with all that ram I would think 8.8 would be far too low, but I'm sure you did your homework Data.

I'm waiting to see the score of the sdd, it suppose to be a bit faster than mine. and if he puts the 2 in raid  I'm going to need a ladder to clime back to the top lol

Did a little bit of homework but can't find any scores for 64 GIG but I did find a couple of scores for quad channel RAM and they are around 8.8.

Syber, when you are done with the ladder can you pass it over to me 

Nothing's set in stone yet, Mates. Let's just see how it all shakes out, shall we?

Sure thing Data 

Thanks to a link that Data shared in my "suggestions" thread, plus a bit of research, I found out that you can get a more detailed WEI report through the command line. You can read about it here.

Command: WINSAT DISK

Here are the results for the laptop - Doesn't look good, does it?

C:\Users\Dave>winsat disk
Windows System Assessment Tool
> Running: Feature Enumeration ''
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -read -n 0'
> Run Time 00:00:13.51
> Running: Storage Assessment '-ran -read -n 0'
> Run Time 00:00:13.03
> Running: Storage Assessment '-scen 2009 -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:01:10.57
> Running: Storage Assessment '-seq -write -drive C:'
> Run Time 00:00:11.86
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -seq'
> Run Time 00:00:08.28
> Running: Storage Assessment '-flush -drive C: -ran'
> Run Time 00:00:15.82
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 4096'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.01
> Running: Storage Assessment '-hybrid -ran -read -n 0 -ransize 16384'
NV Cache not present.
> Run Time 00:00:00.00
> Disk  Sequential 64.0 Read                   67.85 MB/s          5.9
> Disk  Random 16.0 Read                       1.29 MB/s          3.6
> Responsiveness: Average IO Rate              3.87 ms/IO          5.9
> Responsiveness: Grouped IOs                  12.69 units          6.6
> Responsiveness: Long IOs                     9.56 units          7.4
> Responsiveness: Overall                      121.33 units          6.7
> Responsiveness: PenaltyFactor                0.0
> Disk  Sequential 64.0 Write                  64.96 MB/s          5.8
> Average Read Time with Sequential Writes     11.255 ms          4.2
> Latency: 95th Percentile                     70.040 ms          1.9
> Latency: Maximum                             138.490 ms          7.6
> Average Read Time with Random Writes         18.221 ms          2.8
> Total Run Time 00:02:22.16

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Latency @ 95th percentile?!?!?! and a 1.9??? Crap!

Just needs an SSD, would sort them scores right out and make a much better lappy     

I've had my i5 running for a good few days now and yes it feels quicker to use than my old Q9400 CPU but I wanted to see just how much faster it is, so I ran a benchmark using SIS Sandra.

It's as near as double the speed of my Q9400 as you can get, meaning to improve your WEI score from 7.4 to 7.8 requires double the CPU calculations.


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Which version of Sandra are you using, Data? Just curious, as I have a (rather old) version of the benchmarking/diagnostics software lying around somewhere.

Using the latest version I think.

build: 2013.03.19.29

I'll have to check it out, I think. If I remember right, mine was 2k2, or something similar.

Nope! It's slightly newer. 2k4, actually.

QuoteIt's as near as double the speed of my Q9400 as you can get, meaning to improve your WEI score from 7.4 to 7.8 requires double the CPU calculations.

I remember Snowy saying those higher scores takes a lot of oomph.

Nice bench mark score Data 

I can't possibly have a new WEI score and not post it, so here it is, SSD and RAM now maxed out in windows 7.

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