Low System Rating Score (Windows Experience Index)

Hi i am new to this site so are say sorry now ! i have just got my new PC together all going OK i have windows 7 pro with phenom II x4 965 my motherboard is foxconn a74ml-k but my index score on my CPU is ony 3.7 when it should be 6 ish any thoughts on this ? if someone here does have a phenom II x4 965 chip i would love to know your score just out of interest.

Hi gs1522 & welcome to Windows 7 Forums

AMD phenom II and you got 3.7 i would have thought you would have got a better rate but there are a couple of members here and quite a few people i know that have good and up to high end hardware who have a lower rating then they expected, maybe you would like to run some benchmarks of your own This is a good place to start

You may just need a motherboard update.
Browse to your motherboard (foxconn) manufacturer's webpage . and have a look for updated firmware. Follow the instructions.
I found this:
http://www.foxconnsupport.com/downlo...=&sort=Drivers

Thank you both for getting back to me i am new ish to all this i did run CPU pro it said that my CPU was running at MHz is this right as i know my CPU runs at 3.4Hz i know i could be reading this very wrong ?

with the bios update the only one i could find is 961f1p01 and mine right now is 961f1p02.not sure what to do next.

You can see your CPU MHz in your BIOS (just don't alter any settings if your not familiar with BIOS)

my bios is saying 800mhz but just had a look on the net my cpu runs at 3.4ghz am i thinking something is not right or am i reading this wrong ?

Your looking at MHz and GHz 3.4 is right for your CPU , would you say your Computer is running well ?

It seems to be ok i thought it would run a bit quicker ! what is the 800mhz

Is that quicker according to your WEI ? or as you use your system ?

am sorry not sure what WEI means .