Windows Experience Index

I have a new PC I just built that is being rated "unfairly" by Windows 7:
Here are the details:
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 945 -> rated 7.3
Memory: 4 GIG DDR3 RAM -> rated 7.5
Graphics (Desktop Performance for Aero) -> rated 4.2
Gaming Graphics: ( NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1 MB Memory)-> 6.2
Primary Hard Disk: (1 TB Seagate SATA) -> rated 5.9 (cleaned and
defragmented)
The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P

I don't understand how the Graphics for Aero is is so much lower that the
Graphics for gaming? Also, how a SATA hard drive be rated so low? Any
thoughts about any tweaking I can do to improve some of these ratings?

Thanks, Mac

"mac" <> wrote in message
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> I have a new PC I just built that is being rated "unfairly" by Windows 7:
> Here are the details:
> Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 945 -> rated 7.3
> Memory: 4 GIG DDR3 RAM -> rated 7.5
> Graphics (Desktop Performance for Aero) -> rated 4.2
> Gaming Graphics: ( NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1 MB Memory)-> 6.2
> Primary Hard Disk: (1 TB Seagate SATA) -> rated 5.9 (cleaned and
> defragmented)
> The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
>
> I don't understand how the Graphics for Aero is is so much lower that the
> Graphics for gaming? Also, how a SATA hard drive be rated so low? Any
> thoughts about any tweaking I can do to improve some of these ratings?
>
> Thanks, Mac
>
>

Is the 9500 an on-board video card? If so, that may be why the rating is so
low. My notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 PCI-e has an Aero rating
of 5.6 and Gaming of 6.2. My SATAII drive is 5.8, not much different than
yours. Have you installed the latest and greatest video drivers?

SC Tom

I do have the latest NVidia graphic drivers. How come the Aero Rating is
more difficult than the Graphics Gaming ratio? I would have thought it be
the other way around?

mac

"mac" <> wrote in message
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> I do have the latest NVidia graphic drivers. How come the Aero Rating is
> more difficult than the Graphics Gaming ratio? I would have thought it be
> the other way around?
>
> mac

I don't have an answer for that. Vista was the same way. I kinda ignore
those anyhow- I can run heavy-duty games like BioShock and Painkiller I and
II on my notebook with no problems and my desktop looks fine, so what's the
big deal? As long as your PC performs to your expectations, that's all that
counts, IMHAWO.

SC Tom

There are SATA Drives and there are SATA Drives

eg >

Samsung Spin Point F1 SATAII 320GB 16Mb Cache Hard Drive <9.0ms 7200rpm

Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB 16Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive Serial ATA <4.2ms 10,000rpm

The Raptor will score better then the Samsung