560 beats a 580 on WEI?

Gallarian

June 3, 2012 9:39:19 PM

Hey guys,

A couple of my friends just bought PC's and we were all set up at my house. For a laugh we decided to all run a Windows Experience Index test and the results were strange...

My friends 560ti (7.6) beats my 580 (6.0) ... WTF?

Well after receiving much piss-taking, I thought Id ask you lot why you think this was? Expecially seeing as before I ran the WEI it had it down as 7.8.

My specs are superior to his in almost every way (he has a stock i5 3450, compared to my i5 2500k @ 4.6 ghz for example)

Note: I realise WEI doesnt mean ***, but its still annoying! haha

Cheers,

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ilysaml

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 12:28:15 AM

Like you said it doesn't mean ****, Sometimes this happen as a bug in the WIN due to a pirated copy, and sometimes the nVidia drivers or AMD ones crash on a particular test so it allows WEI to give this score, you could have run 3D Mark all so that you could laugh at them :lol:

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fantastik250

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 12:32:27 AM

As ilysaml, WEI means nothing. One day you can have a good score and another day you may not.

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geekapproved

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 12:45:40 AM

Have you compared any real benchmarks?

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willard

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 12:58:22 AM

WEI is fun for shits and giggles, but isn't worth stressing out over. I've reinstalled my OS several times in the last year, mostly from trying out Win8. Using the same disc and same drivers (I keep a "fresh install files" folder around) I get different results for the same hardware each time.

I've had my HD 6950 get anywhere from a 6.8 to 7.9. WEI is WEIrd.

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fantastik250

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 1:07:59 AM

^^^ I experience the same thing lol

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mocchan

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 1:24:24 AM

This thread is a good laugh to be honest lol.

My brother's Corsair Nova 2 (not the best SSD) can score anywhere from 5.5 to 7.6 :lol:

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maxh22

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 1:28:38 AM

try fix it utilities or CCleaner, I had a similar problem my gtx 670 had a score of 4.2 lol.

I fixed it with Fix it utilities,re-ran the assessment and it worked!

I got a 7.9 after I re-ran it

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amuffin

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 1:30:14 AM

7.4 WEI gtx 550ti.

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willard

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 1:32:44 AM

We need a thread for goofy WEI scores. Would be a great laugh. I'm sure some poor guy out there has a GTX 690 that got a 5.2 or something, lol.

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willard

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 1:56:49 AM

What memory are you using to get a 7.8? My lowly DDR3-1333 gets a 7.6, and my 2500k at 5.25 GHz only got me a 7.5, lol.

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amuffin

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 2:02:24 AM

7.8 CPU
7.8 RAM

i7-2600k @4.5ghz
Patriot Sector 7 @1333mhz

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fantastik250

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 2:29:05 AM

7.5 CPU, 7.5 RAM (DDR3 1066)

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mouse24

Graphics card Expert

June 4, 2012 2:48:47 AM

6.8 cpu (athlon 2 x3) 7.0 ram (4g DDR2 - 800mhz)

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cobra5000

June 4, 2012 2:52:29 AM

7.8 GPU Sapphire 5870
7.4 CPU 965@3.8

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JKatwyopc

Graphics card Expert

June 4, 2012 3:06:43 AM

I have dual Radeon HD 6870's in Xfire and my WEI is always 7.8 regardless of whether the second card is inserted or not. Actually, it was 7.7 when I first installed one 6870. Then it went up to 7.8 after OC'ing and it hasn't changed since despite haveing a seond one inserted and disabling any OC. My conclusion was exactly what everyone else is saying, WEI is meaningless. However, when I ran 3Dmark 11, two cards most definitely beat one by almost a factor of two.

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maxh22

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 2:44:55 PM

Phenom 980 @ 4.2ghz 7.5

8Gb ddr3 G skill Ram 7.5 ( i have two different rame speeds, one's tranfer rate is 12gbs and the other is 8gbs a second)

Gtx 670 7.9

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maxh22

Graphics card Authority

June 4, 2012 2:46:12 PM

JKatwyopc said:

I have dual Radeon HD 6870's in Xfire and my WEI is always 7.8 regardless of whether the second card is inserted or not. Actually, it was 7.7 when I first installed one 6870. Then it went up to 7.8 after OC'ing and it hasn't changed since despite haveing a seond one inserted and disabling any OC. My conclusion was exactly what everyone else is saying, WEI is meaningless. However, when I ran 3Dmark 11, two cards most definitely beat one by almost a factor of two.

WIE apparently doesn't support SLI/Crossfire :??:

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irfan88

June 4, 2012 5:26:29 PM

What the hell. It gives only 7.8 on my 580 as well. I mean the GTX 580 should definitely get a 7.9. Its true guys WEI is meaningless.

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fantastik250

Graphics card Master

June 4, 2012 5:37:36 PM

lol, WEI is full of fun smiles

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Gallarian

June 5, 2012 2:42:48 PM

Haha, I didnt think anyone replied to this because I didnt get any notifications!

Funny to see you guys have had or have seen similar stupid WEI numbers

Ill try a few things and see what I can get it to

Cheers,

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vmem

Graphics card Master

June 5, 2012 3:10:27 PM

7.6 CPU, 7.9 RAM

funny thing with CPU is that stock i5 2500k got me a 7.5, overclocking it to 4.6ghz got me to 7.6... then again, my 7970 has scored 7.9 on stock and 7.8 after OCing it to 1100mhz...

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