For a decent read about what the Windows Experience Index involves, have a read of this. It doesn't go into a lot of technical depth, however it is enlightening.
Now, I have a few computers here right now that I'm running Windows 8 on and below I've listed the scores as well as scores from other people's computers that I've been able to verify. I'm particularly interested in the HDD/SSD and RAM scores for use in regular daily office use. CPU usage is rarely ever an issue (on modern PCs), but more so as a comparison between tablets, ultrabooks, notebooks and desktops to see if one could be usable for extended periods. The component/figure in bold is the base score (determined by the lowest subscore). Also, as more figures are obtained, I'll add them to this table.
(If you want to send me details to add to this list, please send the following:
* Screen capture of Control Panel\System and Security\System
* Screen capture of Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Performance Information and Tools
* Screen Capture of Device Manager showing your HDDs (and highlighting the Primary HDD if you have more than 1 installed)
* A zipped HTML output from CPU-z
as all of the above give me the detail I need to complete this table.)
| System | Component | Score |
| Alan Burchill's Desktop Win 8 Pro x64 | CPU - Core i7 2700K @ 3.50GHz RAM - 16GB RAM Graphics - Unknown Gaming Graphics - Unknown Primary SSD - Intel X25-M 160 GB | 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.5 7.6 |
| Roy Adams' Dell M4700 Win 8 Pro x64 | CPU - Core i7 3740QM @ 2.70GHz RAM - GB RAM Graphics - Intel HD 4000 Gaming Graphics -Intel HD 4000 Primary SSD - Samsung PM830 256 GB | 7.9 7.9 6.7 6.7 8.1 |
| Hilton's Desktop Bus Speed O/C to 166 MHz Win 8 Pro x64 | CPU - Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz RAM - 3*4 GB A-RAM PC-12000 (1600 MHz) Graphics - 2 * Gigabyte HD4850 Fanless Gaming Graphics - 2 * GV-R485MC-1GI Primary SSD - A-RAM AR120GBE 120 GB | 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.7 |
| Dell XPS L501x Notebook Win 8 Pro x64 | CPU - Core i7-740QM @ 1.73 GHz RAM - 2*4GB HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 (667 MHz) Graphics - nVidia GeForce GT435M 2GB Gaming Graphics - nVidia GeForce GT435M 2GB Primary HDD - Toshiba MK6461GSY 640 GB | 7.1 7.4 5.6 6.6 5.9 |
| Dell XPS 12 Notebook Win 8 Pro x64 | CPU - Core i7-3537U @ 2.00 GHz RAM - 2*4GB DDR3 (667 MHz) Graphics - Intel HD 4000 2GB Gaming Graphics - Intel HD 4000 2GB Primary SSD - LITEONIT LMT-256M6M 256 GB | 7.1 7.4 5.4 6.4 8.1 |
2 comments:
I don't see my Windows 8 submission up yet... ;)
Alan, that's because I don't have all the information I need to post a proper entry - there's no information on the video card in your system, so there's 2 lines that would be incomplete. :)
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