This is also a 2012 build with an i7-3770K at 4.4GHz with 16 gigs (4x4) of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, a 256 GB 830 Pro Sata3 SSD, and an ASUS Strix GTX890Ti.
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Not too bad. Running an i5 4690, 16gb ram, and a new Radeon 5700. looks like everything is pretty evenly balanced, and I've pretty much maxed out the upgrade potential of this system. It should hold me over for a couple more years till it's time for a full upgrade.
Bigger number == moar powah, more or less. The numbers are crunched for each subsystem and fitted onto a range of 1.0-9.9, and the actual numbers themselves are not very useful individually. The WinSPRLevel value is the Windows Experience Index (WEI) value, and is the lowest value benchmarked.
Back in Vista, when winsat was introduced, they thought having a single performance rating would simplify and make application system requirements more understandable, and for a hot minute you had some Games for Windows titles that had WEI rating requirements stamped on them (in Vista, the range was 1.0-5.9, increased to 7.9 in Windows 7, and now 9.9 since 8). That didn't last long for obvious reasons and Microsoft had long since removed the rating from the front-facing UI. It's there and available for API usage though, and in fact Windows still schedules semi-regular winsat benchmarks.
Looking like most of the parts I wanted to get to build a new pc are getting sold out before I get the money to get them.
I was looking at a specific Acer monitor that's usually in the 180-199 range normally. It's been sold out at reputable places only available from 3rd parties at 300+ lately.
Last night, before I went to bed, I saw Amazon (not 3rd party) had 5 new units in stock at 199. I decided to sleep on it before pulling the trigger, because while my 12ish year old monitor is starting to fail, it's not terrible yet, and given how long and shitty a possible return process is going to be, do I want to take the risk of getting a bad panel via Amazon?
This morning all units were sold out and there was a new 3rd party seller offering 5 units at 300+. Welp.
CPU: 7.5
Memory: 7.8
Graphics: 7.8 (really? It's a GTX 660)
Gaming Graphics: 7.8
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9
So HDD is weakest of the bunch? Guess that's no surprise.
During windows 7's prime a GTX660 was pretty good! I doubt the OS has been updated with new data for current hardware to compare against for years at this point.
I have two PCs hooked up to the same monitor and have to manually switch each input whenever I change computers. Is there an easier way of doing this? Some kind of switcher doobrie?
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I have two PCs hooked up to the same monitor and have to manually switch each input whenever I change computers. Is there an easier way of doing this? Some kind of switcher doobrie?
You can get an HDMI and USB KVM switch, but they're not cheap the way they were in the VGA days. Expect to pay in the $100-300 range.
edit: aside from many places being out of stock entirely of them due to WFH.
When you say manually switch do you mean unplug and replug cables? If so, could you have different cable types feeding into the monitor instead? Then you could probably just do a couple monitor button taps to switch back and forth. That’s how I do it to using my monitor for both PC (display port) and ps4 (HDMI)
When you say manually switch do you mean unplug and replug cables? If so, could you have different cable types feeding into the monitor instead? Then you could probably just do a couple monitor button taps to switch back and forth. That’s how I do it to using my monitor for both PC (display port) and ps4 (HDMI)
That works for display, but not if you also need to swap mouse and keyboard...which I would expect to be the case for computers.
I'm doing the same thing you describe with my Switch, but having to plug my keyboard into the Switch is a pain in the neck so I only do that occasionally.
I have two PCs hooked up to the same monitor and have to manually switch each input whenever I change computers. Is there an easier way of doing this? Some kind of switcher doobrie?
Here's a switcher for USB devices, $33 USB Switcher
HDMI Switcher, I use this one myself for both my computer monitors for home/work and one for my old Plasma to hook up a bunch of secondary devices (Blu Ray, Switch, Chromecast) $9 HDMI Switcher
Yeah you can always separately switch the USB input
If you've got a beefy monitor then using different cables is probably the best, because you need a higher quality splitter for higher bandwidth signals.
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webguy20I spend too much time on the InternetRegistered Userregular
Yeah you can always separately switch the USB input
If you've got a beefy monitor then using different cables is probably the best, because you need a higher quality splitter for higher bandwidth signals.
depends on what you're doing. office work does just fine on the cheapo $9.
which seems reasonable; i5-4690 / gtx 970 / fairly standard SSD.
Every so often I look at what to upgrade, but without going to one of the RTX graphics cards it wouldn't make a lot of difference, and those are still lots of hundreds of dollars; new CPU => new motherboard as well and possibly new ram? either way, more of a pain than I want to deal with. And basically every game still plays just fine, it's only the newest VR games that might be a problem and I can live without those for the time being.
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which seems reasonable; i5-4690 / gtx 970 / fairly standard SSD.
Every so often I look at what to upgrade, but without going to one of the RTX graphics cards it wouldn't make a lot of difference, and those are still lots of hundreds of dollars; new CPU => new motherboard as well and possibly new ram? either way, more of a pain than I want to deal with. And basically every game still plays just fine, it's only the newest VR games that might be a problem and I can live without those for the time being.
So I have your basic specs and going from a RX470 to a 5700 was a BIG jump, and only about $300. It stomps things at 1080p.
y'all calling yourselves out with that 5.9 disk score. SSDs are the light.
The numbers really don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. They are designed to represent "how well will this computer run windows on a scale of nope (0) to perfect (10)."
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CPUScore: 8.3
D3DScore: 9.1
DiskScore: 8.15
GraphicsScore: 9.1
MemoryScore: 8.3
TimeTaken: MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel: 8.15
This is also a 2012 build with an i7-3770K at 4.4GHz with 16 gigs (4x4) of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, a 256 GB 830 Pro Sata3 SSD, and an ASUS Strix GTX890Ti.
CPUScore : 8.9
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 8.1
GraphicsScore : 9.5
MemoryScore : 8.9
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 8.1
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D3DScore: 9.9
DiskScore: 9.2
GraphicsScore: 9.1
MemoryScore: 9.2
TimeTaken: MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 9.1
My PC hardware is:
Ryzen 5 3600
32GB 3200MHz DDR4
EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC
512GB Samsung 970 Pro NVME SSD
D3DScore: 11
DiskScore: 11
GraphicsScore: 11
MemoryScore: 11
TimeTaken: MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 12
Man, I didn't realize I was foruming with so many weak-ass scrubs.
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 8.7
GraphicsScore : 9.3
MemoryScore : 9.3
WinSPRLevel : 8.7
I don't know what any of these mean.
Bigger number == moar powah, more or less. The numbers are crunched for each subsystem and fitted onto a range of 1.0-9.9, and the actual numbers themselves are not very useful individually. The WinSPRLevel value is the Windows Experience Index (WEI) value, and is the lowest value benchmarked.
Back in Vista, when winsat was introduced, they thought having a single performance rating would simplify and make application system requirements more understandable, and for a hot minute you had some Games for Windows titles that had WEI rating requirements stamped on them (in Vista, the range was 1.0-5.9, increased to 7.9 in Windows 7, and now 9.9 since 8). That didn't last long for obvious reasons and Microsoft had long since removed the rating from the front-facing UI. It's there and available for API usage though, and in fact Windows still schedules semi-regular winsat benchmarks.
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 8.7
GraphicsScore : 9.2
MemoryScore : 9.4
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 8.7
I am using a relatively beefy and overpriced laptop
Radeon rx vega 56
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I was looking at a specific Acer monitor that's usually in the 180-199 range normally. It's been sold out at reputable places only available from 3rd parties at 300+ lately.
Last night, before I went to bed, I saw Amazon (not 3rd party) had 5 new units in stock at 199. I decided to sleep on it before pulling the trigger, because while my 12ish year old monitor is starting to fail, it's not terrible yet, and given how long and shitty a possible return process is going to be, do I want to take the risk of getting a bad panel via Amazon?
This morning all units were sold out and there was a new 3rd party seller offering 5 units at 300+. Welp.
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 9.15
GraphicsScore : 9.6
MemoryScore : 9.3
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 9.15
I'm being held back by my NVME drives?!
shit, I better throw this computer out and buy a new one
Wow, can't believe people are ignoring this terrible news.
CPU: 7.5
Memory: 7.8
Graphics: 7.8 (really? It's a GTX 660)
Gaming Graphics: 7.8
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9
So HDD is weakest of the bunch? Guess that's no surprise.
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 9.05
GraphicsScore : 9.7
MemoryScore : 9.4
WinSPRLevel : 9.05
I'm curious as to what increases Memory score, because raw amount doesn't seem to have much bearing.
During windows 7's prime a GTX660 was pretty good! I doubt the OS has been updated with new data for current hardware to compare against for years at this point.
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Memory speed maybe once you're above some minimum amount?
You can get an HDMI and USB KVM switch, but they're not cheap the way they were in the VGA days. Expect to pay in the $100-300 range.
edit: aside from many places being out of stock entirely of them due to WFH.
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That works for display, but not if you also need to swap mouse and keyboard...which I would expect to be the case for computers.
I'm doing the same thing you describe with my Switch, but having to plug my keyboard into the Switch is a pain in the neck so I only do that occasionally.
D3DScore: 9.9
DiskScore: 8.1
GraphicsScore: 8.8
MemoryScore: 8.9
TimeTaken: MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState: 1
WinSPRLevel: 8.1
it's me I have the crummy old machine
Here's a switcher for USB devices, $33 USB Switcher
HDMI Switcher, I use this one myself for both my computer monitors for home/work and one for my old Plasma to hook up a bunch of secondary devices (Blu Ray, Switch, Chromecast) $9 HDMI Switcher
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If you've got a beefy monitor then using different cables is probably the best, because you need a higher quality splitter for higher bandwidth signals.
depends on what you're doing. office work does just fine on the cheapo $9.
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CPUScore : 8.4
DiskScore : 5.9
GraphicsScore : 8.4
MemoryScore : 8.4
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 5.9
I don't for a second believe my CPU rates that high, that's gotta be using a pretty limited test on it.
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I'll upgrade on the next system. 8.1 is fast and stable for me.
DiskScore : 8.05
GraphicsScore : 9
MemoryScore : 9.1
WinSPRLevel : 8.05
which seems reasonable; i5-4690 / gtx 970 / fairly standard SSD.
Every so often I look at what to upgrade, but without going to one of the RTX graphics cards it wouldn't make a lot of difference, and those are still lots of hundreds of dollars; new CPU => new motherboard as well and possibly new ram? either way, more of a pain than I want to deal with. And basically every game still plays just fine, it's only the newest VR games that might be a problem and I can live without those for the time being.
So I have your basic specs and going from a RX470 to a 5700 was a BIG jump, and only about $300. It stomps things at 1080p.
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D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 8.1
GraphicsScore : 8.4
MemoryScore : 9.2
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 8.1
Guess that's low? I'm okay with it, though.
CPUScore : 8.9
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 5.9
GraphicsScore : 8.1
MemoryScore : 8.9
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 5.9
i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
8 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 4GB
Weep, mortals.
I've been thinking about building a new machine for about a year.
The numbers really don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. They are designed to represent "how well will this computer run windows on a scale of nope (0) to perfect (10)."
CPUScore : 8.9
D3DScore : 9.9
DiskScore : 8.45
GraphicsScore : 7.4
MemoryScore : 8.9
TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
WinSATAssessmentState : 1
WinSPRLevel : 7.4
8 gigs of ram and a $200ish video card will likely double your performance. A 1660 super would be a huge upgrade.
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