The Quest for the Perfect Windows Vista Score 5.9

the reason why I don't use vista is because it takes too much maintenance and also some advice. when you start with the windows vista operating system, It gives you a score from 1 to 10. If it is below 5 windows vista automatically turns off the aerial themes and effects If it's below 2 then vista turns of basic themes and regular performances such as launching your browser and playing vista games and that's what happened to me so you should not use vista if you need to buy things to maintain an operatingsystem than a computer which I think is stupid. I've experimented with many third party operating systems meaning things like vista inspirat 2 and vista transformation pack. I believe that vista inspirat 2 is better than vista transformation pack because VTP Changes your bootscreen and allows Trojans in your system32 file causing the computer to not reload and makes your dad pull out the belt and whip you. I recommend vista inspirat 2, also you might want to download topdesk for win flip 3d (use u torrent and go to mininova .com, type topdesk). and download crystal xp prebuild.

Vista is good once you update the harddrive. My specs are:
5.9 CPU (Yes, it's a good one)
5.5 RAM (Not the best, but it's 3GB RAM so it's still good!)
5.9 Graphics (Perfect Graphics - YAY!)
5.5 Gaming Graphics (Again, this needs updating.)
5.7 Hard Disk (245 Free, 466 Total... not bad.
Overall, my average is 5.7, but my score is 5.5 (Very good!)

hehehe im really happy with my minimum upgrade and ive got a 5.0 score, just bought the following: gigabyte p35-ds3l rev 2.0, 2gb twin2x Corsair ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 memory modules, E2180 OC 3.0 ghz, already had EVGA 8800GTS 640mb, and an old 80GB 7200 Barracuda hard drive.just spent $240 aprox.

Yea Mines a Gateway Fx thats a 5.9

I have a 5.9 score, and vista feels terrible and slow to me. I just built the computer a couple of days ago.

Phenom 9950 (not overclocked)
8 GB RAM (using x64 Vista)
GTX 260
1 TB Seagate Barracuda
GIGABYTE MB (not sure of which off top of my head)

Well I've got 5.9 also with Vista Business.
MSI P45D3, 4096MB RAM 1333MHz, IntelCore2quad, and some 750GB HDD split across two SATAII disks
anyway it really feels being slow, but when I switched off all these funny animations, sidebar and stoped all possible backround jobs it started to be fun. The only thing I do not understand why the HDD is working all the time ...

mine is an odd system

2 x IP4 (6GHz) 4.9
RAM (2x 1GB 4.7
Graphics for aero 5.5
gaming 5.2
HDD 5.2

nvvidida 8500 (512MB)

I think this Vista score is not objective, because you have more powerful CPU than me and I have score 5,3... and for graphics I have powerful GPU (9600M GT 512 MB, 1536 MB used) and my graphics for aero is only 5,0. My CPU is Core 2 Duo P8600 (2400 MHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache).. But thank God my RAM score is 5,9 (I thought DDR2 is crap, but it is not)

my set up is similar to Dianne's except that i use 5 raptor 74gb hard drives in a raid 5 and mines run at astronomical speeds. na latency at all. slow hdd's slow down everything (also graphics is a gx2 1gd)

Phenom 9550 - 5.9
Hd3870 oc 1gb 5.9 in both
1 sata hd - 500 gb + 1 pata hd - 250 gb - 5.9
2gb ram - 5.9

They need to raise the scores now. Everyone has a 5.9 xD

why my rating score is 5.8

my specs
intel core2quad 3.0Ghz
4GB ddr3 RAM
nVidia Quadro FX 3700
500GB SATA HDD
Intel Extreme Motherboard

my base score is 5.5

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz- 5.9
4Gb Ram DDR2 - 5.5
NVIDIA Geforce XFX 9800GT 1GB
320GB sata hard disk

I got a 5.6 now.

Processor : Intel Core2Quad Q6600 (2.4Ghz)
Graphics Card : eVGA GeForce 9600GT (512MB DDR3)
Harddisc : 820GB Total
Internal Memory : 4GB (OCZ Reaper Kit 2x2GB)

Why don't i have a 5.9 then?!

Wooow... my score is 1....
maybe this computer is number 1 in windows 98 . hahhahahaaaaaa

i got Phenom black 9550 and got - 5.6??? weakest 5.5 but it seems there must be bug or something cus it says !new hardware detected even when i Refresh it :S
all drivers are update . x64 Ultimate Edition (+ latest SPs)

yeah 5.9 on everything as well, c2q 9650 3.0, gtx 295,8gb ddr2, sas 15krpm disk
I think taking the lowest number as the overall score is rubbish as in a game you can have a slow hard disk but once loaded in memory will fly so...

I got a 5.8 b/c my slow 9500 phenom XD 2.2ghz quadcore gave me 5.8

Processor: Phenom quadcore 9500 2.2ghz ---5.8
Memory(RAM): 8gig ram OCZ ---5.9
Graphics: performance for aero ---5.9
Gaming graphics: GTX 260 ---5.9
Primary hard disk: 250gb HDD ---5.9 (This HDD is pretty darn old lol)

try update to windows 7 the score will 5.9

my comptuer is 5.9 everything

Q6600
GeForce 8800
4Gig Ram

I'm at 5.9. I agree - I think they need to update the rating basis - any new build should have a 5.9!

Phenom II 920 - 5.9
4GB Patriot DDR2 1066 - 5.9
1TB Seagate SATA - 5.9
ATI Radeon 3870 OC - 5.9, 5.9

To get a perfect score for windows vista depends on the bottlenecks in your system. I am literally referring to the speeds at which different components transfer information - In and Out (I/O's). If one or more components is slower than the others at I/O's, then it becomes a 'Bottleneck' and the computer will only run as fast as its slowest component.

If you are using IDE leads - get SATA or optical connections (Include your CD/DVD)
My system contans the following :-

Dual Core E7200 @ 2.53 Ghz (CPU)
1024MB GeForce 9800GTX (Graphics)
1TB Seagate SATA II (HDD)
8GB 1066Mhz DDR2 Kingston HyperX (4x 2GB Sticks)
ASUS P5KSE_EPU (Motherboard)
Windows Vista Home Premium (32 Bit System)

All scored 5.9 except my processor which scored 5.4...
Obviously, my CPU is the bottleneck of my system.
Basically, I need a faster CPU to improve system speed.

("In engineering, bottleneck is a phenomenon by which the performance or capacity of an entire system is severely limited by a single component. The component is sometimes called a bottleneck point. The term is metaphorically derived from the neck of a bottle, where the flow speed of the liquid is limited by its neck.") (Thanks to Wikipedia for that quote...

why would you have a 32 bit OS and have 8Gbs of RAM?

Dianne, Vista is terribly slow. Windows 7 will be much better I'm currently using windows 7 ultimate RC and its a huge improvement.

my score is 5.9

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
4GB - GSKILL: 6.4
2GHz 512MB DDR3 ATI Radeon HD 4830: 6.4
1TB Seagate SATA 5.9

new pc

5.9

intel i7 920 @3.0
6gb gskill 1600
evga gtx260
2 wd raid
I think since my AW laptop last year hit 5.9 with a core 2 duo this one would hit 5.9 runnin at half power

Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Total score = 5.9

Intel Q9550 2.83 = 5.9
8GB Corsair XMS2 800 DDR2 = 5.8
(3) GTX 260 = 5.9
500GB SATA HD = 5.9

How can I get my RAM score to 5.9?

AMD X2 7750 2.7GHz = 5.5
2GB DDR2 800 = 5.9
Nvidia GTS 250 = 5.9
320GB HDD SATA 7200RPM = 5.9

IN WINDOW 7 my graphics score = 6.1

My Score is 5.9

Q9650 Core 2 Quad 3 GHZ 12 Mb L2 Cache
Geforce 9800 GT 1 GB DDR3
2 GB DDR3 Kingston at 1333
500 GB SATA

I've got 5.9

AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core 2.60GHz
Ram: 4GB DDR2
MSI 9600GT 1GB DDR3
500 GB SATA

Wow, $3500 maxed out my score to 5.9! I7 975 Extreme, Corsair Dominator 6X2GB, MSI Eclipse, 1TB 10,000rpm SATA Lenovo HD, Dual Lenovo SATA DVD-RAM drives, Dual IDE LG DVD-RAM, Coolermaster 840 + 1250watt clean power supply by Coolermaster, Dual 4870x2 Radeon in Cross Fire mode, 32" Polaroid Monitor, Altec Lansig 7.1 with X-FI Soundblaster, Razer Trantula keyboard, Razer Lachesis mouse, and DELL/ALIENWARE can't touch what I built unless you got $7000+.

5.9 all the way across! I've never seen processor go above 50% RAM stays around 10-30% under full load multi-tasking. Encoding a DVD while playing Far Cry it don't even blink.
I7 Extreme 975 3.33GHz (no need to overclock this monster)
Corsair DDR3 Tri-channel 6x2GB Dominator
Dual Radeon 4870x2 in crossfire mode (so it's 4 GPU's)
Lenovo 1TB 10,000rpm SATA
Dual Lenovo SATA DVD-RAM drives
Dual LG IDE DVD-RAM drives
CoolerMaster 840 tower
CoolerMaster 1250W Clean/Real Power
MSI Eclipse with X-FI Soundblaster

I got a 7.1 on my processor yay, but 5.5 on memory, sigh.

Dell XPS M1530
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz 6.0
4 GB DDR2 6.0
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 5.8 graphics
Gaming Graphics : 1791 MB Total available graphics memory 6.2
HDD: 500GB SamSung HM500LI 5.5
Why my HDD is weak !?

Quick question: what is the current cap on the vista score?
Mine are all at 5.9 now but wondering if it goes past that now

Still 5.9 in Vista. But check out Windows 7, you can go higher that 5.9: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hardware-Configuration-for-the-Perfect-7-9-Windows-7-Score-102349.shtml

Windows Vista Ultimate x64
5.3 Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 8450 Triple-Core Processor
5.9 Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
5.9 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
5.9 Gaming Graphics: 2303 MB Total available graphics memory
5.9 Primary Hard Disk: 239GB Free (298GB Total)
Base Score: 5.3

My CPU has the lowest rating! I should've bought Phenom 9950 instead.

MY LATEST GAMING RIG
VISTA ULTIMATE 64 BIT
AMD PHENOM X4 965 5.9
TRANS 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHZ 5.9
XFX RADEON 5770 5.9
GAMIN GRAPHICS 2750 MB 5.9
WD CG 500 GB 5.9
BASE SCORE 5.9 (100%) I CAN EXCEED THIS I M SURE

PHENOM X4 965 WORK AT ITS BEST WITH ASUS M4A78T-E OR M4A79T
XFX 5770 IS A VERY GOOD CARD NO NEED FOR 5870 OR 5970 FOR 2 YEARS ATLEAST LATER ALSO U CAN ADD ONE MORE 5770 CROSS FIRE BOTH
M SURE THEY WILL LAST ATLEAST 5 YEARS FROM TODAY

Specs are as follows:

Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor 7.4
Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB 7.5
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 7.1
Gaming graphics 2431 MB Total available graphics memory 7.1
Primary hard disk 509GB Free (931GB Total) 5.9

This is running on the GA-785GPTM-UD3 motherboard. The RAM is corsair DDR3 1600Mhz. Graphics card is the 5870. I am looking at getting a solid state hard drive to push the rating to 7.

Keep on gaming....

i've got 4.7 o_O''
AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core Processor 4400 + 2.30GHz
RAM 3.00GB
Nvidia GT 9400 1024mb silent series
Harddrive 500gb
windows vista service pack 2

think my processor is the problem and my ram too...need some advice

My Rig Is A Packard bell Ipower.

i bought it very cheap and to start another build. i have

5.9 processor core2 quad q6600 2.4GHz
5.0 ram 2gig 800MHz budget ram (till i get some high speed corsair ram)
5.9 graphics nvidia GeForce 8600gts 512MB (till i buy 2 better and cross fire them)
5.6 gaming graphics
5.8 primary hard disk (not happy because the hard drive has a boot partition so cant change it out) when i finally do its going to be striped con fig.

its a good fast huge tower I've fitted asus silent knight 2 full copper CPU cooler, i recommend one as it cools the CPU 25% more than the huge cooler it had. its low heat, fast system I've never had a problem with this rig but vista can be slow and sluggish till you modify a few thing. it takes a wile but its well worth it.

hi, update


ive now got scores of

5.9 processor core2 quad q6600 2.4GHz
5.5 ram 2x 2gb 800mhz A-Data (Got Em Basicly Free. Yeah Crap But Aint Payin £100 For Ram Yet)
5.9 graphics 2x nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB (In SLi Mode)
5.9 gaming graphics (Because Of The SLi Config)
5.8 primary hard disk (i havent got round to doing this yet but will stripe as 2x 320gb sata2 hdd)

ive orderd my case stickers too so it will look better and be right with whats inside.

processeur core2 quad Q6600 2,4ghz oc a 3ghz
ram 4go ddr3 1333 mhz
graphiques nvidia geforce 250gts 512mo
1 disque dur 300go sata 2
scores 5,9
windows vista 32
en faite avec peut on a un bon scores

how can you have a score of 5.9 ? the hard drive will not give you 5.9 unless your hard drive is 500gb plus! that is why i have a 5.8 on mine cos my hdd is 320gb. oh my base score is 5.7 now as i over clocked my system to 2.7ghz yeah can do it to 3ghz on the q6600 but its more stable and safer for the system.

There sure is a 5.9 as i`ve managed it. ie my pc consists of :
1 Amd phenom (tm) 9650 quad-core
2 ati radeon 5870 pcs+ graphics card
3 4gig ddrm
4 280 gig hd
5 antec 900 eu games case witch has 4xfans to keep it all cool.
This pc cost me approx £850 to build i would say it would cost £950 if you cant build it up yourself. I go on line gaming all the time and play such games as mod 4, L4D2, etc all these run off direct x, the buty of the graphics card i installed is that when the powers that be bring out better and more in depth and demanding games that will only play off direct 11 the card is compatible so in a sense somewhat future proof. I would of put more ddrm in but i want to stay on 32bit, if i put 6gig ddrm i would have to move over to 64 bit and i dont want that at this moment in time. ps i really should get a bigger hd but for now it will cope. hope this has bin some use to you thanks. sparky

my PC has 5.9 :)

5.9 q6600 processor
5.9 6GB 800MHz a-data ddr2 ram
5.9 graphics 2x 8600gts 256MB nvidia graphics cards in SLi
5.9 gaming graphics 2x 8600 256MB nvidia graphics cards in SLi
5.9 500GB primary hdd 500GB secondary hdd 160Gb third, i cloned my 320GB to a 500GB

my case is the Packard bell ipower with the blue theme it looks like the gigabyte 3d aurora case. i got a 600watt psu SLi with blue led cooler. i have cc lights, geil ram cooler , custom gpu cooler side blower, pci cooler blowing upward, north bridge cooler 40mm, CPU asus silent knight cooler fully copper and 1 way fan controller at the back for ram cooler, 4 way fan controller in floppy bay blue leds and 2x DVD re writer's one dual layer and one lightscribe. all fans light up blue and red my theme is fire and water.

OMfG 3,1 ..

Vista Ultimate x64 - 5.9 Rating

5.9 CPU - AMD Phenom 955 BE 3.2Ghz
5.9 RAM - 8GB DDR2 Corsair (can't remember exactly what type)
5.9 Graphics - GTX285 OC 2GB
5.9 Gaming
5.9 Hard Disk - SAMSUNG HD103 1TB

I'd love to see what I'd score on windows 7..

I've had a 5.9 on my PC ever since I built it like 4 years ago lol. I had a friend order parts for me from Newegg. But occasionally I have bumps with Vista. Lol anyone ever try playing Second Life with everything maxed out? It almost killed my gpu (Nvidia GTS 250).