Low W.E.R. Score
April 29th, 2017
I have just put together another box for my children to use; nothing over the top….i5 650 on a Foxconn H55M-S M/B with 4 x 2GB ram, a GT 9500 video card and a 500GB Samsung spinpoint 7200rpm hard drive.
After all the updates were done, I re-ran the assessment tool and got the following readings:
CPU 2.4
Memory 7.1
Desktop Aero 4.4
3D Gaming 6.2
Primary Hard Disk 5.5
So my real dilemma is why is the CPU rating so low? I know it’s no powerhouse, but passmark dot com still rates the i5 650 higher @ 3142 than a Q6600 quad core @ 2991. And if I had to make a guess right now….I would think the average rating on a Q6600 would be…hold on, I don’t have to guess. I remembered some old screenshots of a system I sold 6 months ago; Q6600 8GB RAM & a GTS 8800 and looking at that screenshot, the following scores were shown;
CPU 7.1
Memory 7.1
Desktop Aero 6.8
3D Gaming 6.8
Primary Hard Disk 5.7
Surely the second build mentioned is less powerful than this system I am working on….so why the low scores?
Any advice?
You sure nothing else is using the CPU at the same time?
Maybe some help here..
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-performance/windows-experience-index-low-for-processor/905f2d5c-0825-41da-9d1b-6cb61193ae3e
Cinebench lets you benchmark you CPU pretty well.
http://www.maxon.net/products/cinebench/overview.html
My only “guess” would be that a bios setting needs changed. Free to look, not for play. Change one at a time. Be careful..Only if you feel confident. I find it odd there is a 2/5/15 bios update. Here is the manual. http://www.cizgi.com.tr/vfiles/pms_dosya/195/h55m-s_en.pdf For all I know you have already covered this. Or put a piece of tape over score like a car dummy lite. good luck
Check Power states in control pa.
would not Power States in Control Pa only relate to Laptop settings? I have gone into the BIOS settings and checked everything: feel competent doing so but couldn’t find any setting that appeared to be incorrect…the only one I do not about is: Intel VT-d config. Working setting is 32, and there are options for multiples of 32 namely 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224 & 248 – well the last one is not a multiple of 32…..
I am about to update Bios to latest version and will see if that has any effect.
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Cpu will throttle in two conditions:
1. Temps getting too high.
2. Power state settings allowed.
If you select High Performance for the power plan…That should set it all to the max..
I will try that…but never before in ….what 50 different Win 7 installs over maybe 35 different PCs, have I ever seen this….
If I were doing this I would be at the point of walking away, taking a mental break, then going through everything I did cleanly in my head. I’m sure you think you’ve done this already, maybe. Recheck your assumptions. Clear the TMI from trying to solve it. There is nothing like the relief that comes from an “I’m a dummy ” moment This is not personal in any way.. I am my own worst enemy sometimes. Wanna try “I dropped a lil’ screw behind the MOBO Plinko?” I have.
This was really driving me crazy….I had checked EVERY setting in the BIOS; 3 times over; still have never had anything remotely similar in the past…this was a very fresh build, too.
I do not know why; but following ‘s advice, I did change the Power Plan to high performance; rebooted…and…CPU is now 6.9 [don’t know why it’s not higher than 7.1 of a Q6600 though] and the rating on the hard drive went up to 5.9. So….almost problem solved.
As soon as I can understand WHY this happened…I’ll feel better about it; but all I did was what I always do, standard Windows 7 install from my bootable USB with the option of choosing what variation I want. Didn’t do anything I would normally do….so??
Anyone else care to hazard a guess?
well if it is fixed after you changed power plan inside of windows. there is only 1 thing that causes it , there is an option under the advanced power settings of your current plan , it gives you option to select what could be cpu’s max load in terms of % , make it %100. know that it is already %100 by default on high performance. also there is another option to set min cpu working load in terms of % , set it to %5 which will prevent extra power consumption and heat. if you also set it %100 , you may have serious problems be careful about that.
dont even deal with bios since no windows option can overwrite bios , especially on old computers like you have. just set bios to default and dont open it again. also try to install latest inf drivers for your motherboard’s chipset , sometimes wrong or outdated inf drivers can cause that windows make stupid choices by itself.
Thanks….must admit that trying to navigate the Foxconn site to actually download drivers was a nightmare….don’t know why, just was
This was really driving me crazy....I had checked EVERY setting in the BIOS; 3 times over; still have never had anything remotely similar in the past...this was a very fresh build, too.
I do not know why; but following 's advice, I did change the Power Plan to high performance; rebooted...and...CPU is now 6.9 [don't know why it's not higher than 7.1 of a Q6600 though] and the rating on the hard drive went up to 5.9. So....almost problem solved.
As soon as I can understand WHY this happened...I'll feel better about it; but all I did was what I always do, standard Windows 7 install from my bootable USB with the option of choosing what variation I want. Didn't do anything I would normally do....so??
Anyone else care to hazard a guess?
Windows Experience Index is obsolete, it was made to prompt people to upgrade their computers. These days it poses no significance whatsoever.