CIS 170F: Windows 7 Administration

Week 9

Performance Tuning
Performance Ranking

  • Windows 7 includes the Windows Experience Index to provide an objective measure of system performance.



  • Windows 7 ranks the following five elements:
    • Processor: The calculations per second that the processor can perform.
    • Memory (RAM): The memory operations per second that the system can perform.
    • Graphics: the ability to run the Windows Aero interface.
    • Gaming graphics: The ability to run games and 3D business applications.
    • Primary hard disk: The data transfer rate of the C drive.


    Read more about the Windows Experience Index at:
    http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/f59082f4-6385-4a61-ba7e-2de9625a780a1033.mspx.
  • Individual subscores are used to create a base score.
  • Base score is the overall ranking of your system. Ranking is from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best possible. It is not simply an average of the subscores.
  • The following general performance guidelines for base scores are:
    • Base score of 1 or 2: The computer is generally able to access the Internet and run general business applications.
    • Base score of 3: The computer is able to use most new features in Windows 7.
    • Base score of 4 or 5: The computer can use all of the new Windows 7 features, including all multimedia features.