Windows Experience Score: WHAT?

[jdp245]

So, I just built a new computer with the following components:

i7-860
GA-P55-UD5
8GB RAM
128GB SSD
XFX HD5870

I just ran the Windows Experience Score and got... a 6.0! Really? So I looked at the details to see where my bottleneck was, and Windows says that it is my 3D graphics capabilities. WTF? Windows doesn't think an HD 5870 is enough I guess!

This happen to anyone else? I'm trying to figure out if I have something configured incorrectly.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Have you installed the latest Catalyst driver yet?

 

[jdp245]

Have you installed the latest Catalyst driver yet?

Yes, I'm running 10.2. I also knew that the current ATI Drivers had trouble with 2D on Windows 7 (though they say that is being fixed), but the 3D thing surprised me.

 

[The_Prophecy]

Have you installed any games? How does the card actually perform?

 

[sminlal]

In Vista the maximum score was 5.9. Windows 7 extended the score to allow for newer technologies - for example you pretty much need an SSD (Solid State Disk) to get a disk score significantly above 5.9.

I'm not that familiar with graphics cards, but I'm guessing that the higher scores are reserved for multi-GPU setups using CrossFire, etc. If they DIDN'T do that, then the people with the uber-graphics rigs would be complaining that they weren't getting any higher scores than the hoi polloi (among which, with a score of 3.7, I count myself )...

 

[The_Prophecy]

I guess this would be a bad time to mention that my dual Geforce GTX 295 cards in Quad SLI score me a 7.1?

 

[jdp245]

I've been loading some up and trying them out. The games seem to run fine. I guess that's what really matters, but I haven't been able to really stress it yet. I'm getting Crysis in this week, so we'll see how that goes! In any case, I thought it was funny. And if dual 295s only get a 7.1, then I guess my 6.0 makes some sense.

 

[Lippy13]

Well, something isn't right with the Windows Experience Index. For example, those two GeForce GTX 295 cards should be walking all over my single GeForce GTX 260 (original version), but strangely, I too get a score of 7.1.

So yeah, if your games work fine I suppose you shouldn't worry about it.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Yeah something is screwy with that.......my 9800GTX + gives a 6.9 in both Graphics and Gaming Graphics. Also get a 6.9 from E8400@3.6 and 5.9 on both memory ( 4gb Corsair DDR2 800@4 4 4 12 ) and HD ( 2x WD 640 Black RAID 0 )

 

[Scotteq]

Drivers and DX versions are a part of the check, and if the sytem thinks something lesser is installed, then it'll dock you for that. So running a dxdiag can sometimes raise a score.

open a comand prompt (start orb >> CMD)

type: dxdiag

Let that run and check for problems.

 

[isamuelson]

I had the same issue. At one point with my ATI HD3870, I was getting 7.1 on both the 2d and 3d measurements. Now, I'm at 6.0! I haven't noticed the card not performing any worse.

 

[jdp245]

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[isamuelson]

Drivers and DX versions are a part of the check, and if the sytem thinks something lesser is installed, then it'll dock you for that. So running a dxdiag can sometimes raise a score.

open a comand prompt (start orb >> CMD)

type: dxdiag

Let that run and check for problems.

I went and installed the latest Catalyst drivers and I'm back up to 7.1.

 

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