Agent Orange
Veteran Member
After completing my new ASUS Sabertooth 990FX mobo build, I ran the Performance Assessment. "Processor", "Memory", "Graphics", and "Gaming graphics" all returned scores of 7.5, 7.5, 7.7, and 7.7 respectively, where 1.0 is a bomb and 7.9 tops. To my complete surprise, "Primary hard drive" showed 5.9. I should note that the primary hard drive is a brand new WD 600 GB Velocoraptor running at 10,000 rpm with a 6 Gb/s on-board SATA port and cable. I know this is one of the fastest drive's out there. I re-ran the complete test while turning the write cache on and off and by selecting "Performance" in >System >Advanced system settings >Advanced>Settings>Adjust for best performance. There was no difference whatsoever in any of the performance factors.
This 5.9 has turned up on any and all all of my HD's, including an Intel X-18 SSD. According to most sites that I've visited, including Tom's Hardware, everyone seems to be in the same boat - 5.9 being tops. So what's the consensus of the opinions, some arcane registry tweak; a Microsoft bug; or just learn to live with it?
I suppose I've got a bone to pick with Microsoft but 'who you gonna tell'? I don't have the time or patience to hang on the phone trying to explain this to someone on another continent. I own four W7 licenses and sort of think I should have a better avenue to report a bug. But, is it a bug? So, I asking some of you performance minded types out there for your thoughts on this.
This 5.9 has turned up on any and all all of my HD's, including an Intel X-18 SSD. According to most sites that I've visited, including Tom's Hardware, everyone seems to be in the same boat - 5.9 being tops. So what's the consensus of the opinions, some arcane registry tweak; a Microsoft bug; or just learn to live with it?
I suppose I've got a bone to pick with Microsoft but 'who you gonna tell'? I don't have the time or patience to hang on the phone trying to explain this to someone on another continent. I own four W7 licenses and sort of think I should have a better avenue to report a bug. But, is it a bug? So, I asking some of you performance minded types out there for your thoughts on this.