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    M14x Out of the box your Windows experience Index is ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by solrac13, May 15, 2011.

  1. solrac13

    solrac13 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Guys,

    I will like to know what are you getting out of the box?

    Please include your main system specifications !

    Processor

    Intel ® Core ™ i7-2720QM 2.20 GHz 8 gb

    Windows experience Index is 5.9
     
    solrac13, May 15, 2011
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  2. Tsukurimashou

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    Windows experience Index is a sh!t, at least post all results, because it's based on the lower result so alone it means nothing.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 15, 2011
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  3. solrac13

    solrac13 Notebook Evangelist

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    Tsukurimashou

    Please avoid using slang words!

    2ndly I dont care if windows experience is good or not, i care to know what must normal users get on that!


    Thanks
     
    solrac13, May 15, 2011
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    Lowest index is always GT555M, which comes in at 5.9
     
    Syntheticfibers, May 15, 2011
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  5. flybass

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    well, you'll either get a bunch of 5.9's (no ssd) or about 7.
     
    flybass, May 15, 2011
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  6. flybass

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    that doesn't make sense with the 555m, my 9800m gt comes in at 6.9
     
    flybass, May 15, 2011
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  7. Charismaztex

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    My 8800GTS 320MB is 6.7 lol
     
    Charismaztex, May 15, 2011
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  8. Gearsguy

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    5.9 is probably the HDD. I think I've seen somewhere the 555M gets like 6.7 and the processor is like a 7.0
     
    Gearsguy, May 15, 2011
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  9. Tsukurimashou

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    Yes 555 do not get 5.9 it's maybe desktop graphics so intergrated chipset used by optimus when you are not gaming.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 15, 2011
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  10. chris3145

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    Windows Experience Index means absolutely nothing unless you look at all the components. Also, the graphics card does not have a single score. There's a "graphics" score and a "gaming graphics" score.

    [​IMG]
    I moved things over to get the image to be less than 500px wide, but all the information is there. That's the score for my M14x, which has all stock options except for the 1600x900 screen. That score was taken on 4/29. Interestingly, my memory (RAM) score dropped to 7.6 when I reran the test just now, but it may have been because I was doing other stuff during the test.

    Note: It's possible that setting the system to use the GT 555m all the time could improve the 5.9 graphics score, or it may not. Honestly, there's no reason to try either way, as you're not going to get Aero to run any better than it already does.
     
    chris3145, May 16, 2011
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  11. Tsukurimashou

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    Yes if you setting the system to use the GT 555m the Desktop performance for windows aero will be the same as the gaming graphics.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 16, 2011
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  12. solrac13

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    Intresting

    I got litel higher

    Processor: Calculations per second 7.5

    Memory (RAM): Memory operations per second 7.8

    Sheers Jose Carlos
     
    solrac13, May 16, 2011
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  13. MikeeDinh

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    see attach
     

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  14. chris3145

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    What are your specs, Mike? You're clearly not running the basic stock options.
    Also, did you set the GT 555m to be always on before running the test?
     
    chris3145, May 16, 2011
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  15. Tsukurimashou

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    You can see his specs on his signature. And yes he set the GT 555m on, thats why he get 6.9 on desktop graphics.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 16, 2011
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    Is it just me or do everyone not running an SSD get 5.9 for hard disk, and I mean everyone. I have 5.9 on my 500GB ASUS laptop.
     
    /Drakk_, May 16, 2011
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  17. Tsukurimashou

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    Yeah I think all SATA II 7200rpm will get 5.9, it's the same on my desktop PC. I'll increase if you get a 10000rpm maybe an hybrid hard drive or a SSD.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 16, 2011
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  18. chris3145

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    I set my global setting in the Nvidia control panel to "High performance Nvidia graphics card" and I still only got 5.9 for Aero graphics. I saw some other settings that may improve that score, but I don't really want to run WEI over and over again right now.

    How did you get 6.9 for Aero graphics?
     
    chris3145, May 16, 2011
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  19. Tsukurimashou

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    There is probably a way to set Aero or WEI into the whitelist of the GPU.
     
    Tsukurimashou, May 16, 2011
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  20. 2GStyle

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    Processor: 7.5
    RAM: 7.7
    Graphics: 6.9
    Gaming: 6.9
    HD: 5.9

    These are straight out the box scores... hope to list new scores if I ever get my new parts in.
     
    2GStyle, May 16, 2011
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  21. MikeeDinh

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    yup just like tsukurimashou my specs are in my sig, and yeah i always keep my laptop on the gt55m unless im not plugged in
     
    MikeeDinh, May 16, 2011
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  22. Jetbo

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    Mine was just on by default. Glad to get my 7.0 overall
     
    Jetbo, May 16, 2011
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  23. tehd00d111

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    How do you set the 555m to run aero?
     
    tehd00d111, May 16, 2011
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  24. Jetbo

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    mine was like it by default i think not sure
     
    Jetbo, May 17, 2011
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    Out of the box. Fully loaded system 2820QM, 8 Gig Ram (1600Mhz), GT555M 3.0 Gig, 750Gig Seagate Momentus 7200RPM

    [​IMG]


    Experience with Vertex 2 240GB SSD:

    [​IMG]
     
    mojorific, May 17, 2011
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  26. XenoSnake

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    I'm asking the same question. How do you do this? My WEP out of the box is only 5.7

    i7 2630 6gb ram 1.5gb gt555

    The low score is due to windows aero using intel HD. Does anybody know how to switch it to use GT555?
     
    XenoSnake, May 24, 2011
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  27. takeabyte

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    Mine was 5.9 initially, it's weird that yours is only 5.7. Once I got lucky and the GPU was running when I ran the test, so I got the 6.9....don't know how to set it to run manually though...hmm
     
    takeabyte, May 24, 2011
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  28. XenoSnake

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    Let me do a driver update and see how it goes. I have mcafee running in the background, does that matter?

    My 3dmark 06 with stock config is 12285.
     
    XenoSnake, May 24, 2011
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  29. chris3145

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    I know it's not the ideal benchmark for this sort of thing, but the pictures a few posts above show that the 3gb graphics card gets the exact same score as the 1.5 gb graphics card.
     
    chris3145, May 24, 2011
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  30. Marcymaru

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    Why mine it's only 4,1?

    I'm pretty sure that in the beginning was 5,9...
     
    Marcymaru, Sep 7, 2011
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    I think the RAM affects the Aero Desktop performance score while on the IGP, my system has 8GB RAM and ´Graphics´score is 6.9. Definitely do not have default GPU as the GT 555M.
     
    nicholaslimck, Sep 8, 2011
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    with minimal overclocking the gt555m will reach 7.1, but without an SSD your HDD score will always stick at 5.9, even with a hybrid or a 10000RPM drive wont go higher.
     
    Nardon, Sep 8, 2011
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    You get two scores because one is the Intel HD chipset and the other is the 555m.
     
    RedSuinit, Sep 8, 2011
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    My M14X


    [​IMG]


    Ciao :cool:
     
    NforceRaid, Sep 12, 2011
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    [​IMG]

    And the cpu is the i7 2630qm, sorry for the typo
     
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    I hope when I sign for my M14x tomorrow I will have decent scores cause my M11xR3 scores
    Processor 6.6
    Memory 7.4
    Graphics 6.8
    Gaming 6.8
    HDD 5.9
     
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  38. copper7op

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    Processor 7.4 - 2630QM
    Memory 7.8 - 6GB DDR3 1600mhz
    Graphics 6.9 - NVIDIA GT555m
    Gaming 6.9 - NVIDIA GT555m
    HDD 7.8 - OCZ Vertex3
     
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    CPU - 2820 - 7.5
    RAM - 8GB HyperX 1866 - 7.9
    Graphics Aero - 3Gb - 6.9
    Graphics Gaming - 6.9
    HDD - Corsair Force GT 120 - 7.9

    nothing overclocked.
     

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