Bring back Windows Experience Index!

As a long time overclocker, I have used many benchmark programs and found many limitations with them but WEI gives you squat in terms of benchmarking. Even "regular" (and much more comprehensive ) benchmarks are not full show of computers (and component) capabilities, First, most of them are biased to one or other make of system, specially benchmarks for particular CPU or GPU, heavily stacked in favor of one make, even for subtypes of same model.
Second, only same version of a benchmark program, using on same HW while checking drivers or OCing can give you accurate results, even subtle changes in a benchmark program can change the way it's performing.
Third, I have seen many computer /benchmark/game combinations give conflicting results. Benchmark can give you fantastic scores but a particular game could drag as a snail and vice verso.
I have yet to see WEI give a top score even with SSDs in RAID 0 which is lightning fast comparing to single SSD let alone HDD. Wander what does it take to satisfy WEI to give a top score ? Difference between a HDD and SSD is barely couple of points but we all know what real difference is in normal use.
WEI is also so coarse as a benchmark that even comparing two computers looses any meaning. Using lowest score to determine a computer's performance is as ludicrous as comparing two cars by performance of their radios.

I have to concur with the Count on all counts...

I played with the idea of writing a universal app (mainly as XAML can provide really cool aesthetics) using Winsat but realised it's not worth the effort - If it were, I'm sure MS would have revived it by now... the component is still there after all.

adamf said:

Go on then, post it here (I did) or make a "Show us your WEI" thread - I don't think there is one here yet.

I don't know - radio performance is pretty important to me... Less important than usually starting but more important than the color or top speed or whatever.

You can always put a jack under the radio and change everything around it.

adamf said:

I don't know - radio performance is pretty important to me... Less important than usually starting but more important than the color or top speed or whatever.

LOL.. Just spent a gazillion ZAR's on my son's gaming rig... he's so gonna laugh at my WEI... so mum's the word.

Let's not go to personal level of preferences, let's stick to facts. WEI gives very little information, it's too coarse and is not a measure of performance. There are many, much better benchmarks that will give you detailed performance numbers that mean something. It started as an internal utility to set graphic details during windows setup and than made available to the public. It didn't even detect difference in graphics potential when I switched from AMD HD 3850 Top to R7 260 which is like 5 times better in graphic benchmarks and games. Even business graphic score didn't go up with later card being at least 1.5 times higher frequency than older one (300 MHz to 450 or more depending on load).