Windows 7 Experience Index

Firstly, this has now been increased by a further two points to a maximum of 7.9.

How well is your machine scoring using this new index compared with Vista?
 
I think there is a bug in that when it starts (manual trigger) the glass at the top becomes more opaque and darker, and I'm not so confident this is working well. Surely if your graphics card gets a 5.9 in Vista, then it should be slightly more or less than 5.9 and not 3.5 as is the case in Windows 7, or is this new H.264/MPEG-4 AVC technology raising the bar?

My score was a 5.7 in Vista and is a 5.9 in Win 7.
Some scores are higher than they were in Vista because they hit the cap.  I was always baffled why I had a 5.7 (memory) and not a 5.9 in Vista because when I built it I was trying for a 5.9 across the board. 

So to answer the question...  I think the tests are working slightly better in Win 7 on my current setup.

blowdart said:

JeremyJ said:

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Cap? Naw, it's a conspiracy. All scores will increase so gamer tards will rush out and buy it.

That actually made no sense.  The scores that gamers are concerned with are not the experience index.  Once machines hit 5.9 in Vista the score became useless in determining performance.  Actually most gamers have never used Vista because game performance was slightly lower.

blowdart said:

JeremyJ said:

*snip*

I really need to be more specific in marking sarcasm don't I?

My newly built desktop on Win7:

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 (2.66 GHz 4 physical cores with HT)
Score: 7.4

RAM: Dual-channel Corsair DDR 3 Ram, (1GB x 2)
Score: 5.5

Graphics: XFX nVidia Geforce 9800 GT
Score for Aero: 7.9
Score for Gaming: 5.9

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 500 GB
Score: 5.9


Can anyone tell me if it is the amount of RAM that is pulling the score down?

blowdart said:

JeremyJ said:

*snip*

I really need to be more specific in marking sarcasm don't I?

Nope... I got that it was sarcasm... it just wasn't very good sarcasm.

In Vista I increased my FSB (Core2 CPU) by 10% and went from 5.4 / 5.9 Hmmmmm

Skriker V1.0 said:

In Vista I increased my FSB (Core2 CPU) by 10% and went from 5.4 / 5.9 Hmmmmm

My DELL XPS M1530 Laptop

Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9500 @ 2.60GHz
Score: 6.2

Memory Dual-channel Hyundai Electronics DDR2 Ram, (2GB x 2)
4GB
Score: 5.9

Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (Prerelease - WDDM 1.1)
Score: 5.6

Gaming graphics
2047 MB Total available graphics memory
Score: 5.0

Hard drive
AHCI Driver Problems
Score: 1.9

Skriker V1.0 said:

In Vista I increased my FSB (Core2 CPU) by 10% and went from 5.4 / 5.9 Hmmmmm

well its faster than vista so the machine scores are higher?

4.4
cpu 4.4
ram 4.5
aero 7.9
game 5.8
hdd 5.3

My good buddy has two GeForce 8800 GTS's, and they score exactly the same with SLI on or off.  I find that suspicious.

CPU (Core 2 Duo E6600): 5.8
RAM (6GB DDR2): 5.8
Graphics (HD3850 512MB): 7.9
Gaming: 6.2
Hard Drive (500GB SATA2): 5.9

CPU is the same as on Vista, memory is 0.2 higher.