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    Only 5.9 system score on my 256GB SSD?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Justintt, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. Justintt

    Justintt Newbie

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    hi, guys, i am not sure why my M17X only scored 5.9 for the sumsung 256GB SSD, all the other guys on web had a 7+ or something :(

    here is the config:

    7.2 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q9300 @ 2.53GHz

    5.9 Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB (DUAL CHANNEL 1333MHz)
    7.3 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
    7.3 Gaming graphics 2687 MB Total available graphics memory
    5.9 Primary hard disk 147GB Free (224GB Total)
    Windows 7 Ultimate
     
    Justintt, Oct 28, 2009
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  2. THRUST

    THRUST Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do a HDtune test and compare it to others' 256 GB SSD tests. If it comes out normal, then something might have happened during the test. test again and see.
     
    THRUST, Oct 28, 2009
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  3. ZackB

    ZackB Notebook Consultant

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    Honestly, you shouldn't worry about the Windows Experience scores, it tells you nothing concrete. Do some benchmarks and tests as THRUST suggested and compare them to the hardcores on this forum and you'll get a much more accurate picture with more useful information than a single arbitrary number supplied by Mircosoft :)
     
    ZackB, Oct 28, 2009
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  4. Mihos

    Mihos Notebook Consultant

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    I ordered the dual SSDs in raid 0. Can't wait to see how it runs with Win 7.
     
    Mihos, Oct 28, 2009
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  5. Blazertrek50

    Blazertrek50 Notebook Evangelist

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    Haha, that is the same score I got and I have a little old 500gig 7200spin HDD :eek:
     
    Blazertrek50, Oct 28, 2009
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  6. tonytoff

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    Strange.....its exactly the same score I get with my G-skill Titan SSD.
     
    tonytoff, Oct 28, 2009
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  7. Justintt

    Justintt Newbie

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    yeah. it's really stange, as many others has a 7+ score, though my ssd is running fine, but I wonder what is it to cause this relative low score...

    hope people with the same SSD can post their score~
     
    Justintt, Oct 28, 2009
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  8. Ribz

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    I got the exact same score with a RAID 0 setup.
     
    Ribz, Oct 28, 2009
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  9. Justintt

    Justintt Newbie

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    wondering how the score is being analyzed...
     
    Justintt, Oct 28, 2009
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  10. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    acutaly there are many possible reason why your score is limited

    window score are also limited by some feature lacking

    like if you'r ssd lack some non important it might be in the under 5.9 capacitie bracket because of that

    even thought it's perf lvl might be 7.2
     
    granyte, Oct 28, 2009
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  11. Xeneize

    Xeneize Notebook Deity

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    My score is 7.3 with Raid 0 SSD..... i dont see why it would be that low on a single one however....
     
    Xeneize, Oct 28, 2009
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  12. Justintt

    Justintt Newbie

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    Problem solved, I changed my visual effect in windows setting to get the best performance, and now it has 6.9 score for the SSD....

    what a difference!
     
    Justintt, Oct 29, 2009
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  13. SumKallMeTIM

    SumKallMeTIM Notebook Consultant

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    What sort of visual effects did you have, cause im only getting a score of 5.4 cause of my ssd. Im trying to get the score up, what did you do??
    Thanks!
     
    SumKallMeTIM, Oct 30, 2009
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  14. tonytoff

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    yeah we wanna know!

    thanks.
     
    tonytoff, Oct 30, 2009
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  15. Justintt

    Justintt Newbie

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    just choose the "best performance" option, it will actually disable all the visual effects...
     
    Justintt, Oct 30, 2009
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  16. tonytoff

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    Control panel>performance information and tools>adjust visual effects>choose: adjust for best performance....then APPLY.

    lets see if it works.
     
    tonytoff, Oct 30, 2009
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  17. SumKallMeTIM

    SumKallMeTIM Notebook Consultant

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    I just adjusted it to best performance, and my hard drive score is still 5.4.
    What the heck is wrong?? I do have about 20gb of filled space unaccounted for that I just cannot find, and yes I tried disk cleanup and all that. I have noticed even startup/shutdown takes alot longer than Vista, so something isn't right. Any advice? Thanks!
     
    SumKallMeTIM, Oct 31, 2009
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  18. nickbarbs

    nickbarbs Notebook Deity

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    Aero visual effects being on should have zero effect on the hard disk score. My single 225 Crucial 128gb gets a 7.3 score in windows 7 with all visual effects on in my M1730
     
    nickbarbs, Oct 31, 2009
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  19. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    system restore will take up that 20 gig turn it off and delete them and your problem should go away
     
    The_Moo™, Oct 31, 2009
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  20. zsports

    zsports Notebook Enthusiast

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    my score is 5.9 as well(win 7).
    I have an xps m1730 with the 256 ssd.
    any ideas?
     
    zsports, Oct 31, 2009
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