Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking

me972 · Nov 30, 2009, 06:17 PM

Hey guys...

Its been a long time since my last port - didnt have any issues

my issue now is that I installed a new water cooling system and I'm able to push my rig E6750 to 3.75Ghz on 1.45vcore. temps are:
idle - 29c - 31c
full load CPU at 100% for 5 minutes or more (crysis) - 40 - 43c

when my cpu was at 3.2Ghz with old bigwater cooling system i got windows 7 index for the cpu at 6.8

now thats It at 3.75Ghz its still at 6.8

is 6.8 the upper limit score for dual cores??? must I have a quad core to pass this? i have a q9550 at work that puts out an index of 7.2 at 3.2Ghz..

any thoughts???

Judas · Nov 30, 2009, 07:20 PM

yes indeed i think more then a dual core is required to compute the necessary amount.

Quad core blows the doors off any dual core provided with any that is able to utilize it.. even if the quad core is much much slower ghz wise.. it's still able to outperform

mmd_danish · Nov 30, 2009, 07:35 PM

you really need quad power...to go beyond tht

me972 · Dec 6, 2009, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmd_danish

you really need quad power...to go beyond tht

I wish I could... a q9550 costs ~320USD here... tooo expensive..

I wish I could get it for less.. can't find any..

dipstick · Dec 6, 2009, 05:41 PM

I would not pay much attention to wei scores but I do notice that it takes my 9650 about 500MHz for each .1 point. For example I score 7.3@3.3GHz and 7.5@4.3GHz...

IvanV · Dec 6, 2009, 08:15 PM

I think it's only meant to drive hardware sales. If you look at the Share your Windows 7 Experience Index thread, you'll notice that a bunch of people has overall score of 5.9, which is what most of us are getting as our hard drive index. Of course, not all of our drives perform the same, but that's as high as you can get with a mechanical hard drive, and then a user with all other indexes significantly higher than that might think "Wow, this obsolete piece of junk is really bottlenecking my system, I'd better spend a few hundred quid on an SSD."

EDIT: I noticed one user with 6.9 score for the CPU, but, according to his specs, his E3200 is OCed to 4GHz. That's probably the absolute max for a dual core.

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Dec 6, 2009, 08:41 PM

me972 · Dec 8, 2009, 05:06 PM

well I managed to stable my system with new settings. the ones from last week some times crashed my PC..
the new ones are even beter..

take a look at my cpu-z validator sig..

pc runs like a charm at only 33c idle and 45 full load..

edit: eny one have a clue how i can get a q9550 for a good price???

iPlayer · Dec 9, 2009, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by me972

edit: eny one have a clue how i can get a q9550 for a good price???

If I were to upgrade right now I'd go with an i5, but the catch is you would need to change other hardware for it.

Judas · Dec 9, 2009, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by me972

I wish I could... a q9550 costs ~320USD here... tooo expensive..

I wish I could get it for less.. can't find any..

wow and i thought my prices were expensive..

i picked up a intel i7 920 for that price

Nov 30, 2009, 06:17 PM	#1
me972 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking Hey guys... Its been a long time since my last port - didnt have any issues my issue now is that I installed a new water cooling system and I'm able to push my rig E6750 to 3.75Ghz on 1.45vcore. temps are: idle - 29c - 31c full load CPU at 100% for 5 minutes or more (crysis) - 40 - 43c when my cpu was at 3.2Ghz with old bigwater cooling system i got windows 7 index for the cpu at 6.8 now thats It at 3.75Ghz its still at 6.8 is 6.8 the upper limit score for dual cores??? must I have a quad core to pass this? i have a q9550 at work that puts out an index of 7.2 at 3.2Ghz.. any thoughts??? __________________ Intel 2600K - ASRock Fatality1 Pro(Gen3) -16GB Ram 8-8-8-24 - M4 128GB Last edited by me972; Nov 30, 2009 at 06:22 PM.

Nov 30, 2009, 07:35 PM	#3
mmd_danish HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: India Posts: 53 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking you really need quad power...to go beyond tht

Dec 6, 2009, 05:41 PM	#5
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking I would not pay much attention to wei scores but I do notice that it takes my 9650 about 500MHz for each .1 point. For example I score 7.3@3.3GHz and 7.5@4.3GHz...

Dec 6, 2009, 08:15 PM	#6
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,919 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking I think it's only meant to drive hardware sales. If you look at the Share your Windows 7 Experience Index thread, you'll notice that a bunch of people has overall score of 5.9, which is what most of us are getting as our hard drive index. Of course, not all of our drives perform the same, but that's as high as you can get with a mechanical hard drive, and then a user with all other indexes significantly higher than that might think "Wow, this obsolete piece of junk is really bottlenecking my system, I'd better spend a few hundred quid on an SSD." EDIT: I noticed one user with 6.9 score for the CPU, but, according to his specs, his E3200 is OCed to 4GHz. That's probably the absolute max for a dual core. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Dec 6, 2009, 08:41 PM	#7
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking

Dec 8, 2009, 05:06 PM	Thread Starter #8
me972 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	Re: Windows 7 Experience Index and Overclocking well I managed to stable my system with new settings. the ones from last week some times crashed my PC.. the new ones are even beter.. take a look at my cpu-z validator sig.. pc runs like a charm at only 33c idle and 45 full load.. edit: eny one have a clue how i can get a q9550 for a good price??? __________________ Intel 2600K - ASRock Fatality1 Pro(Gen3) -16GB Ram 8-8-8-24 - M4 128GB Last edited by me972; Dec 8, 2009 at 05:11 PM.