.9, not even 2 raptors in RAID 0 with 64MB cache. You must use an SSD to get in the 7's and only a RAID array with 3 or 4 SSD's will get you 7.9. I think!

 

[Zoron]

If you're buying a SSD to get that elusive 7.9 (or at least more than 5.9), you're wasting your money:

A Microsoft developer blog stated the maximum HDD score for a system without an SSD is 5.9 in Windows 7 RTM.

It is possible to look at the winsat test results to see that normal HDDs can score higher.

I still get only a 5.9 on HDD Score with my LSI 8408E SAS PCIe 8x controller + 256MB ECC DDR Cache - WDC RE2 drives.

- <WinSPR>
<DiskScore>5.9</DiskScore>
</WinSPR>
- <Metrics>
- <DiskMetrics>
<AvgThroughput kind="Sequential Read" units="MB/s" ioSize="65536" score="6.7">106.27437</AvgThroughput>
<AvgThroughput kind="Random Read" units="MB/s" ioSize="16384" score="4.5">2.68000</AvgThroughput>
<Responsiveness Kind="AverageIORate" units="ms/IO" score="7.6" factor="0.0">1.40000</Responsiveness>
<Responsiveness Kind="GroupedIOs" units="units" score="7.4" factor="0.0">8.89588</Responsiveness>
<Responsiveness Kind="LongIOs" units="units" score="7.4" factor="0.0">9.23470</Responsiveness>
<Responsiveness Kind="Overall" units="units" score="6.9" factor="0.0">82.15073</Responsiveness>
<Responsiveness Kind="Cap" Reason="PASSED">FALSE</Responsiveness>
</DiskMetrics>
</Metrics>

I believe the cap test that passed says, "is SSD = False", thus limitting the score. Had this not been a limitting factor, I would have scored an 6.9 (overall score).

SSDs look fast on paper. Internally, yes, they are much faster at seeking and read/write operations. That doesn't necessarily translate to greatly improved performance overall, however. The cap on mechanical drives is ARTIFICIAL. Please don't be fooled into thinking that your performance will shoot through the roof with a SSD.

 

[sohaib_96]

BS! An i7-920 is just 7.3 at stock frequency

i7 is 7.4 at stock

 

[shineon2010]

i5 750
g skill 4gb
hd 5770
samsung F3 1TB

windows 7 ultimate

 

[Zoron]

A Q6600 scores 7.1 at stock... surprising that it still holds it's own against the newer CPUs.

 

[unknown_13]

A Q6600 scores 7.1 at stock... surprising that it still holds it's own against the newer CPUs.

Are you telling this cause WEI? WEI is crap, my hd4850 scored 7.3 and it topped some sli/xfire configs :lol: :lol: :lol:

C'mon they need some serious optimization!

About the Q6600 it's still a great chip. But, there was a guy who posted here saying his QX6800 has got 6.4(!!)
I'm just saying don't belive WEI for anything until some officials from MS say they got WEI right

 

[mickogti]

Hello...

CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 @ 4.1ghz 7.5
RAM: Geil Black Dragon 4x1g @ 1112mhz 7.7
GFX: Gainward GS GTX285 700/1500/2450 7.5
gGFX: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 7.5
HDD: 2x WD Caviar Black 640gb (RAID 0) 5.9 wtf

cheerio

 

[unknown_13]

Hello...

CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 @ 4.1ghz 7.5
RAM: Geil Black Dragon 4x1g @ 1112mhz 7.7
GFX: Gainward GS GTX285 700/1500/2450 7.5
gGFX: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 7.5
HDD: 2x WD Caviar Black 640gb (RAID 0) 5.9 wtf

cheerio

Just trust WEI for nothing

How the hell are you getting 7.5 with GTX285 and 5.9 with TWO WD Black in RAID0 (!). I get 5.9 with single WD Blue 250GB with only 8MB cache!!

Also the CPU....

MS, get this WEI fixed, please!

 

[The_Prophecy]

The title of this topic has been edited by The_Prophecy

 

[mickogti]

Just trust WEI for nothing

How the hell are you getting 7.5 with GTX285 and 5.9 with TWO WD Black in RAID0 (!). I get 5.9 with single WD Blue 250GB with only 8MB cache!!

Also the CPU....

MS, get this WEI fixed, please!

is 7.5 bad for gtx285? this one is even clocked a bit and i read that WEI has some cap with HDDs that use cashe or something didnt really get that part, thou i really felt speedup with opening apps and games when i went from Caviar blue 16mb to raid 0 Caviar blacks with 32mb...

and for cpu i am getting:

at 3.4ghz = 7.3
at 3.85ghz = 7.4
at 4.1ghz+ = 7.5 i even tested on 4.3ghz thou not stable but still showing 7.5

and to add memory is working on 1245mhz to be exact, 5-5-5-18-24 2t on 2.15V, my mistake up there, thats old clock

 

[unknown_13]

is 7.5 bad for gtx285? this one is even clocked a bit and i read that WEI has some cap with HDDs that use cashe or something didnt really get that part, thou i really felt speedup with opening apps and games when i went from Caviar blue 16mb to raid 0 Caviar blacks with 32mb...

and for cpu i am getting:

at 3.4ghz = 7.3
at 3.85ghz = 7.4
at 4.1ghz+ = 7.5 i even tested on 4.3ghz thou not stable but still showing 7.5

and to add memory is working on 1245mhz to be exact, 5-5-5-18-24 2t on 2.15V, my mistake up there, thats old clock

GTX285 is almost 2x faster than HD4850. If HD4850 is 7.3, then for GTX285 should be the highest 7.9. Yes WEI is capped for standard HDD's. Don't worry your PC is excellent

I wish i had RAID0 with 2x WD Black with 32MB cache!

 

[dcd1958]

First off, The highest "legit" score on the hard drive as of now is 5.9. Do some homework guy's. I don't care what I'm seeing posted here. 5.9 is the highest the OP will allow. 6.0 (and Higher) has not come out yet. so take it as you will. I have run the test multiple times and come up with different #'s but basically around the same. I'm running my i7 975 extreme at a moderate 4.20. Depending on the tests mood, it ranged in scores from 7.9 to 7.7. Go Figure

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 975 @ 4.20 GHz 7.7

5.9 Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB 7.9
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 7.8
Gaming graphics 3831 MB Total available graphics memory 7.8
Primary hard disk 414GB Free (466GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Professional

System
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Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model System Product Name
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) 615 GB
Disk partition (C 414 GB Free (466 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD
Disk partition (E 81 GB Free (149 GB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Total available graphics memory 3831 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 2807 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.712.0.0
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

 

[Zoron]

The cap is artificial at best. At worst, it's making everyone believe they absolutely must have a SSD to score higher on a test that doesn't really translate to real-world performance. I have 2 - 32MB cache drives in RAID 0. If my performance is really so bad that it warrants a lower score... then I haven't noticed.

 

[nonnac7]

7.5 - i7 920 OC to 3.15
7.6 - 6GB Corsair 1600 Tri Channel Ram
7.4 - EVGA GTX 280 SSC (Barely OC'd)
7.4 - 3835 Available Memory
7.0 - SSD - OCZ 60GB Agility

This Comp is about 6months old, my SSD actually had a 7.2 when I first got it.

 

[natefostersr]

NZXT M59
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000w
Intel Core I7 920 Overclocked @ 3.7
Xigmatek-Thor's Hammer (air cooler)
6GB Kingston Hyper X Overclocked @ 1500mhz
XFX HD 5850 Overclocked @ GPU-850mhz / Memory-1100mhz (bios mod)
Intel X 25M G2 (hard-drive/SSD)

 

[teknoprep]

http://i41.tinypic.com/4ho1s.jpg

NZXT M59
Cooler Master Silent Pro 1000w
Intel Core I7 920 Overclocked @ 3.7
Xigmatek-Thor's Hammer (air cooler)
6GB Kingston Hyper X Overclocked @ 1500mhz
XFX HD 5850 Overclocked @ GPU-850mhz / Memory-1100mhz (bios mod)
Intel X 25M G2 (hard-drive/SSD)

Check my scores out with my VMware VDI server.

CPU - 2 virtual CPU's x5400 series
RAM - 2GB
Video Card is a virtual 8MB Card


Hard Drive array is a 8x SAS 15k RPM 300GB RAID-10 on a P410i 512MB BBWC.

All you fruitcakes needs is something like this to speed up your computer to no end.
http://reviews.cnet.com/i-o-cards/hp-smart-array-p410/4505-3019_7-33518787.html

If you are going with SATA drives and not SAS you should get something that supports SATA 300, also make sure if you do get a raid controller you get something that has a Battery Backup Write Cache and alot of RAM for the Read/Write cache.

Areca makes very good controllers and they are in the 300$ price range for 4 ports.

 

[teknoprep]

First off, The highest "legit" score on the hard drive as of now is 5.9. Do some homework guy's. I don't care what I'm seeing posted here. 5.9 is the highest the OP will allow. 6.0 (and Higher) has not come out yet. so take it as you will. I have run the test multiple times and come up with different #'s but basically around the same. I'm running my i7 975 extreme at a moderate 4.20. Depending on the tests mood, it ranged in scores from 7.9 to 7.7. Go Figure

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 975 @ 4.20 GHz 7.7

5.9 Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB 7.9
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 7.8
Gaming graphics 3831 MB Total available graphics memory 7.8
Primary hard disk 414GB Free (466GB Total) 5.9
Windows 7 Professional

System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Manufacturer System manufacturer
Model System Product Name
Total amount of system memory 6.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4

Storage
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total size of hard disk(s) 615 GB
Disk partition (C 414 GB Free (466 GB Total)
Media drive (D CD/DVD
Disk partition (E 81 GB Free (149 GB Total)

Graphics
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Display adapter type ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Total available graphics memory 3831 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 1024 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 2807 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.712.0.0
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

reposting to reply to this noob instead of the other guy i accidentally replied to.

CPU - 2 virtual CPU's x5400 series
RAM - 2GB
Video Card is a virtual 8MB Card


Hard Drive array is a 8x SAS 15k RPM 300GB RAID-10 on a P410i 512MB BBWC.

All you fruitcakes needs is something like this to speed up your computer to no end.
http://reviews.cnet.com/i-o-cards/ [...] 18787.html

If you are going with SATA drives and not SAS you should get something that supports SATA 300, also make sure if you do get a raid controller you get something that has a Battery Backup Write Cache and alot of RAM for the Read/Write cache.

Areca makes very good controllers and they are in the 300$ price range for 4 ports.

 

[teknoprep]

Here is my Home Computer which will be scoring a 7.8+ on the Hard Drives once i get my P410i 512MB w/BBWC
Right now i have a PCI-E x1 RAID-0 controller with 0MB Cache.

 

[teknoprep]

BTW.... all RAID cards on MotherBoards that i know of so far... SUCK

Unless you can add a stick of DDR-2/3 RAM directly to the motherboard's RAID Card and then have a BBWC attached directly to the RAM in case of power failure... The raid card on the mobo blows.

Also, everyone needs to read up on RAID... RAID-10 increases IOPS... RAID-0 increases RAW throughput to the hard drive array but does NOT increase IOPS. RAID-5 increases the speed of large files in the same way RAID-0 does but you have a write hole performance issue with small files. Battery Backup Write Caches take care of this for you by caching writes in RAM (hell of alot faster than SSD) which is backed up in case of power failure with a battery. Here is the nice thing with this is that Windows 7 sees your RAID card like a P410i as a hard drive. it doesn't care how many hard drives you have or care how much cache you have. You get a score based on the speed of how fast your RAID card can push out data.

So for any nub thinking you can't beat 5.9 its because you are using 2-4 SATA drives on the WORST possible raid card. Honestly with a good Areca controller with 4 CHEAP 7.2k RPM SATA drives and a 512MB read/write cache with the battery, you should be able to score a 7.5+ no problem.

 

[lithium_battery]

Some of you are getting lower scores with higher clocks.


PSU:Corsair HX 1000W
CPU: i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz
CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366
GPU1: EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB "SSC" Core clock 702, shader 1584, memory 1323
GPU2: EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB "SSC" Core clock 702, shader 1584, memory 1323
MOBO: ASUS Rampage II Extreme, X58
RAM: Corsair Dominator DHX+ DDR3 1600MHz 6GB
SSD: Intel X25-M 160GB 34nm MLC G2 SSD
HDD: x2 Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA2
OS: Win 7 64bit
Sound card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX

edit to smaller pic!

 

[SpeedwayNative]

My specs:

PSU: 900W Tagan BZ Series
CPU: Intel i7 930 @ 4.4GHz
CPU cooler: Corsair H50 w/ 2 x Scythe Ultra Kaze 133CFM fans - push/pull
GPU1: Sapphire Vapor-X HD 5770 1GB
GPU2: Sapphire Vapor-X HD 5770 1GB
MOBO: MSI X58 PRO-E
RAM: 6GBs Corsair Triple Channel 1600MHz @ 1680MHz
SSD: 2 x 80GB Intel SSD's in RAID 0
HDD: 1TB WD Black
OS: Win 7 64bit

 

[SpeedwayNative]

BTW.... all RAID cards on MotherBoards that i know of so far... SUCK

Unless you can add a stick of DDR-2/3 RAM directly to the motherboard's RAID Card and then have a BBWC attached directly to the RAM in case of power failure... The raid card on the mobo blows.

Also, everyone needs to read up on RAID... RAID-10 increases IOPS... RAID-0 increases RAW throughput to the hard drive array but does NOT increase IOPS. RAID-5 increases the speed of large files in the same way RAID-0 does but you have a write hole performance issue with small files. Battery Backup Write Caches take care of this for you by caching writes in RAM (hell of alot faster than SSD) which is backed up in case of power failure with a battery. Here is the nice thing with this is that Windows 7 sees your RAID card like a P410i as a hard drive. it doesn't care how many hard drives you have or care how much cache you have. You get a score based on the speed of how fast your RAID card can push out data.

So for any nub thinking you can't beat 5.9 its because you are using 2-4 SATA drives on the WORST possible raid card. Honestly with a good Areca controller with 4 CHEAP 7.2k RPM SATA drives and a 512MB read/write cache with the battery, you should be able to score a 7.5+ no problem.

Yea but the price you have to pay for 10K or 15K drives with the controller is not cheap! Might as well just spend that money on an SSD drive or 2, then your floating on a whole different level!

 

[xrodney]

BTW.... all RAID cards on MotherBoards that i know of so far... SUCK

Unless you can add a stick of DDR-2/3 RAM directly to the motherboard's RAID Card and then have a BBWC attached directly to the RAM in case of power failure... The raid card on the mobo blows.

Also, everyone needs to read up on RAID... RAID-10 increases IOPS... RAID-0 increases RAW throughput to the hard drive array but does NOT increase IOPS. RAID-5 increases the speed of large files in the same way RAID-0 does but you have a write hole performance issue with small files. Battery Backup Write Caches take care of this for you by caching writes in RAM (hell of alot faster than SSD) which is backed up in case of power failure with a battery. Here is the nice thing with this is that Windows 7 sees your RAID card like a P410i as a hard drive. it doesn't care how many hard drives you have or care how much cache you have. You get a score based on the speed of how fast your RAID card can push out data.

So for any nub thinking you can't beat 5.9 its because you are using 2-4 SATA drives on the WORST possible raid card. Honestly with a good Areca controller with 4 CHEAP 7.2k RPM SATA drives and a 512MB read/write cache with the battery, you should be able to score a 7.5+ no problem.

Can as well buy PCI-e SSD card and blow away any SAS raid to dust with both IO and raw speed at same price.

Not everyone want blow few k$ on raid card and few 15krpm sas disks. Not even talking about noise and consumption.

I used adaptec sas adapter before and now have 128GB SSD and my pc can get from cold start to desktop in 18s (after 7 months using it) and applications start almost instantly which I couldn't say about 2 disk sas raid configuration (which btw cost twice more then SSD).

 

[k4d]

Eat it

i7 920 @ 4.2 - 7.9
6GB DDR3 1600mhz - 7.8
4870 2gb (Stock) - 7.5/7.5
WD Caviler Black only - 5.9 (Wtf?)

For some reason win7 seems to recognize how much ati's 4870's Pwns Nvidia! Lol
I don't understand why the Black Caviler is doing so bad when its one of the best WD Sata II drives.

I think the Graphics Card score is based on how much memory it has along with some other bs.