WEI Index a little off for HDD?

I know this is my desktop but since it's Windows 7 I thought I'd share. I have a WD Raptor 150GB (10,000 RPM) as my primary hard drive. It's old, but still fast. WEI for the drive is 5.9, with everything else about 7.0. How could this be?

I know it doesn't mean much, but still, kind of annoying.

 

That's strange. I have a generic 1 TB drive in my desktop (7200 rpm) and it scored 5.9 also and it's the lowest out of all my components, but yours should score higher. Maybe they left all HD scores above 5.9 for SSD?

 

Spinning disks are capped at the 5.9 rating. Using a decent solid state drive will avoid this "limitation."

 

I remember reading something about Win7's WEI score being a little screwy as far as the HDD ratings were concerned. Mine (SSD) mysteriously changed from 5.9 to 7.4 (no driver changes)... I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

 

I wasn't aware of this... Good to know.

 

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A ssd would definitely help that score. I wonder if RAID would bring it up.

 

Mine (120 GB Hitachi 5400 RPM) scores 4.3 lol. Why do you want to worry about the WEI for HDD?

 

Because that's what's holding him back from achieving a WEI score of about 6.9-7.

 

And I don't see why that matters anyway. It's not like he will get some money out of it or anything like that. Besides, WEI is not even a good benchmarking standard to begin with.

 

No it doesn't matter really, just curiosity.

 

That's a terrible WEI score; I think you should give me your laptop..

 

Ok, but considering it's my desktop score...

 

That makes it worse!

 

The reason for your HDD's low WEI score is it's size (150 GB). Get a bigger HDD (> 250 GB) and see the score going up.

 

I have a 300gb velociraptor and it's also 5.9

 

That's not the reason.
I have a 500Gb and my score is still 5.9.

 

My assumption was wrong then. Because in Vista, with the same RPM, bigger HDD's fetch more WEI score then the samller ones. It's no longer true with Win 7.

 

Given the set of drives you tested, the higher capacity drives most likely scored higher because of their higher platter densities.

 

Indeed, which would mean that the more space per platter, and less platters, yielded faster speeds. Such as: 160 gb drive with dual platters < 160 gb drive with a single platter

 

Anyone have an SSD that can post their drive WEI score, just for curiosities sake?

 

I'll post mine with a question: My Samsung 256GB SSD only scores a 5.9!

Does the low WEI indicate Windows won't perform as well as it should? Or is it possible that the SSD is performing correctly and it's just the index score is goofy?

I don't really care about the number as much as if it has any actual impact on Windows 7/SSD performance.

Also, I'll add that this is on a clean install. When I ran it on my upgrade install (since deleted), I think the score was like 6.9.

 

No, it means that Microsoft doesn't know how to benchmark hard drives.

 

Yeah, I just ran CrystalDiskMark and after comparing the results with the numbers at this site: http://crystaldiskmark.blogspot.com/ it looks like it's functioning as it should.

 

Just one question... how in the world could you afford a 256GB SSD?! Is it a main brand one? If so seriously you've got to be rolling in dough if it's a laptop. The cheapest ones i've ever seen were literally ~400$ for a 128GB and that's for a pc one. Notebook no idea. You have to be rich sir.

 

Um..., they all fit in either laptops of desktops, since they're in the 2.5" form factor, and have both connection types available (IDE/SATA). Of course, the IDE models really aren't worth it. He already stated that it is a Samsung drive. That particular drive seems to be about $700, or around that number.

 

My Vertex gives me a score of 6.8 on my Netbook.

 

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