Experience Index

What are some god ways to raise my Windows Experience Index without upgrading parts? It's 3.1 and I want it somewhere in the 4's.

 

Edit the XML file and type whatever numbers you want.



C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore, find the latest XML file, open it in Notepad, edit the numbers between the "Systemscore", "Graphicsscore", etc... tags.

 

Make sure you have the latest drivers for all of your hardware to start with.

 

Hilarious.

 

Give this a read/try first.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/help/0fee4637-8b21-41f1-87f6-66d2205420d61033.mspx

cheers ...

 

Darn! You beat me to it!

 

LOL Always a good laugh to see full 9.9 scores. Maybe I'll set mine to the lowest just for fun

 

where are the scores located in the document? I don't fell like looking through all the stuff.

edit: nevermind, found them using XML editor.

 

processor speed, video card, memory bandwidth... That's it. The system just adds the scores up.

 

That was fun! Went from 5.7 to 9.9 in less than a minute.

I've read that in Windows 7 the score for an SSD can go up to 7.9, don't know if it's true.

 

7 will go up to 7.9, Vista to 5.9.

 

First of all - the Windows Experience index is not a good benchmark - it sometimes changes randomly - my Intel X3100 got 3.0 and without change 3.5 another time... currently its at 3.4 (that's gaming and Aero graphics - the rest is 5 and above )

Unless you have problems in any area of use upgrading also isn't worth it on a laptop.

What's more - if your graphics card is the weaket score you cannot upgrade it.

 

Ch'yah, but can it go to 11?

 

Let's try to stay on-topic in here, thanks.

 

Thanks, that should get me started.

 

Not true. If you are an avid laptop gamer then you already know upgrading components on your laptop can provide welcome gains. When you launch a game you see the Windows Experience Index and the minimum recommended to play that game.

On my M9750, I had a single graphics card when I bought it. I then upgraded with a second GPU so I could have SLI and better gaming.

The upgrade gave me exactly what I was looking for with better gaming prowess.

When that rig was brand new, I also replaced the two HHD's with SSD's and was amazed how a brand new, high end, laptop could feel so much better and boot up so much faster.

I now also have a M17 that I ordered with a WXGA screen that I wasn't happy with. I installed a WUXGA LCD screen and it looks great.

Although the Windows Experience Index is not a good benchmarking tool, it is useful in getting a basic idea how your rig will be able to play a given game.

 

i still tend to agree with the other poster, with the addendum that in almost all cases upgrading components on your laptop when you have no problems is cost prohibitive.

the only exception MIGHT BE if you had an SLI capable laptop and wanted to add a graphics card. however, most people don't have/need/want SLI laptops, and even for those who do, they usually bought it for the explicit purpose of having two graphics cards, so it usually has two anyway.

its misguiding to say that adding another graphics card is a valid reason to upgrade components on your laptop when you consider that the discussion is based around the OP, and this is clearly something he won't be able to do.

 

It depends on what your scores are in a given catagory.

If you have a low Disc data transfer rate score going to a 7200rpm HDD or a SSD, will increase your score in that area.

If you have a low Memory operations per second score, increasing the amount of installed ram can increase your score there.

If you have a low Calculations per second score, upgrading to a faster processor will increase that score.

The same is true of the 3D business and gaming graphics performance and Desktop performance for Windows Aero. If you are someone who is able to install a better graphics solution on your given laptop, then you will be able to increase those scores.

As I'm sure you already know, the overall Windows Experience Index is based on your lowest sub-score.