Windows 7 Performance Index - Benchmark
Sledgehammer70
California Icrontian
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
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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Ordinary SATA 3Gb/s drives (Maxtor 250GB) in AHCI mode
The raptor is a very good drive, but it's nothing when you compare it to a good SSD drive.
On a side note, it's good to have Sledge back in the hardware game
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.
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 =/
I'm running a 640GB Caviar Black drive these days.
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.
PM45 Chipset (The OCZ 17" DIY with the Dual Radeons)
Single OCZ Vertex on the new FW with TRIM.
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.
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.
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.