Windows 7 Performance Score

Mac Daddy · Jul 20, 2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Another "just out of curiosity" question: what build of Windows 7 are you guys using? Are you using the one off of Microsofts site directly (build 7100), or are you guys using any of the interim builds?

The RC (build 7100) that Microsoft emailed me the link for.

isaak · Jul 21, 2009, 08:22 AM

Me too. Has anyone downloaded the leaked RTM?

Tipstaff · Jul 21, 2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by isaak

Me too. Has anyone downloaded the leaked RTM?

I have build 7229 installed, and have 7600 (7600.16385) here somewhere. You can't use the beta keys, however, with the latest build (nor any builds after 7229.. or somewhere around there). Interesting thing is that with build 7229 my hard drive scores went up 1 point, and increased again when I changed my RAID0 from a 64k to a 128k stripping size (having too many errors, and recoveries because of those errors pop up with it set to 64k).

Anyways, as I mentioned in another thread I wouldn't take the scores too seriously, and I sure as hell wouldn't spend my time worrying about why I get a 5.9 instead of a 6 on my hard drive scores, or that my overall score is 5.9 thanks to my hard drive being the lowest scored item. Who cares. It's just a stupid score that has yet to mean anything of significance. Microsoft intended this to enhance consumers understanding of how a game might run on their system, yet every game that comes out still has specs on their boxes, and the ones that have had Index scores usually only come from Microsoft.. if even that (I think Shadowrun and Halo 2 had Index scores, but can anyone recall anything else having them?).

swimtech · Aug 9, 2009, 09:27 PM

Well, here's mine from the RTM 64bit Ultimate:

Shot at 2009-08-09

Chanur · Aug 11, 2009, 03:02 PM

It's worth noting that the scoring system was changed between the Beta and the RC builds.

As Erroneus suggested, Windows 7 caps the hard drive score to 5.9 for a mechanical hard drive. Only fast SSD's will be able to score higher than a 5.9. One example is that a person can RAID as many Raptors together as they want, but it isn't going to decrease the access latency at all.

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Originally Posted by PH3N0M

What's even more odd is that it scores higher than my Raptor hard drives.

You should look up some recent hard drive reviews, I've seen plenty where recent drives outperformed the VelociRaptor in some of the tests. It's a combination of factors that affect performance: latency, burst speed, cache size, and importantly platter density. Platter density is what hurts Raptors the most.

Microsoft has stated that the CPU score of 7.9 was optimized for octi-core systems. More info on the WEI specifics is found here. They changed the SSD scoring as well in the RC build, they explained it elsewhere on that site.

Just for fun here's mine for Windows 7 64bit RC build... old 7200.11 750GB drive and the original vanilla GTX 260. I love the CPU and memory scores... I had to tighten the timings to hit 7.9 on the memory. Obviously either a Vertex or an Intel G2 SSD is in my future, after that the GTX 260 will become the bottleneck.

Chert · Aug 12, 2009, 05:59 PM

i'm getting scores of 7.6, 7.7, 7.4, 7.4 and 5.9 respectively for my system.

BlueMak · Aug 12, 2009, 07:45 PM

Is the W7 performance test available as a seperate download? I wonder what it would tell me while running Vista 64.

And no, I am not going to install W7 just for the test. :-p

[hobo]eclipse · Aug 12, 2009, 09:35 PM

as stated, defiantly fubared score as my 7.1 on both GPU scores with an oc'd hd3870 doesnt jive well with the others here who have far more powerful cards, or even 2 of this very card.

Chanur · Aug 13, 2009, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by [hobo]eclipse

as stated, defiantly fubared score as my 7.1 on both GPU scores with an oc'd hd3870 doesnt jive well with the others here who have far more powerful cards, or even 2 of this very card.

7.1 GPU scores in Windows 7 RC? That would be really screwy if so, a GTX 260 should outperform two of those in SLI.

OmegaRED · Aug 19, 2009, 04:13 AM

It's refreshing to see the scores are lower this time around because in Vista pretty much everyone maxed out the performance scale with ease. Microsoft realized faster hardware will be out in the next 2-3 years so the benchmark takes this into account.

I'd like to see how RAID SSD's will score.

PH3N0M · Aug 19, 2009, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by swimtech

Well, here's mine from the RTM 64bit Ultimate:

Shot at 2009-08-09

That proves how flawed the performance scoring is. A 3870 doesn't outperform a GTX 285 and according to your score, it does.

According to the chart below, the GTX 280 outperforms the 3870X2. What isn't shown, is the GTX 285, which outperforms the GTX 280. How your 3870s in crossfire scored higher than my 285s, I haven't a clue.

PH3N0M · Aug 19, 2009, 06:30 AM

This is my latest score.

dodobv · Aug 19, 2009, 01:03 PM

My latest with RTM version: 5.7.

Looks like little-old hdd is pullin me down.

OmegaRED · Aug 19, 2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PH3N0M

How your 3870s in crossfire scored higher than my 285s, I haven't a clue.

Maybe because the 3870 has DX10.1 and the benchmark awards higher points for that?

blibbax · Aug 19, 2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Maybe because the 3870 has DX10.1 and the benchmark awards higher points for that?

No, as Zardon's 285s were scoring 7.9

isaak · Aug 20, 2009, 01:38 PM

Wait..so Zardon's 285s got 7.9 but ph3noms get 7.2?

PH3N0M · Aug 20, 2009, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by isaak

Wait..so Zardon's 285s got 7.9 but ph3noms get 7.2?

Zardon probably overclocked his just a bit. I have mine at the stock settings.

BlueMak · Aug 20, 2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by isaak

Wait..so Zardon's 285s got 7.9 but ph3noms get 7.2?

Zardon's aura affected the system and it ran faster. It doesn't need any overclocking.

OldBuzzard · Aug 23, 2009, 04:05 PM

I bought a refurbished ASUS eee 900 with a 16GB SSD in it from MICROCENTER for a whopping $199.00 last week.

I pulled the 1GB memory, dropped in 2GB of Corsair Value Select, and just installed Win 7 on it. You can see the results below.

The HDD score isn't too shabby, but the rest of the numbers...

Still, Win 7 seems to be running on it as well or better than XP did.

swimtech · Aug 23, 2009, 04:34 PM

In the real world, Crossfired 3870's perform a tad better than a single 4850 it seems, as a general guide.

I was thinking the same about DX 10.1 support for the scoring, but don't know for sure...

PH3N0M · Aug 25, 2009, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by swimtech

In the real world, Crossfired 3870's perform a tad better than a single 4850 it seems, as a general guide.

I was thinking the same about DX 10.1 support for the scoring, but don't know for sure...

The 3870's perform better than a single 4850 because they utilize more bandwidth by having a single card on each rail rather than having one big gpu, or even 2, on one rail.

Jul 21, 2009, 08:22 AM	#32
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,443 Rep Power: 42 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score Me too. Has anyone downloaded the leaked RTM? __________________ Q9450 @ 3.2GHz ~ P5K Pro ~ 6GB @ 961MHz ~ 4870 512MB ~ 60GB Vertex SSD + 1.32TB ~ Antec 650W ~ CoolerMaster HAF932 Intel Atom 330 @ 1.6Hz ~ Zotac IONITX-G-E ~ 2GB @ 800MHz ~ nVidia Ion ~ 1TB ~ Generic 300W ~ Custom Lego

Aug 9, 2009, 09:27 PM	#34
swimtech At Your Service... Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,012 Rep Power: 106 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score Well, here's mine from the RTM 64bit Ultimate: Shot at 2009-08-09 __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Aug 12, 2009, 05:59 PM	#36
Chert HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score i'm getting scores of 7.6, 7.7, 7.4, 7.4 and 5.9 respectively for my system.

Aug 12, 2009, 07:45 PM	#37
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 9,665 Rep Power: 179 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score Is the W7 performance test available as a seperate download? I wonder what it would tell me while running Vista 64. And no, I am not going to install W7 just for the test. :-p __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Aug 12, 2009, 09:35 PM	#38
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,691 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score as stated, defiantly fubared score as my 7.1 on both GPU scores with an oc'd hd3870 doesnt jive well with the others here who have far more powerful cards, or even 2 of this very card. __________________ know your enemy who is beyond the law?

Aug 19, 2009, 04:13 AM	#40
OmegaRED HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,032 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score It's refreshing to see the scores are lower this time around because in Vista pretty much everyone maxed out the performance scale with ease. Microsoft realized faster hardware will be out in the next 2-3 years so the benchmark takes this into account. I'd like to see how RAID SSD's will score. __________________ E Penis Specs (Upgraded!) <------------- See System Specs

Aug 19, 2009, 06:30 AM	#42
PH3N0M The Master of Sarcasm Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The U.S. of A Posts: 348 Rep Power: 23 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score This is my latest score. __________________

Aug 19, 2009, 01:03 PM	#43
dodobv HH HH HH :) Join Date: May 2008 Location: ROM Posts: 515 Rep Power: 20	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score My latest with RTM version: 5.7. Looks like little-old hdd is pullin me down.

Aug 20, 2009, 01:38 PM	#46
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,443 Rep Power: 42 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score Wait..so Zardon's 285s got 7.9 but ph3noms get 7.2? __________________ Q9450 @ 3.2GHz ~ P5K Pro ~ 6GB @ 961MHz ~ 4870 512MB ~ 60GB Vertex SSD + 1.32TB ~ Antec 650W ~ CoolerMaster HAF932 Intel Atom 330 @ 1.6Hz ~ Zotac IONITX-G-E ~ 2GB @ 800MHz ~ nVidia Ion ~ 1TB ~ Generic 300W ~ Custom Lego

Aug 23, 2009, 04:05 PM	#49
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek? Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 2,362 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score I bought a refurbished ASUS eee 900 with a 16GB SSD in it from MICROCENTER for a whopping $199.00 last week. I pulled the 1GB memory, dropped in 2GB of Corsair Value Select, and just installed Win 7 on it. You can see the results below. The HDD score isn't too shabby, but the rest of the numbers... Still, Win 7 seems to be running on it as well or better than XP did. Attached Thumbnails __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY

Aug 23, 2009, 04:34 PM	#50
swimtech At Your Service... Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,012 Rep Power: 106 System Specs	Re: Windows 7 Performance Score In the real world, Crossfired 3870's perform a tad better than a single 4850 it seems, as a general guide. I was thinking the same about DX 10.1 support for the scoring, but don't know for sure... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.