Y500 Windows Experience Index Scores

Is this the same score everyone else with the same Y500 specs is getting for their score? (check sig)

Also, if I put in a mSATA SSD and used that as my primary, wouldn't the primary hard disk go up to 7.6-7.9?

Thanks.. I know these are meaningless, but simple curiosity drives me.

 

My HD score went up to 7.9 with an SSD. The graphics became the "low" score.

 

Do you think it would be okay to buy a 7200RPM 32MB Sata lll 6.0 gb/s 1 TB HDD is a good primary HDD and get a mSATA 256GB SSD in the future?

 

I am not sure. I would think a 7200 RPM drive would be a bit better than a 5400 ROM drive. Originally I was going to get a 256 mSATA SSD since I figured it was enough space for a good number of games. But then I thought about just going all out and getting a 500-512GB SSD and not having to worry about space. I came across a good deal on the Marketplace so I jumped on it. But I think going with an mSATA is a pretty good idea since you would still have the 2.5" space still open for an upgrade. Only drawback is the cost of an mSATA vs a 2.5" SSD. It also depends on your use. If you are gaming but also need space for media I would keep the 1TB drive for media storage. I am only using the laptop for gaming, so I don't need a huge media storage space.

 

I use this laptop for gaming, video editing, etc. lol

 

Or you can do like me (pls check sign)

 

Don't bother with a 7200rpm drive. Waste of money, and a less-desirable part for you.

You aren't going to be launching any applications off of the mechanical HDD (that is what the 256GB mSATA SSD is for). So you won't take advantage of any performance improvement by going from 5400rpm --> 7200rpm. Additionally, a 7200rpm drive will generate more heat and drain more power (lower battery life) than a 5400rpm drive. Save your money, and stick with a 5400rpm 1TB drive instead.


When it comes to bulk media storage, you want the slowest, coolest-running mechanical HDD you can find. Going to 7200rpm is actually not a good thing.

 

I have actually been looking into just getting a 256GB mSATA SSD as I said and then just saving for a 256GB 2.5" SSD and performing RAID 0. This is possible, right...

 

No.

Even if it was, it's not worth it.

RAID-0 is a colossal headache, for absolutely zero benefit to 99.9% of users out there. The only time RAID-0 has any actual real-world benefit is for people who need to do frequent large sequential writes. You will only find that with professional video and photo editors.

So unless you are a professional photo or video editor, don't bother with RAID-0. Using your 2.5" SATA drive bay for bulk storage (5400rpm 1TB mechanical HDD) is far more valuable.

 

You dont need a 7200 RPM for storage... 7200RPM is only good if you dont have an SSD and are using it as your primary..

 

You're running Windows 8 right? The WEI scaling is different for each operating system so identical hardware will score different in Windows 8 compared to Windows 7 for example. I've found that even though the maximum score is increased to 9.9 in Windows 8, for scores below 7.9 Windows 7 usually gives 0.2 points higher. Doesn't really matter though since WEI is a very rough performance estimate and that's it.

Without further ado, here are my scores. Running on Windows 8 Pro x64 with a 1125/2250 OC on GT 650M SLI and the 1TB 5400 RPM HDD.

 

here's mine. right out of the box. this is about 3 months ago. everything is in stock.

 

I don't think the scores can go above 7.9 even on W8...

 

For the specs in my sig, single 650m and Windows 7, my WEI is

7.6
7.8
7.4
7.4
7.5

 

Windows 7 grades on an 'easier' scale, but either way... Your storage shouldn't be that high with the stock 5400 RPM HDD?

 

Of course they can. If you read the description it says scores range from 1.0 to 9.9. I'm sure if you got a beast desktop with an overclocked i7-3970X and GTX Titan it would have no problem going over 7.9. Hell, me memory score was at 8.0 the first time I ran WEI after just receiving the machine. It's since gone down to 7.8 which is funky.

 

True. That 7.4 graphics and gaming graphics score would be a 7.2 in Windows 8. I know cause I've run WEI on a single OC'ed 650M before. On another note, it's nice that WEI actuallly detects SLI LOL.

 

Yea, I have a SSD installed, lol.

 

I cannot find a machine in the 9s on google.

 

How come you get 7.6 on the graphics, I only get 7.3

 

My GPU is overclocked to 1120/2250.

 

I got a 5.9, Hard drive being the limited factor.

 

Oh now it makes sense, what program do you use to overclock?? I tried nvidia inspector but it didnt really work..

 

I use MSI Afterburner for changing clocks. And a combo of Nvidia inspector and GPU-z to monitor clocks. HWMonitor to check temps, and HEaven to load test. Follow this post.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ideapad-essential/700135-y500-gt650m-overclock.html

Im running 1110/2200 . Score of 473 in Heaven 4.0. Latest Nvidia Beta Drivers, Modded Lenovo Bios, Stock Voltage. Temps stay under 75c while running Heaven.

 

Awesome, thanks a lot!
btw where can I get the modded BIOS?

 

Lenovo Y400 / Y500 - unlocked BIOS / wlan whitelist mod

 

Still waiting for Yx10p modded Bios...

 

7.8
7.8
7.0
7.0
5.9

all stock

 

Completely forgot about this post. Has anyone's WEI went down at all since purchase?

 

Mine stayed the same.

 

Mine have gone up actually, I used to get 7.1 on the graphics, then 7.2 and with the latest drivers I got 7.3, the rest have been unchanged.

Now with some overclocking I achieved this

 

I had to return my Y500 because I was so disgusted with it, so I have no WEI. I use a chromebook only, now. lol But nice job overclocking

 

Maybe driver updates cause the GPU scores to go up. I don't know, I didn't check. I just run WEI a few times when I first install the OS and that's that, never bother to rerun it again in the future unless I'm actually upgrading the hardware inside since it is essentially a meaningless metric. Anyway, here is what I have now, identical to yours except the hard disk score is lower because I'm using the caching SSD:



BTW what overclock are you running? I've been using 1120/2250 without touching voltage the entire time I've had this thing. Seems very stable so far as I haven't had single crash even during hours of prolonged gaming in the summer heat. Pretty amazed at how far this humble 650M can be pushed.

 

I was trying different clocks and the highest I could go was 1250/1400 stock volts, anything higher would make the computer turn off when running benchmarks, for gaming I use 1000/1250 though since I dont need more than that and the less heat the better. I have a cooling pad but I dont use it because its too loud and so far not a single crash