Performance Score

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I ran the performance score assessments and my base score is a 3.0.

Is this a good score?

Thanks,

yosh
 
Yoshi said:
I ran the performance score assessments and my base score is a 3.0.
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You need to look at the details as your overall score is only as high as the
lowest rated item, not any type of average.
 
That's around a mid-entry score. My computer got a 3.7 due to my CPU or
else it would be a 4.1. I would say it's a bad score if you're in the 1's.
If you're in the 2's, you're a little weak, but not that bad. If you're in
the 1's, your computer probably can't handle Vista very well.
 
Yoshi said:
I ran the performance score assessments and my base score is a 3.0.

Is this a good score?
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As Tom says, the score is based on the score of the worst component tested
in your system.

As to whether or not that is a good score, it depends on which component
defined that score, and how you were hoping to use this system.

My opinion:
Broadly speaking, a good system with a "balanced" score at the 3 range would
probably be a good "general use" business machine.

For home use, by which I mean games and leisure, you'll want higher scores
to really get the best out of Vista.

For specialist use in either environment, don't worry about the scores,
worry about what you already know about working in that specialist area.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Travis King [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:49 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Conversation: Performance Score
Subject: Re: Performance Score

If you're in the 1's, your computer probably can't handle Vista very
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well.

Well, I'd say it depends.

My score is 1 because of a non-Aero-capable video card. But you know
what, I can live without Aero Glass (until I buy a new video). My 3-D
games (i.e. Pray) run just as fine as in XP so this rating is IMO
slightly misleading regarding video performance.

Everything else is fine too (can't remember exact numbers) so I'd say my
computer can handle Vista quite well although it's in 1's.
 
My current score is 3.0 right now, due to my graphics being 3.2 and my
gaming graphics being 3.0. Other than that, my lowest score is 4.9 on my CPU,
5.3 on primary HDD, and 5.9 on ram.
As long as I am not trying to play super advanced games, all is good.
But trust that before I buy Vista, I will have a new viseo card, and new
processor. I am shooting for 5.0 as the minimum. :-)
 
My score is 1.5. Vista doesn't like PC133 SDRAM. I am running Home Basic
with the Standard UI and my PC runs fine. I don't play games so I don't need
a high game score.
So you can run Vista on 1GHz PIII. I do have a FX5500 w 256 ram with WDDM
which is why I can run the Standard UI. If you have the Video Card you can
run more than the Basic UI in Home Basic.
 
3is good, I get 4.8 low score memory, most other scores are 5.7 - 5.9

I do think this scoring is good.

I got a voucher to spend at PCWorld for about £1500, this meant I had to buy
one of there PCs.

I chose the most costly one as I had a voucher, it was labeled as a game PC
with a bleeding edge GPU.

turned out to have a £50 GPU that really sucked, I got really bad FPS on WoW
(around 15)

Now why is this relevant?

In the future , shops will most likely show the Vista Performance scores so
you can really make an informed choice if you don't know how got a GPU is
from the name / model number alone.

Steve
 
If there is one aspect I really like most of all about Vista, it is the
Window Experience Index.
And Steve, you are right, this benchmarking tool will become the
selling point for future computers. It is also a handy pricing guide. It
levels the playing field quite reasonably.
The reason is this. No matter whether you buy a gateway, HP, Alienware,
Dell, etc. Where they used to stager their prices in a broad range, it will
force a little more honesty, and even a little more performance push from the
manufacturers. No one os going to buy a Dell with a 3.2 overall WEI for $800,
when they can get an E-Machine, with a 3.9 WEI for $650.
This benchmarking is also a call for hardware manufacturers to rise up
and show what they can do as well. Companies like NVIDIA and ATI, will be in
competition for who can make the better cards, using the WEI for a proving
tool. Not to mention, a good bragging point for the twigets and geeks. for
the "I got a 6.9 computer! I bet you are oly a 4!" That's a joke by the way,
at least until it starts happening.
And for the end user, it helps in making better hardware upgrade
choices. You set your goal to fit your needs and get the gear to meet it. As
I said, my goal before buying Vista is a around a 5.0 (actually 4.9, because
I am not going to replace my processor yet. So all I need is a Video card and
I am ready to rock.
 
Still cannot get the stupid scrore means,

my nb is core dual 1gb memory 80gb hdd intel chipset video, and it get a 3
my home desktop is P4 2.6G 1gb memory 120gb hdd nvidia fx5600 video adapter,
and get 2.

my home pc run WOW pretty smoothly, but my nb run WOW slow like a turtle..

the score only ask you to purchase the expensive adapter, more powerful pc,
more memory, more hdd ,,,,, just for a useless AERO feature.
 
It is your FX 5600 that is choking you down. If you choose the review and
print option, it will break down your scores so you will be able to make
needed upgrades, knowing what you will need.
 
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