How powerful is your Windows 8.1 device? Check your Windows Experience Index

Dorsum in the day, Microsoft had a neat little tool nether settings called the Windows Feel Alphabetize (WEI). It rated the processor, RAM, graphics, gaming graphics and principal hard deejay to give yous an overall rating of your PC. It was a neat baseline tool used to compare and contrast different computers, with the higher overall score being manifestly better. You could too diagnose your reckoner to meet where the 'weak' spot was in performance.

That tool came out with Windows Vista and it disappeared in Windows 8.1, but there are a few ways to get it back. Scott Hanselman works on the Web Platform Team at Microsoft, but he also runs an informative personal web log dealing with technology. Terminal dark he posted a corking little trick to get your results for the WEI.

The method involves running a command prompt, entering in "winsat prepop." and so using Powershell to view the scores. You can caput to Scott'due south blog for the total details (link beneath), and it should just take you lot 5 minutes of your time.

Or merely use an app

If, however, you are on the lazy side or command prompts freak you out, you can but download a costless app chosen 'ChrisPC Win Feel Index.' It does the aforementioned thing and fifty-fifty brings back the fancy looking user interface. It has an ad or two, but otherwise the software checks out. Download the app, run it and let information technology practise its thing (link to the website is below).

*Annotation: for tablets or laptops, you'll need to have the device plugged in for AC power before the test will embark

Nosotros ran the tests on our Surface Pro three (Core i5), Dell XPS 27 and Lenovo ThinkPad8. Here are our results:

• Surface Pro 3 (Core i5) – v.iv
• Dell XPS 27 (Core i7) – v.0
• ThinkPad8 (Intel Atom) 4.i

Equally you tin can see, none of those are particularly impressive, though I am shocked that the Surface Pro 3 beat out my Core i7 Dell XPS 27. That's due to the graphics, although my Dell does accept a dedicated graphics chip from Nvidia, then perhaps something is not reading correctly.

Why did Microsoft remove the WEI? Well, for consumers, the scores were kind of capricious and it'south non exactly clear that anyone was using the WEI in a productive manner. Certain, PC enthusiasts and geeks loved it, simply it wasn't exactly practical either.

The existent question though is what's your score? Let usa know in comments, including what device you tested on along with its CPU!

Update: For those asking about my wallpaper, here you go.

Farther reading and software download: Hanselman.com, Chris PC software

Xbox Insiders Update

This huge Xbox 'Quick Resume' update will give gamers more command

Microsoft is adding a new characteristic to Xbox consoles, allowing y'all to permanently store up to two games in a Quick Resume state at all times. The feature is heading out first to Xbox Insiders in the Alpha testing band before hitting the general public.

Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-powerful-your-windows-81-device-check-your-wei

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