pckcchief
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Re: Post Your Windows 7 WEI Scores
Here is my Dell Studio 1535 that I put Windows 7 on 3 days ago: |
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Tyreman
join:2002-10-08 | reply to howie
I get 5.9 either way on Vista 32 or '7 64
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netgear3700
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although with a weak video card, this machine is still insane fast after upgrading to a fast model of SSD, i mainly use it for stock trading software rather than game, so video card is not an issue at all. hard drive is always weakest link... |
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drew
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It being the 5.9. |
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Keizer
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I re-configured my bios back to using a single hard drive. I then restored an image file of Win 7 on this single drive. I got the same 5.9 score on a single drive as I did on my RAID 0 array. I guess others are right when they say unless you have an SSD drive, you won't get better than 5.9.
I went back to my RAID 0 array though. Restoring a large compressed image file is much slower on a single drive. |
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NYR11
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said by Tyreman :I get 5.9 either way on Vista 32 or '7 64 Me too. With Vista though 6.0 was the highest score. So I was very happy to pull a 5.9. However with 7, not so happy but I think something is amiss with all the low HD scores.
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Keizer
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| said by NYR11 :said by Tyreman :I get 5.9 either way on Vista 32 or '7 64 Me too. With Vista though 6.0 was the highest score. So I was very happy to pull a 5.9. However with 7, not so happy but I think something is amiss with all the low HD scores. Not sure if you missed what I had posted earlier. Unless you have an SSD drive, the best you can get is 5.9 in the hard drive test.......that's the cap. |
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Tyreman
join:2002-10-08
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I can't pull a 6
uh thats why then
You see I have to go in to bios for ram and set for the 32 or 64 hpet mode depending which system I want to run.
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Matt
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| said by Tyreman :I can't pull a 6 uh thats why then You see I have to go in to bios for ram and set for the 32 or 64 hpet mode depending which system I want to run. Set the 32 or 64 for HPET mode? What does the High Precision Event Timer have to do with 32 or 64 bit? Vista and 7, whether 32 or 64 bit, both support the HPET. |
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Tyreman
join:2002-10-08
1 edit | »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPET
But i honestly don't know exactly
maybe how the 4gig of ram is apportioned i have?
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Matt
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| The HPET is a timing clock, nothing more. It has absolutely no bearing on your RAM nor your ability to run a 32 or 64 bit operating system. It's possible you installed one of your operating systems with HPET enabled and it crashes with it disabled, but I don't believe that to be the case. |
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Tyreman
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2 edits | It says in the Gigabyte mb manual to set for which type of OS you have 32 or 64 bit
I did set this feature as appropriate for Vista 32 and '7 64 bit when I installed each one.
And subsequently when i run each OS.
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Matt
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| said by Tyreman :It says in the Gigabyte mb manual to set for which type of OS you have 32 or 64 bit I did set this feature as appropriate for Vista 32 and '7 64 bit when I installed each one. And subsequently when i run each OS. That is odd. My Intel motherboards just have a setting for enabled or disabled. So your HPET options are 32 or 64, not just enabled or disabled? |
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Tyreman
join:2002-10-08 | Yes that is correct
Located in "Power Management Setup" in bios
Its HPET Mode
32 bit or 64 bit choice
Motherboad Gigabyte EP45-UD3P v1.1
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NYR11
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I have a Gigabyte mobo also(EP35-DS3P). Never knew that setting existed. Just changed it from default(32 bit) to 64 bit. Now what the hell is going to be different? 
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Matt
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2 edits | said by NYR11 :I have a Gigabyte mobo also(EP35-DS3P). Never knew that setting existed. Just changed it from default(32 bit) to 64 bit. Now what the hell is going to be different? Here is the purpose from the Intel specification:
• Synchronizing
o Real-Time Digital Audio & Video Streams
- 64-bit free running up-counter
• Scheduling
o Threads, Tasks, Processes, etc.
- Fixed Rate (Periodic) Interrupt Generation
• System Heart Beat
• Non-Real Time Thread Scheduler
- Variable Rate (One-Shot) Interrupt Generation
• Scheduling real time tasks associated with host-based signal processing
applications
• Time Stamping
o On Multiprocessor platforms
- 64-Bit free running up-counter can be utilized as DIG64 “platform timer” for
Time Stamping Applications. This provides a time-base that is insensitive to
clock frequency drifts on individual CPU’s on a N-Way MP systems.
Apparently there *IS* a 32-bit and 64-bit setting on some boards. I'm guessing my Intel boards configure that based on which chip (or perhaps OS) I have installed, but according to Intel's specification paper, your HPET in 32-bit mode is compatible with a 32-bit or 64-bit OS and uses 32-bit registers. The 64-bit setting enables 64-bit registers and section 2.4.7 of the paper notes that issues can arise when a 32-bit OS tries to read 64-bit HPET registers.
»www.intel.com/hardwaredesign/hpetspec_1.pdf
Here's Microsoft's link with the purpose of HPET:
»www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sy···mer.mspx
It looks like, even if you set your HPET to 64-bit, Windows performs two 32-bit reads. So setting it to 32-bit would likely be ideal for Windows. |
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NYR11
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Re-ran the WEI asessment. No change. Didn't think there would be. 
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Keizer
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Ok, some new results after a few "secret tweaks" to my RAID 0 array. This kinda blows holes in the theory that MS only allows a high score of 5.9 in the hard drive section unless you have an SSD.
And, for you RAID 0 naysayers, it also kinda blows holes in your theory that RAID 0 is no better than a single drive. With my testing, I still only get a 5.9 score when I switch back to a single drive. That's using one of the drives in the matched pair in my array. |
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howie
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1 edit | said by Keizer :Ok, some new results after a few "secret tweaks" to my RAID 0 array. This kinda blows holes in the theory that MS only allows a high score of 5.9 in the hard drive section unless you have an SSD. And, for you RAID 0 naysayers, it also kinda blows holes in your theory that RAID 0 is no better than a single drive. With my testing, I still only get a 5.9 score when I switch back to a single drive. That's using one of the drives in the matched pair in my array. My "secret tweaks" are even better....  |
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