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Sledgehammer70

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27 Oct 2009, 7:39pm

Windows 7 Performance Index - Benchmark

How does your system shape up when running the Windows performance Index tests?

I have done a few more tests and got my system to run the WEI without freezing & it truly increases with the OC of your system.

Looks like my main bottleneck is my HD

So Just ordered a few Raptor drives again... setup a nice raid, which should boost that number

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28 Oct 2009, 12:43am

Here's mine:

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28 Oct 2009, 12:52am

don't have time to do a screenshot atm but im at 5.9 (7.5/7.5/6.8/6.8/5.9)

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Sledgehammer70

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28 Oct 2009, 1:04am

What hard drives you guys using?

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danball1976

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28 Oct 2009, 1:11am

Quoting Sledgehammer70

What hard drives you guys using?

Ordinary SATA 3Gb/s drives (Maxtor 250GB) in AHCI mode

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GooD

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28 Oct 2009, 1:40am

I have a RAPTOR 150Ggig and a WD 1TB.

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Sledgehammer70

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28 Oct 2009, 1:46am

wait.. your raptor got a score of 5.9?

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primesuspect

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28 Oct 2009, 2:06am

I have a Raptor too

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GooD

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28 Oct 2009, 2:22am

Yeah, maybe the score is based with a SSD drive as a maximum score base.

The raptor is a very good drive, but it's nothing when you compare it to a good SSD drive.

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Sledgehammer70

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28 Oct 2009, 4:53am

/cry...

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primesuspect

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28 Oct 2009, 7:12am

Really, though, what do these performance numbers actually mean

On a side note, it's good to have Sledge back in the hardware game

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28 Oct 2009, 7:14am

Quoting primesuspect

Really, though, what do these performance numbers actually mean

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lordbean

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28 Oct 2009, 8:55am

Quoting fatcat

ePeen

^ This.

In theory, the windows performance index was supposed to be a way to help you choose software and know it could run on your computer (software was supposed to say requires x graphics score or above, or other such things)... but since Vista flopped, it never really happened.

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28 Oct 2009, 3:20pm

Yes... the Experience Index is suppose to level the field. At any given point in time, a user should be able to refer to the Experience Index to get an idea how their system matches up to another. Is it great? Not quite but it can be useful. I can say that my laptop is nowhere close to the new hot rods but why? I could look at two systems and see that integrated video is rated below my discrete video card.

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ardichoke

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28 Oct 2009, 6:35pm

hahaha.... RAID 10 of Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 160GB drives.
I really need to replace my Windsor core X2 with one of the Propus X4s though =/

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Cliff_Forster

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28 Oct 2009, 7:02pm

My home machine rocks a 7.8 on everything except for hard disk which is at 5.9 as well. I think we need Robert to test his SSD.

I'm running a 640GB Caviar Black drive these days.

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28 Oct 2009, 7:11pm

My two Velocirpators in RAID 0 on a dedicated 3Ware controller only get 6.2 as well. I think Microsoft has a few buddies who want to move some SSDs.

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28 Oct 2009, 8:05pm

I am trying to snag a SSD for some testing with this. For some reason I still think it will fall short of anything amazing.

As for primes comment... it isn't just an epeen race, I think it also (for me anyways), gives me an idea of how Windows rates the pricey hardware I have installed. Do I honestly care what Microsoft's WEI thinks? meh... not really, but it is another benching tool to use that shows us just how their system benchmark thinks/works.

I should also note, I have noticed the scores I get with the WEI program to bench my system not running W7 seems to give me even lower results.

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Snarkasm

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28 Oct 2009, 8:05pm

It's just an absolute scale, you sillies. If a RAIDed set of Intel X-25s gets a billion more MB of throughput, it deserves the 7.8.

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Sledgehammer70

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28 Oct 2009, 8:09pm

But we have not seen what a set of SSD's can really do...

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Snarkasm

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28 Oct 2009, 8:12pm

But presumably somebody at MS's benchmarking group has. I'm drooling in vicarious anticipation.

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28 Oct 2009, 8:20pm

I have someone that can do this.. hmmmmm

PM45 Chipset (The OCZ 17" DIY with the Dual Radeons)
Single OCZ Vertex on the new FW with TRIM.

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mas0n

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28 Oct 2009, 8:22pm

Quoting Snarkasm

It's just an absolute scale, you sillies. If a RAIDed set of Intel X-25s gets a billion more MB of throughput, it deserves the 7.8.

I'm just assuming that at some point, it begins to weigh access times heavier than bandwidth because there is seriously a wall for mechanical drives on this index. This would makes sense, given the diminishing returns of increased bandwidth for your typical user.

For example, I have an old 7200RPM SATA drive w/o perp recording that scores ~4.3. A single Raptor which is no more than %50 faster in any regard, scores 5.9. Two VRaptors, which offer 4 times the bandwidth of the single Raptor and even better access times, only score 6.2.

I'd love to see the scoring methods.

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Sledgehammer70

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28 Oct 2009, 9:19pm

Nice Ryder... Very nice.

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RyderOCZ

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28 Oct 2009, 9:24pm

Here is another one.

Dell Inspiron 1720
965 chipset
ICH8-M SATA controller
This controller is locked at SATA1 speeds, which means no more than 150MB/s writes on an SSD drive. We see 225+ on SATAII controllers for single drives.
OCZ Agility running the TRIM FW.

So based on my 1st post with a fully open SATA II controller and basically the same drive, we only saw a 0.2 jump in the WEI for the drive.

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MJO

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4 Nov 2009, 8:22am

Here is mine.

Again the bottleneck is the harddrive.
And I am running two Seagate Barracuda ES 320 GB in a Raid 0 array.
I am using the integrated nVidia controller on my Asus Crosshair Formula II.

Microsoft really wants you to buy SSD.

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5 Nov 2009, 2:19am

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JBHyperlite39

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5 Nov 2009, 6:26pm

Alright I'm baffled guys I got a samsung pm-800 256gm SSD in my laptop and I got a 5.9! The same as my friends 7200rpm. I'm not sure what to think. I'm hoping it's an error but I've ran the damn test 3 times!

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QCH

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5 Nov 2009, 7:28pm

Just a thought, JBHyperlite39... maybe your laptop is not using the 3.0 Gbit/s but the 1.5 Gbit/s instead???

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Snarkasm

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5 Nov 2009, 8:22pm

Have you run some benchmarks on it to prove that it's actually performing better than your friend's 7200rpm? Not all SSDs are created equal.

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JBHyperlite39

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5 Nov 2009, 9:46pm

I haven't ran any benchmarks. How would I check to se if it's using 3.0gbits vs 1.5gbit/sec

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QCH

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5 Nov 2009, 9:49pm

List the manufacturer and Model of the laptop... We can find it out for you.

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RyderOCZ

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5 Nov 2009, 9:52pm

ATTO would tell you in 1 run: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ark_v2.34.html

If you see no more than 150MB/s then you are on SATA1

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JBHyperlite39

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5 Nov 2009, 11:24pm

Dell studio xps 1640

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Sledgehammer70

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18 Nov 2009, 9:29pm

So this is where my system finally sits... Just being jacked by having a Raptor drive & not SSD

So ... I was gonna say "gay" here but that would be insensitive to any of our gay members, so instead of using "gay" as a slur, I'll say "so lame" or something equally non-offensive

The memory running at 1600 rather than 1200 made a big difference. Also pushing the CPU at 4.0GHz also gave me the 7.9 I needed/wanted

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Snarkasm

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18 Nov 2009, 9:30pm

That is a lot of 7.9s.

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AlexDeGruven

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18 Nov 2009, 9:31pm

Quoting Sledgehammer70

So this is where my system finally sits... Just being jacked by having a Raptor drive & not SSD So Gay!

Hawt.

Unfortunately for spindle-disk users, the 16k random seek score is what kills you even on a mega-fast drive (my WD Black scores a 5.9 as well). SSD Seek times are just simply so much faster than spindles.

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Sledgehammer70

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18 Nov 2009, 9:38pm

Quoting Snarkasm

That is a lot of 7.9s.

I can't wait to get my hands on Nvidia's new GPU. I have been hearing good things about it.

Another thing I noticed not only in this test but in Super PI is that voltage seems to make a big difference. i was running 4.0GHz at 1.25V and my super PI score was 11.37sec I thank cranked it to 1.35 and got in the sub 10sec range...

I would love to hear someone thoughts on that situation.

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Snarkasm

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18 Nov 2009, 9:40pm

I'll certainly be interested. Let us know!

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photodude

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Here are my low scores

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Considering the number of systems hitting the Max of 7.9 I think this rating system is meaningless for top performing systems and hardware. it has more meaning for lower end systems and can point out bottlenecks on a system that should be upgraded

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ardichoke

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Yesterday, 1:08am

Quoting AlexDeGruven

Hawt.

Unfortunately for spindle-disk users, the 16k random seek score is what kills you even on a mega-fast drive (my WD Black scores a 5.9 as well).

Unless you're running a tasty RAID10... that gets you the extra .3 as is evident on my score.

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lordbean

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Quoting ardichoke

Unless you're running a tasty RAID10... that gets you the extra .3 as is evident on my score.

I see your 6.2, and raise you:

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Sledgehammer70

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Yesterday, 8:27am

I so need me some SSD drives....

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lordbean

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Yesterday, 9:21am

Those ain't SSDs.

5 platter drives in RAID5.

I'd love me some SSDs though.

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QuadWhore

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Today, 6:18am

Evil windows, making us non-ssd users suffer!

I thought my score would suck but I guess not.

I'm starting too look at the Patriot Warp ssd...hmm....

And of course Sledge's rig kicks all of our's asses'.

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