Windows 7 "Experience Index" oddity....

CaptainHaplo · 01-18-10, 09:58 PM

Running Win7 Ultimate and swapped mb and processor.

I am running a Phenom II 955 quad core - which I swapped out from a old AMD x64 dual core at 2.2Ghz. Running the numbers - and something isn't right...

My old processor scored a 3 something... so I ran the WEI on this box just to see...

CPU scores at 3.6! What the devil??? AMD doesn't make a quad core optimizer like it did for its early dual cores - Windows SEES all 4 cores and supposedly is using them - but the properties show the chip correctly - except its at 802 Mhz (which multiplied by 4 would make the 3.2Ghz).

In addition - I installed CoH Tales of Valor - its testing shows POOR performance for the CPU. Something isn't quite kosher in the neighborhood, and I am confuzzeled as to what it might be.

Ideas?

(BTW - my next lowest score is 5.5 - on memory, with 5.9 on HD access and 6.8 on graphics and aero both.)

Arclight · 01-19-10, 11:55 AM

Grab CPU-Z and have a look at the actual numbers for the CPU.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

My guess is the CPU is locked to a low multiplier in the BIOS.

Maybe a power-saving option in the BIOS (ie. CPU doesn't ramp up to full power).

FIREWALL · 01-19-10, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

Grab CPU-Z and have a look at the actual numbers for the CPU.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

My guess is the CPU is locked to a low multiplier in the BIOS.

Maybe a power-saving option in the BIOS (ie. CPU doesn't ramp up to full power).

Arclight · 01-19-10, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Let's hope so.

AVGWarhawk · 01-19-10, 03:15 PM

I would go with that assessment. CPUID is a great program to check your stuff! BIOS setting is the first place I would go.

Bubblehead Nuke · 01-19-10, 08:41 PM

I am a AMD nerd.....

I'll bet you are running an older AM2 socket or a motherboard that is limited to 95 watts. The BIOS might be old and not supporting the 955. If any of these is true the CPU defaults to 800 mhz. That is the failsafe CPU speed that it defaults to.

That would make the WEI score correct. The older CPU running at 2.2 ghz would FAR outperform the 955 quad running at 800 mhz in this case.

Lets start with the basics:

What motherboard do you have?

01-18-10, 09:58 PM	#1
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Windows 7 "Experience Index" oddity.... Running Win7 Ultimate and swapped mb and processor. I am running a Phenom II 955 quad core - which I swapped out from a old AMD x64 dual core at 2.2Ghz. Running the numbers - and something isn't right... My old processor scored a 3 something... so I ran the WEI on this box just to see... CPU scores at 3.6! What the devil??? AMD doesn't make a quad core optimizer like it did for its early dual cores - Windows SEES all 4 cores and supposedly is using them - but the properties show the chip correctly - except its at 802 Mhz (which multiplied by 4 would make the 3.2Ghz). In addition - I installed CoH Tales of Valor - its testing shows POOR performance for the CPU. Something isn't quite kosher in the neighborhood, and I am confuzzeled as to what it might be. Ideas? (BTW - my next lowest score is 5.5 - on memory, with 5.9 on HD access and 6.8 on graphics and aero both.) __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

01-19-10, 11:55 AM	#2
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Grab CPU-Z and have a look at the actual numbers for the CPU. http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php My guess is the CPU is locked to a low multiplier in the BIOS. Maybe a power-saving option in the BIOS (ie. CPU doesn't ramp up to full power). __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

01-19-10, 03:15 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,282 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I would go with that assessment. CPUID is a great program to check your stuff! BIOS setting is the first place I would go. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-19-10, 08:41 PM	#6
Bubblehead Nuke XO Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 435 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I am a AMD nerd..... I'll bet you are running an older AM2 socket or a motherboard that is limited to 95 watts. The BIOS might be old and not supporting the 955. If any of these is true the CPU defaults to 800 mhz. That is the failsafe CPU speed that it defaults to. That would make the WEI score correct. The older CPU running at 2.2 ghz would FAR outperform the 955 quad running at 800 mhz in this case. Lets start with the basics: What motherboard do you have?