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Windows Experience Index Score Explained

March 10, 2008 by Jason

The Experience was introduced in Vista and used to give you a good idea of the capabilities of a . You can use a ’s Experience Index base or sub score to help determine if it’s what you need when purchasing a new .

The Experience rates your ’s components from 1 to 5.9 with 1 being the worst performing and 5.9 being the best. The score’s benchmarks were established when Vista was released.

Base Score

The base score represents the overall of your system as a whole, based on the capabilities of different parts of your , including RAM, , hard disk, general graphics on the desktop, and 3-D graphics . Read More»