New processor? - Page 4

divine · 08-06-2010, 22:32

I've just noticed your (presumably stock speed) Q8400 achieves a CPU rating of 7.2, a mere 0.1 behind my 570MHz overclocked Q9550. Useless index.

Nice improvement with the SSD though!

Stan_Lite · 08-06-2010, 23:09

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Originally Posted by divine

I've just noticed your (presumably stock speed) Q8400 achieves a CPU rating of 7.2, a mere 0.1 behind my 570MHz overclocked Q9550. Useless index.

It is a bit laughable when my i7 920 clocked at 4.0GHz is 7.7

divine · 08-06-2010, 23:25

My netbook is showing an Atom as 2.2

It seems a slightly odd scale really.

I've no idea why they capped it at 7.9 either, such an odd figure.

Stan_Lite · 09-06-2010, 07:51

It does all seem a bit random with very little headroom built in for the most part.

Both my i7 rigs have 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, which is far from top spec, and both get 7.9 for the RAM rating. My photo editing rig has a lowly HD4890 GFX card at 7.7 and my gaming rig has a GTX295, which has been overtaken a couple of times now, at 7.9.

The only thing that seems to have any future-proofing is the HDD with Nutcase's SSD only at 6.8.

It would be pretty pointless running the benchmark if you have an overclocked 980X, 2000 MHz Ram and a GTX480

Nutcase · 09-06-2010, 18:23

I just look at it as higher is better

The SSD has made a noticable difference (fortunatley!).

LeperousDust · 09-06-2010, 18:44

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Originally Posted by Nutcase

I just look at it as higher is better

Higher is better if they have a scale. They pull the numbers our of their **** most of the time!

Mark · 09-06-2010, 21:36

It isn't a benchmark. It wasn't intended to be a benchmark either. It's simply a measure of how well your system is likely to be able to do the things Windows wants to do. Higher means 'more capable of running Windows' and nothing more.

If you want a benchmark, you're much better off using PCMark/3DMark/HDtach/whatever else.

divine · 09-06-2010, 21:51

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Originally Posted by Mark

Higher means 'more capable of running Windows' and nothing more.

They clearly intend it to mean more, else they wouldn't bother setting up stuff like this:

Mark · 09-06-2010, 22:06

OK - more being 'and other Microsoft software'. They've used the WEI score there in the same way they do for Aero etc. It's still only a rough guide to system performance, not a benchmark.

Stan_Lite · 09-06-2010, 22:27

If we're being pedantic, the dictionary definition of "Benchmark" is:

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A standard by which something can be measured or judged.

In which case the WEI, being a standard by which system performance can be judged, would seem to me to be a benchmark.

08-06-2010, 22:32	#31
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I've just noticed your (presumably stock speed) Q8400 achieves a CPU rating of 7.2, a mere 0.1 behind my 570MHz overclocked Q9550. Useless index. Nice improvement with the SSD though! __________________

08-06-2010, 23:25	#33
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	My netbook is showing an Atom as 2.2 It seems a slightly odd scale really. I've no idea why they capped it at 7.9 either, such an odd figure. __________________

09-06-2010, 07:51	#34
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	It does all seem a bit random with very little headroom built in for the most part. Both my i7 rigs have 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, which is far from top spec, and both get 7.9 for the RAM rating. My photo editing rig has a lowly HD4890 GFX card at 7.7 and my gaming rig has a GTX295, which has been overtaken a couple of times now, at 7.9. The only thing that seems to have any future-proofing is the HDD with Nutcase's SSD only at 6.8. It would be pretty pointless running the benchmark if you have an overclocked 980X, 2000 MHz Ram and a GTX480 __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

09-06-2010, 18:23	#35
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	I just look at it as higher is better The SSD has made a noticable difference (fortunatley!).

09-06-2010, 21:36	#37
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	It isn't a benchmark. It wasn't intended to be a benchmark either. It's simply a measure of how well your system is likely to be able to do the things Windows wants to do. Higher means 'more capable of running Windows' and nothing more. If you want a benchmark, you're much better off using PCMark/3DMark/HDtach/whatever else.

09-06-2010, 22:06	#39
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	OK - more being 'and other Microsoft software'. They've used the WEI score there in the same way they do for Aero etc. It's still only a rough guide to system performance, not a benchmark.