I like my computer:
AMD FX-8120 3.2GHz
16GB DDR3 1333MHz
Corsair Force 3 128GB SSD
AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
Windows 7 Professional

CPCookieMan

here's mine. I know, not much, really...

I fail!!!

My laptop:

Sorry I missed this.

Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Intel Core i5 2500k clocked at 3.3GHz (stock)
Intel X-25 (I think?) 80GB SSD.
WD 1.5TB Hard Drive (Obtained from one of the MyBook enclosures)
Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1600 (running at 1333) RAM (8GB)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k (not overclocked)
RAM: 12GB RAM
GPU: EVGA Geforce 480 1.5GB VRAM (not sli; not superclocked - unless I want to burn my house)
HDD: 2TB WD HDD
PSU: OCZ 750W

Laptop, HP G62-B45EM (Core i5 M 460 (2.53 GHz); 4 GB RAM; ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 (Switchable graphics); WD6400BEVT 640 GB Sata 2):


Desktop, 2006 custom built (Gigabyte GA-M55Plus-S3G; AMD Sempron 3000+ 1.61 GHz; 1 GB DDR2 533 MHz RAM; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 256 MB; WD16 00YS 160 GB Sata 2):


Screenshots not in english, but you get the idea...

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.6(Overclock).
RAM: 4gb, but 3.5Gb available because of bios problem.
GPU: Palit Geforce GT430 1gb.
HDD: Seagate ST3500418AS 500gb.

Desktop - selt-built, originally on an Asus P67 Pro motherboard but after that died I switched to an ASRock Z77 Pro board.



Overclocking to 5.0GHz takes the CPU score to 7.8.

Laptop - Clevo, from PC Specialist

Terrible. Only 4.2. Stupid AMD ATI card

Detailed information:
AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
Intel Core i5-430M 2.27GHz
4.00GB RAM (3.87 GB usable)
300GB HDD

The HD 4XXX series is pretty cheap and crapy, you know... But what can you do.

Anyway, here's my WEI from 8 RP on the laptop, please note that due to lack of driver support for the Radeon, I'm using Intel HD Graphics (*cough* crap *cough*) hence the lower score.

After my latest upgrade, so close:



If only it took into account multiple GPUs, rather than just returning the score of my first 6850

Crank that CPU up to 4GHz+ and you`ll probably hit the 7.9

Also what drivers are you running for the 6850s ? and are they OC'd for the WEI test ?

Why did you buy the "k" variant if not to overclock?

Actually, I think it's stupid that Microsoft determined the Windows Experience Index by lowest subscore. If you don't have a AMD ATI Radeon HD 7990, it would be impossible to reach above 7. BTW, Windows 8's highest score is 9.9, not 7.9.

Have they changed it for Windows 8?
(I'm running it off a vhd, so I can't do a test).

Not really, when you consider it was originally designed for an easy way to gauge system requirements. An average would have been useless in that case - since having a great CPU doesn't make up for having a crappy video card, for example.

True! That makes perfect sense now.

That is a good point. But still, you can get like below 4 just because of a single crapy component, while the rest is at 6 or more. Not that it matters anyway, but you know what I mean...

It only takes a single component to cripple a PC with a painful bottleneck.

Another good point.

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo.
A big truth also when it comes to computers.

If you ask me they'd better count the harddrive performance out.. My score is now 5,9 just because I'm not using a SSD but a mechanical drive.
All the others are 7 and up