We will look at how to find out the performance index in Windows 8.1 below, but for now there is not much history. The productivity index was introduced back in 2006 and was first implemented in Windows Vista after which, this opportunity was inherited by the Windows 7 operating system, which was released in 2009.
And only in 2013, with the release of Windows 8.1, the developers decided to abandon the “Performance Index”, as it turned out not completely. Was only cut GUI, but the software part is still present in the system.
This makes it possible to find out the performance index in Windows 8.1. and Windows 10
The Windows Experience Index determines the capabilities of a computer, both hardware and software. Then it displays the test result as a number in a certain range. In each operating system, the range is different.
Windows Vista 1 to 5.9
Windows 7 from 1 to 7.9
Windows 8.1 from 1 to 9.9The index is determined by the WinSAT utility. The utility tests the performance of the main components of the computer, such as “Processor, RAM, graphics, HDD».
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After testing, a performance index is determined for each component, and the overall score is determined by the lowest number. The higher the overall score, the better. This means that the computer will perform faster and better, especially when performing resource-intensive tasks.
How to find out the performance index in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
As noted above, Windows 8.1 does not have a GUI for viewing the performance index. You can run a test and find out the performance index in Windows 8.1 using PowerShell or “cmd.exe”.
But if you prefer a graphical interface, then you can use third-party programs.
WSAT program.
The WSAT program was written by our compatriot, whose name is “Andrey Leushin”. The program has a Russian-language interface and does not require installation. After the first launch, the program will show the current performance index score. You can use the “Repeat assessment” link to start a repeat test.
How to find out the performance index without using programs.
"Windows 8.1" independently tests the system, after which the result is saved in regular xml, which is located at the address "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore".
In this directory you need to find and open the file “Formal.Assessment (Initial).WinSAT.xml”. The file can be opened with a standard notepad, for convenient space it is best to use any installed browser. Between the “WinSPR” tags there will be the test result.
If the file is missing in the specified directory, then for some reason the system did not start testing. In this case, you can use the command Windows string and run testing yourself.
To do this, you need to run the Winsat formal command.
It will take a few minutes for the performance test to complete. While testing is in progress, do not close the console window, wait until the end of the test and again open the DataStore folder in which required xml a file containing test results. Not like that in a complicated way You can find out the performance index in Windows 8.1.
It is difficult to understand the thinking of the creators of the most popular operating system in the world - index Windows performance 8.1 and 10 lost its graphical interface. It was simply cut out, but the function itself was left. Now, to find out this index in new versions of the system, you need to dance with a tambourine for half an hour.
As always, enthusiastic programmers came to the rescue ordinary users— today I’ll tell you about two ways to quickly and conveniently calculate the power of your computer components.
It's very simple - the system evaluates all the main components of the computer (processor, random access memory, video system, disk) and shows you the weakest link. Thus, you will find out which hardware you need to update first in order to speed up (revive) your long-suffering computer.
Performance Index History
It first appeared in the Vista operating system (2006) and was present (with a graphical shell) in all subsequent versions except Windows 8.1 and 10. Don't try to find it in Windows XP.
This index is set to the lowest number. If all your components are powerful and modern (for example, they reach a rating of 6-7... in Windows 7), and the video card is old and weak (a C), then the performance index of the entire computer will be “3”. IN different versions systems this index is different...
- Windows Vista 1 to 5.9
- Windows 7 from 1 to 7.9
- Windows 8.1 from 1 to 9.9
The higher the performance index value, the better (elementary, Watson).
It's time to finally talk about two portable, small and free computer programs ah, with which you can easily and quickly find out the performance index of Windows 8.1 and 10.
They both work great - it's up to you which one to use.
WSAT program
You can download the WSAT program from the official link of the author - Andrey Leushin...
Its size is only 262.1 kb
As I said above, you don’t need to install it on your computer, it’s portable. Unzipped downloaded file where you need it and launch it by clicking on the shortcut in the folder...
If you click on the three blue dots at the top and right, you will get a meager Additional information on your computer...
I advise you to re-evaluate immediately after the first launch of the program - for me personally, the index was recalculated.
Re-assessment will take a little time - do not use the computer during the assessment and do not be alarmed by the “dreaded black window”...
...this is how the Windows 8.1 and 10 Experience Index is calculated.
ExperienceIndexOK program
The ExperienceIndexOK program is even smaller in size - only 47.4 kb...
We launch it the same way in a simple way(click on the shortcut in the folder)…
We set the Russian language under the LNG button, which is on the right and at the top.
Both programs calculate the Windows Experience Index 8.1 and 10 in the same way - they use a function built into the system and provide only a visual interface. The computer evaluation time is also absolutely the same for them.
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Hello, friends! Computer performance index or test from Microsoft, of course, not the most objective, but very popular among most users.
As you know, the performance score is determined by the score of the weakest component of the system.
The maximum number of points is 7.9 for Windows 7 and 9.9 points for Windows 8. The simplicity and accessibility of the test is exactly what the user requires.
However, in the 8th Windows versions this service has been disabled. More precisely, the graphical interface was disabled. Program code remained and continues to function. Today I will tell you how you can use it and find out the rating of your computer.
Find out the assessment of computer performance in Windows 8.1
Performance evaluation is carried out using system utility WinSAT ( Windows System Assessment Tool), which saves its results in the %WinDir%\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore folder. It would be logical to copy this address:
%WinDir%\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore
This is an XML file. Double-click on it and a browser window will open. We find the following values. I think everything is clear, but I signed the result in Russian.
If the folder is empty, then the system has not yet evaluated it. As a rule, at least a week should pass after installing the OS.
If this option seems difficult to you, you can use third party software. As an example - a simple utility WSAT from Andrey Leushin
Russian interface, no installation required. You can download the utility from the official website. Download and launch. The result is in the picture above. That's all, thanks for your attention. See you in new articles!
In previous articles, we have repeatedly touched on the features of the functioning of and. Microsoft assumed that this tool, first introduced seven years ago in Windows Vista, would be used to simplify the procedure for selecting compatible software and games, but in practice, developers software it was practically not used. As a result, the Windows Experience Index began to be used by beginners as the simplest tool for determining the degree of hardware performance (benchmark).
Due to the low demand for the WEI index, the developers of Windows 8.1 decided to refuse further support for it and remove it from the system. However, the entire performance index from Windows 8.1 has not been cut out, and despite the fact that its graphical representation (in computer properties) is missing, software components for assessing the WEI index are still present in the system (probably for the purpose of backward compatibility with old applications).
In this article we will look at how to still obtain the values of the Windows Experience Index in Windows 8.1.
First of all, let's update information about the ratings of system components using the command ():
WinSAT prepop
After executing the command in the directory %WINDIR%\performance\winsat\datastore\ XML files containing the results of running the Performance Assessment Tool (WinSAT) tests will appear (or be updated).
In the DataStore directory, find the XML file containing the value in the name Formal. Assessment (Initial). WinSAT(if there are several files with this name, we will need a file with a name containing the current date).
Open this file using any test editor or browser. IN this file The corresponding tags contain test values for assessing the performance of various subsystems. We are interested in the following XML tags:
- CPUScore– processor performance
- D3DScore– performance in 3D games
- DiscScore– disk performance
- GraphicsScore– graphics performance
- MemoryScore– RAM performance
- SystemScore– resulting system performance index
For example, the overall performance index of a given system is 6.8
points (see tag contents
You can also get WEI index values using the ubiquitous PowerShell by opening the PoSH console with administrator rights and running the following command:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT
In the results of executing the PoSH command, you can see an assessment of the performance of the computer subsystems.
Note. The basic WEI rating of a computer is contained in the value of the WinSPRLevel parameter (in the screenshot the parameter has a value of 8).
So, now you know that getting the WEI index value in Windows 8.1 is not at all difficult.
Advice. It will not be possible to return the graphical display of the performance index in Windows 8.1 using standard means, but it is already available a large number of various programs, allowing you to return this functionality.
Users familiar with the Windows 7 Experience Index are wondering where it went in operating systems Windows 8.1 and 10?
To see your computer's performance rating under Windows control 7, just press right click mouse on the "Computer" icon in the "Start" menu or on the desktop and select the "Properties" option from the context menu. In the window that opens, in the “System” section opposite the “Evaluation” item, you can see the overall system performance rating.
In fact, in Windows 8.1 and 10, the system performance evaluation function has not disappeared; the developers simply removed its graphical representation. However, this is not entirely true. Read more below.
Overall rating
Most likely, the performance assessment has already been performed automatically on your computer with installed Windows 8.1 or 10. To see the result, press the key combination “Win+R” and type the command in the “Run” window that appears:
Shell:games
The window shown in the figure below will open.
The bottom-right corner of the window will display your overall computer performance score, the same one that previously appeared next to the "Windows Experience Index" link in Properties Windows systems 7.
It should be noted that starting with Windows 8, the maximum performance score increased from 7.9 to 9.9.
System Component Assessments
Also in Windows 8.1 and 10 you can see ratings of system components, although their presentation will not be as beautiful as the overall rating.
Go to the "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore" directory, there you will see system performance reports. Find the most recent XML file by creation date that contains the phrase:
"...Formal.Assessment (Initial).WinSAT..."
"...Formal.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT..." .
Open it with any browser by right-clicking on it and selecting the browser using the "Open with" command from the context menu. Find the "WinSPR" section in the open XML file. To speed up your work, use the search (usually the "Ctrl+F" keys).
You will see performance ratings for your computer's components. The list below shows the designations that correspond to the feature rating names in Windows 7:
- SystemScore- overall score, determined by the lowest score;
- MemoryScore- memory (RAM), memory access operations per second;
- CpuScore- processor, calculation operations per second;
- GraphicsScore- graphics, desktop performance for Windows Aero;
- GamingScore- graphics for games, performance of 3D graphics and games;
- DiskScore- main hard drive, speed of data exchange with the disk.
Manually running performance tests
If you do not see performance report files in the "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore" directory, or you want to update the score, run the performance tests manually.
Open a command prompt with administrator rights. To do this, click on the "Start" button, in the list of programs, find the "Utility - Windows" section and in it find the "Command Prompt" item, right-click on it. In the opened context menu select the sub-item "Advanced > Run as administrator" and confirm the action.
Enter the command:
Winsat formal
or if you want to evaluate your computer again:
Winsat formal -restart clean
and press "Enter" to run the tests.
After some time, the testing program will complete its work and display real data on the performance of computer components in the command line window.
Also, performance evaluations of computer components will be written to the "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore" directory. Follow the instructions in the "System Component Ratings" section of this article for detailed information about your system's performance ratings.
Randomly check the performance of computer components
Console utility WinSAT can perform a partial scan of individual computer components and display command line real results of their performance. To do this, after the command winsat separated by a space you need to add the command of the desired test. Below are the commands for random testing of computer components:
- formal– Performs a complete set of assessment tasks and saves the data to an XML file in the "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore" directory;
- dwm– Evaluates the desktop window manager;
- cpu-encryption or -encryption2 or -compression or -compression2– Performs processor performance assessment;
- mem– Performs an assessment of RAM bandwidth;
- d3d– Performs Direct 3D evaluation for games;
- disk– Performs assessment hard drive or SSD;
- media -input "path to video file"– Performs multimedia assessment: video encoding and decoding (playback) performance using Direct Show;
- mfmedia -input "path to video file"– Performs video decoding (playback) performance assessment using Media Foundation;
- features– Displays information about system components.
For example, to find out throughput RAM, run the command:
Winsat mem
To learn more about the program's capabilities winsat, call help with the command.