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    WEI Very Low Score on Windows 7 (Inspiron 1720)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Krazy-E, Nov 15, 2009.

  1. Krazy-E

    Krazy-E Notebook Enthusiast

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    On Vista 32bit, my score were great for this machine. Now, on Seven 32bit, this is what I get.

    CPU + RAM are VERY VERY low compared to what they used to be.

    CPU : Core 2 Duo T8300 @ 2.40Ghz

    Ratings:

    PROCESSOR : 2.3
    MEMORY : 2.9

    Both were over 5.0 on Vista.


    Any ideas?? Thanks
     
    Krazy-E, Nov 15, 2009
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  2. Terbo

    Terbo Notebook Consultant

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    Thats really strange, my T6500 has a score of 5.6 on Win7 64-bit. Also strange was my gaming graphics score went WAY up when I went from the Release Candidate to the real thing. From 4.9 to 6.2. Big difference...
     
    Terbo, Nov 15, 2009
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  3. Krazy-E

    Krazy-E Notebook Enthusiast

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    It IS strange, indeed. I even flushed the WinSAT Data to make sure I have no ghosts...

    I thought my CPU would be around 5.2 like it used to be.

    And it also ACTS slower on a few things :(
     
    Krazy-E, Nov 15, 2009
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    CaCHooKa Man Notebook Guru

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    my ratings actually went up from vista 32 bit. i upgraded to windows 7 ultimate 64 bit and everything is much smoother. i wouldnt put much into the experience index though.
     
    CaCHooKa Man, Nov 15, 2009
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  5. SomeFormOFhuman

    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    Have you got all the drivers installed in your system? Run Windows update, and also try and re-run the test again if you haven't. Again, if you didn't experience any slow downs in your everyday stuff you do just like what you did in Vista, then I would just ignore it.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Nov 15, 2009
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  6. Krazy-E

    Krazy-E Notebook Enthusiast

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    All the drivers are installed. I ran Windows Update numerous times, until nothing else shown up as updates. The system feels responsive, I guess it may be only a few things tested in the WEI that creates that, but still.

    thanks.
     
    Krazy-E, Nov 16, 2009
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    khaledseif Notebook Evangelist

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    are you on Power saving mode? if so, then it limits the processor to save energy.
     
    khaledseif, Nov 16, 2009
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    Krazy-E Notebook Enthusiast

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    No. I've place the MIN Processor Utilisation to 100% just to test and went as far as disabling SpeedStep in the BIOS (Just to test... Then I re-enabled it, I do not want overheating...)
     
    Krazy-E, Nov 16, 2009
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  9. postmortem

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    are both cores showing in task manager?
     
    postmortem, Nov 25, 2009
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  10. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Disabling speedstep in the BIOS actually limits your CPU to half speed, as daft as that may sound. Make sure you put speedstep on and re-test.
     
    Fragilexx, Nov 29, 2009
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  11. EK---

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    i am having the same problem on my Toshiba.
    t5250 1.5ghz c2d and the rating is 2.5
    2.5gb ram 667mhz is rated at 2.6

    and my system actually feels really slow.

    can someone please this problem?
     
    EK---, Dec 9, 2009
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  12. DRFP

    DRFP Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you do a clean install?
    I would do a clean install and not load any drivers at first, then install drivers as needed. Some of the win 7 drivers are better then the ones Dell have.

    Upgrades from Vista have experienced this, also there is some kinda weird problem I had with 64 bit win 7, I could not install newer drivers even though they were signed. you may had thought you installed newer drivers and it looked like it did but in fact you never did, it got rejected by windows. Just something that happened to me, I fixed it on my computer.
     
    DRFP, Dec 9, 2009
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