Share Your Windows Vista Experience Index Score
ShareYourScore.com is a site where you can upload your Windows Vista Experience Index assessment and share it with the world. You can also take a look at other people's top scores, and even see average scores for a particular component. This site could be useful for troubleshooting, since you can see what other people with the same components scored. I'm hoping they expand the site's functionality in the future, but it's a good start.
If you are unfamiliar with the Windows Experience Index, just open Control Panel, and type in performance into the search box. You should already see your score, calculated when you installed Vista for the first time.
Once you've uploaded your score, they will even give you the html so that you can put the score as a badge on your own site:
Looks like my computer is really not too bad, I just need a faster processor. So how well did my video card stack up? Here's my performance information from Windows Vista:
And here's what ShareYourScore has to say for the average scores on my video card:
Looks like I'm in the same range, good stuff.
Go to the site: ShareYourScore.com
lol I done mine and it is 4.6
Is that bad or good? If that is out of 10 than I would say it is crap :/
I mine scored 4.5…think thats ok.
I think it's out of 5.9, 3 is about average for a recent low-end and over 5 being a high-end PC. Although as time and hardware spec progress your scores will decrease.
Hehe Mines a 5.3 woot!
I've got 5.3 aswell, wooop wooop! For those interested, I'm running on: AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5600+ (2.8Ghz), 256mb nVidia Geforce 8600GT, 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD.
oh btw, its not out of 10, the max you can get is currently 5.9. But Microsoft have said so themselves that they will soon have to increase the maximum score as computers get better. Apparantly the transion of 1 whole number, like 6.0 - 7.0, will take place every 12-18 months. So assuming vista lasts for about 5-7 years, we'll expect to see scores of anything from 10-12!
Hehe, out of the box, my 64bit HP scored a 3.2 on graphics.
mine is 3.0……its a 3.0 ghz pro. mirage 3 graphics is that n e good?????
i wnt to play halo 2 on it, is it possible
Mine is 5.5
5.5 for the X2 6000+ and the rest 5.9 and that is: 3GB RAM DDR2 667Mhz of Kingston, Sapphire HD3870 512MB GDDR4, Seagate 250GB SATA2 16MB Cache.
my lowest was 2.8 - AMD 64 x2 1.9/1MB
Windows Vista Ultimate x64: Mine is 5.5
(determined by the lowest number) I have one 5.5; one 5.7; and all others, including graphics is 5.9. [C2D-E6750; Leadtek 8800GT 512 GDDR3; 2Gb Corsair 800Mhz XMS2 HDX; WD 500Gb]…. I will OC..
I got a 5.5, my hdd and cpu read 5.5 the rest was 5.9, need to overclock my cpu i recon, its at standard clocks atm 2.4ghz c2d 6600, i had it to 3.2ghz before though and it was stable so then that just leads my hdd, you recon the sata tweak will increase that score?
Mine is 5.9. I hope Microsoft ups the numbers past 6 soon so I can see how mine compares to other high end systems on this.
System specs:
Core2Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz
4gb PC2 6400 (2X2gb) @ 830mhz w/ timmings @ 5-4-4-12
EVGA 8800GTS 512MB (G92) @ 793mhz core & 1060mhz mem
2X WD Raptor X 150gb HDDs (RAID 0)
Mine is 3.9
Does this mean my PC is considered OK?
What is the min. and max range?
Need a speedy reply if possible.
Minimum is 1 and Maximum is 5.9
You're PC is OK but what do you do with it?
I don't think it's a high end game PC
I have to update my last score. 5,7 running a Core 2 Duo 6750. See above. Tuned CPU to 3,2 Ghz.
WOW , mine scored a 6.3 !
haha lol you really can have 6.3….. Just edit an file =D
From everything I've seen on performance indexing, anything above 3.0 is fair enough to run just about anything except the most graphic-intensive games. Mine has scored a 4.2, only because I'm running 2GB of RAM. After the upgrade to 4GB, I'm sure that will increase.
I installed an EVGA GeForce8800GTS last night. The graphics scores are 5.9, and the memory operations jumped from 3.9 to 4.2 because it no-longer has to share RAM with the on-board graphics card.
Anyone out there with higher than a 3.5 your computer is powerful enough for just about anything out there. JAMES! - Your's should run Halo2, but it may not use the highest quality graphics settings.
Yes, Windows Vista rocks for this & DX10.
The score off you're memory depends on the rest off you're system.
In the past I had a Pentium 4 524 with an score of 4.2.
My memory had an score off 4.4 or something. Now I have the SAME memory in a new system and it has a score off 5.9 now.
I scored 5.5 on my index Im guessing that pretty up there.
By the way if anyone is wondering im running as follows:
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600@2.5Ghz OC, 3GB DDR2 800Mhz, 500GB SATA HD, 8600GT OC 695core/750Ram
My score is 5.9.
All components are 5.9
Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6
Intel E6850@3.6GHz
2 GB DDR2 Corsair Dominator CM2X1024-9136C5D 1143MHz ( Memory Timings 5-5-5-15 )
XFX 8800GT 512MB GPU Clock 640 MHz - DDR3 1901 MHz
2 x (Raid 0) 600GB 8MB Cache and 1TB 32MB Cache
Can someone please tell me why my "over kill" 4Gb RAM only scores a 4.8 ???
My score is 3.0
Processor = 5.1
Memory = 4.8
Graphics = 3.6
Gamng Graphics = 3.0
Primary HD = 5.6
E4500 2.2GHZ
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Motherboard MSI P35 Neo-F (aka MS-7360)
Memory 4Gb (DDR2 -667)
Graphics Card ASUS NX7200GS (256MB) ~Lets me down
Hard Drive 160Gb (+ 2x 250Gb Lacie)
Vista Home Premium
Monitor Samsung 22″ SM2232BW
same with me i added 2 more gigs to my computer and nothing, the score never went up… its not how much ram you have, it is the relationship between the ram and the cpu… so i removed the 4 gigs and left 2 now…
now i upgraded to q6600 and score 5.4
7600gt holding me back…
I got 5.9 all round
Intel Q6600 @ 333 x 9 (3Ghz)
Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus
2GB OCZ SLI ready memory DDR2 @ 1066Mhz
EVGA 8800GT SSC Edition
Vista Business Edition
Ive got a base score of 4.8
E4500 2.2ghz score =5.1
4GB Ram pc6400 =4.8
Graphics =5.9
x2 7600GT's =5.6
HD 250GB sataII 16mb =5.9
My RAM score of 4.8 has been bugging me too Grizlore….i think Gabriels maybe right on the cpu theory…ive been unable to increase my score ive tried different timings + voltages within BIOS with no effect on the score.
I will try removing two sticks to see if it makes a difference.
P.S my base score prior to SP1 release was 5.2…i used to get 5.4 for cpu and 5.2 for RAM.
R15K, I got the same score as you on the RAM at 4.8. I just upgraded from 2 GIG of RAM to 4 GIG and my score did not incease. ERR. Im thinking it has to do with the CPU. CPU got a 4.8 also (Pentium Duo 1.8 4300 not exactly the fast dual core chip out now lol) I'll be looking arounf the net for tips. Take care.
Thanks for the info JzJake.I tried removing 2 sticks like i mentioned,it had no effect on the score either,so the amount of ram you have no matter what the timings are etc has no effect,however if i had a top end cpu both scores would probably be a 5.9.
Hey, you don;t need to have such high scores unless you are graphic designer or other crap. Why do u need to have that. A score of 4 to 5 is enough, if you are a true gamer then just buy a X360 or a ps3, they are awesome. you don't need to spend so much money unless you need to do some graphic designing or video editing that use a lot of system resources
My computer has a rating of 3.2 (i know that sucks) thats beacause of the graphics card and the rest are above 5.
for gaming i have got a PS3! so i don't really care about the graphics card about my computer because it can give me AERO, run powerfull photo editing software etc.
[QUOTE=Naved]if you are a true gamer then just buy a X360 or a ps3[/QUOTE]
lol, ya right..
5.9 on everything except CPU which got 5.7
Guess I'll have to overclock the E8400 from 3 ghz to 3.6
Amd 6000+ = 5,4
Ram 2G KIT GEIL = 5,9
Graphics GF 9600GT = 5,9
Gaming graphics = 5,9
Primary HDD 2x 250G = 5,4
Finaly 5,4
Lol mine X2 6000+ got a 5.5
5.6 on my new PC
Processor 5.9 - Q6700 @2.66 GHz
Memory 5.6 - 2GB DDR II
Graphics 5.9 - 8800 GT
Gaming Graphics 5.9
Primary HDD 5.6 - 320GB SATA
Ha ha. I got a 5.7, and that's on a MAC! hahahahaha!
Of course, I've got 10 gigs of 800Mhz DDR2 memory, 8 cores of CPU, plus a NVIDIA 8800GT gpu. Crysis64, here I come
Processor (3 core 2.1 Ghz Pgenom) 5.3
Memory operations per second (3 GB ram) 5.9
Graphic card GeForce 7600 GS with 512 MB ram — 4.2
Hard disk (360 GB) — 5.9
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total: 4.2
I guess the total score is always the lowest factor, which in my case is graphic card which scores 4.2. The integerated graphic card I had before (geforce 6150) scored 3.0. Even though I am don't play high end games on the computer, I see huge improvement in display quality in vista just by putting the cheap $50 geforce 7600 GS.
The Windows Experience Index measures the capability of your computer's hardware and software configuration and expresses this measurement as a number called a base score. A higher base score generally means that your computer will perform better and faster than a computer with a lower base score, especially when performing more advanced and resource-intensive tasks.
Each hardware component receives an individual subscore. Your computer's base score is determined by the lowest subscore. For example, if the lowest subscore of an individual hardware component is 2.6, then the base score is 2.6. The base score is not an average of the combined subscores.
You can use the base score to confidently buy programs and other software that are matched to your computer's base score. For example, if your computer has a base score of 3.3, then you can confidently purchase any software designed for this version of Windows that requires a computer with a base score of 3 or lower.
The base scores currently range from 1 to 5.9. The Windows Experience Index is designed to accommodate advances in computer technology. As hardware speed and performance improves, higher base scores will be introduced. However, the standards for each level of the index stay the same. For example, a computer scored as a 2.8 will remain a 2.8 unless you decide to upgrade the computer's hardware.
Mine is 3.1.
D:
I hate my graphics card.
If it weren't for that I would be atleast a 4.5.
@ graficas….nice article from microsoft:)
processor: 5.9
Ram: 5.5 (i upgraded from 3 to 4 gigs, nothing changed)
Graphics: 5.9
Gaming Graphics: 5.5
Hard Drive: 5.6
TOTAL: 5.5
Running Acer apire M5620,intel duo core quad Q6600, geforce 8600GT, 500GB hard drive
my score is 5.0 i have a toshiba x200 windows vista ultimate intel core 2 duo 2.1ghz and 3 gb of ram and duel nvidia geforce 8600m gt at 1200 mb of ram and 350gb hard drive
Processor = 5.2 (Athlon X2 5000+ @ 2.7Ghz)
Memory = 5.9 (2GB DDR2 800 in Dual Channel)
Desktop Graphics = 5.9 (Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB O/C)
Gaming Graphics = 5.9 (Nvidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB O/C)
Hard Disk = 5.9 (250GB SATA2 = Main & 160GB SATA1 = Storage)
Overal = 5.2 (Proud of my rig, only built it a fortnight ago, from Athlon XP 2000 and GeForce 5200)
Processor = 5.7 (Pentium Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz)
Memory = 5.9 (8GB DDR2 8190MB)
Desktop Graphics 5.9 (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT)
Gaming Graphics = 5.9 (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT)
Hard Disk = 5.7 (500GB SATA)
Overall = 5.7 (Pretty Nice Setup, definitely will overclock and will get to about 5.8 or 5.9 well see in a few days)
5.6 is my lowest and its the vid card that i haven't replaced =D
Processor = 5.1 (intel Core 2 Duo 2.1ghz)
Memory = 5.0 (3GB DDR2)
Desktop Graphics 5.9 (Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT)
Gaming Graphics = 5.5 (Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with NVIDIA SLI Up to 1279MB with TurboCache)
Hard Disk = 5.1 (320GB SATA)
and this is a laptop im talking about
My score is 5.5 all 5.9 exept for cpu wich is 5.5
E8400 3.0 ghz stock speed 8 gig reaper 1066 ram, 9800gtx ge force 512ddr 3, raptor 150 gig HD, vista ultimate 64. now the question is would i still be able to play COH on 64 bit ????
AMD64 Phenom X4 9500 2.2ghz = 5.9
4GB DDR2 @ 667mhz = 5.9
Desktop GeForce 8600 GS 512MB = 5,8
Gaming GeForce 8600 GS 512MB = 5,4
500GB SATA2 HD = 5,7
ACER Aspire M5100
AMD64 Phenom X4 9550 2.3ghz = 5.9
4GB DDR2 800mhz = 5.9
Desktop 8800GTS = 5.9
Gaming 8800GTS = 5.9
2x 250gb SATA hdd = 5.6
stupid hard drives… i want SDD's damnit…
my asus striker extreme 680i sli using 32 bit windows vista 2gig memory intel q6600 quad core at 1066mhz msi nx8500gt graphic card scored a 5.0 will be geting the new 64 bit here soon with 8gb memory and i will post new scores as i just built up the computer yesterday so i take it not so bad with a seeing as i only have 2 gig memory
processor score -5.9
memory (ram)-5.7
graphics-5.2
primary hard disk-5.8
im kinda of a noob to all this computer stuff so help me out to maybe improve also i would like to know does asus have a bios upgrade for the quad core 45nm at 1333 Fsb from what i was told the update has not came out yet is this true ???or are they not even going to come out with a bios update ???
More details about my computer
SCORE UPDATED
Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 5.9 5.5
Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 5.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 5.9
Gaming graphics 1663 MB Total available graphics memory 5.5
Primary hard disk 388GB Free (466GB Total) 5.8
Windows Vista ™ Home Premium
System
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Manufacturer ACER
Model Aspire M5620
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4
64-bit capable Yes
Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 466 GB
Disk partition (C:) 388 GB Free (466 GB Total)
Media drive (D:) CD/DVD
Graphics
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Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Total available graphics memory 1663 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1407 MB
Display adapter driver version 7.15.11.6906
Primary monitor resolution 1680×1050
DirectX version DirectX 10
Processor 5.4
Memory 5.1
Graphics 5.9
Gaming 5.8
Hard Disk 5.9
Gateway P-6831FX Laptop
512 meg Geforce 8800m GTS
T9300 C2D 2.5Ghz
4g generic ram (ordered 4g OCZ)
2x 250g hard drive raid 1
"Desktop Graphics 5.9 (Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT)"
how come people are getting such high desktop graphic scores.. my cards get me a 5.9 on gaming graphics, but only 5.0 on "desktop graphics"?
processor is at a respectable 5.4, ram is 5.9 and harddrive is also 5.9..
irritating to see one single score hold all of it back xD
using a 2x 8800m GTX(512mb each) SLi setup, 4gb ram, 7200rpm HDD's in RAID0 on 64 bit vista.
^
i know the benchmarks aren't exactly 100% accurate ( though they are an ingenious tool for helping new consumers purchase the correct machine if used properly) i'm wondering whether the 5.0 score means somethings wrong with my system somewhere.. which worries me.
there's always the danger of people placing too much importance into these scores, which could result in people wasting money buying big expensive upgrades to improve their numbers in ways they'll never actually need xD
I would download gpu-z and check if you card is running at the speed its rated for. i seen some run slower. and if it is running at x16 bus, on my laptop mine was running at x1 bus till i put it on performance mode.
mine is 3.0 running on a 55 dollar ecs mobo combo 5200xp and 1 gig of adata 800mhz 40 gig hd not bad for a 100 dollar computer i built
i have a asus stricker 680i sli gaming board about 400 for the board when i bought it built it up about a month ago 8 gigs memory 1.5 terabytes with sata drive at 32L2 catch and a western digi at 16L2 catch 500 gig.. thermaltake box with quad fans and 750w power supply witch is see threw with dual 7600s and also quad core q6600 at 2.4 ghz runs great i have not ran vista ulit yet have friends that cant play certain games on it witch sucks so i figure when they fix the bugs i might go for it to bad vista only reads about 3.2 gigs of memory if u pass this rate u will get a lower score on your test i have found runing 2 gigs improves your score to either 5.7 or 5.9 depending on the memory why i do not know ….
Hey i have a base score of 3.1……I recently bought this laptop… it had 1 gb ram and i upgraded it to 2gb.. it is an intel pentium dual core processor T2330@1.60 ghz and has 160 gb space……WHY DID I GET SUCH A LOW RATING??Plz help me on this..
because a laptop with that processor is not rated teh same as the compared model in a desktop. a dual core 1.60ghz intel is not a high spec machine when compared to a 3.0ghz quad core @ 1333bus and 12mgs ch
the rating is done by the 'worst' component. so if u have a £10,000 computer but stick a 16mg vga graphics card into it your score will still be 1.0
"the rating is done by the 'worst' component. so if u have a £10,000 computer but stick a 16mg vga graphics card into it your score will still be 1.0″
That's true but you shouldn't do that since it'll cause a lag in your performance, 1.0 is true score. 16MB? Do they even exist? lol. Vista score basically tells people to upgrade to optimal performance where bottlenecking is eliminated.
My Vista (5.9) rating system:
MSI K9A2 CF-F (V1.0) -Motherboard
AMD Phenom 9650 @2.3Ghz Quad -CPU
A-DATA PC6400 4Gig @800Mhz 1.8V - RAM
nVidia 8800 GTS 640MB/320Bit - Video Card
WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
FOR CPU score to get 5.9, all you need is at least a Quad-core.
-I'm not a high end PC user, but this will get me by for few hard-core gaming & video editing with 3D animations.
Peace!