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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    In Windows 8.1:

    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.

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    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.

    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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  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    CPUScore: 9.2
    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

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    CPUScore: 11
    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.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    CPUScore : 9.3
    D3DScore : 9.9
    DiskScore : 8.7
    GraphicsScore : 9.3
    MemoryScore : 9.3
    WinSPRLevel : 8.7

    I don't know what any of these mean.

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  • UrielUriel Registered User regular
    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.

    :(

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2020
    CPUScore : 9.3
    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.

    Zxerol on
  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited April 2020
    CPUScore : 9.4
    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
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    Radeon rx vega 56

    Peas on
  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
  • expendableexpendable Silly Goose Registered User regular
    Uriel wrote: »
    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.

    Djiem wrote: »
    Lokiamis wrote: »
    So the servers suddenly decide to cramp up during the last six percent.
    Man, the Director will really go out of his way to be a dick to L4D players.
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  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    In Windows 8.1:

    Wow, can't believe people are ignoring this terrible news.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Still on Windows 7 but my scores are

    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.

  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2020
    CPUScore : 9.4
    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.

    Mvrck on
  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Still on Windows 7 but my scores are

    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.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    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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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Oof, that's a little out of my desk optimisation price range for now. Thank you for the answer!

  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    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)

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    CPUScore: 8.9
    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

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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    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

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  • KadithKadith Registered User regular
    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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  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Kadith wrote: »
    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.

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  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    CPUScore: 8.9
    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

    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.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    I am going to guess you don't have an SSD at all? I have an SSD and a shitty old platter drive.

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  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    Yeah, just two platter drives, one of which is pretty old

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    Get yourself an SSD! they make such a world of difference.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    Kadith wrote: »
    In Windows 8.1:

    Wow, can't believe people are ignoring this terrible news.

    I'll upgrade on the next system. 8.1 is fast and stable for me.

  • pimentopimento she/they/pim Registered User regular
    8.1 works fine, it just doesn't work the way most people want it to.

  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    I'unno, it does internet and video games pretty great as far as I can tell.

  • djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    CPUScore : 9.1
    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.

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    CPUScore : 9.1
    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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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    CPUScore : 9.2
    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.

  • ChicoBlueChicoBlue Registered User regular
    I don't know what any of these numbers mean.

    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.

  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited April 2020
    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)."

    zerzhul on
  • pimentopimento she/they/pim Registered User regular
    Surface Pro 7:
    CPUScore : 8.9
    D3DScore : 9.9
    DiskScore : 8.45
    GraphicsScore : 7.4
    MemoryScore : 8.9
    TimeTaken : MostRecentAssessment
    WinSATAssessmentState : 1
    WinSPRLevel : 7.4

  • webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    ChicoBlue wrote: »
    I don't know what any of these numbers mean.

    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.

    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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