ghacks Technology News

Change Vista’s Windows Experience Rating

If you want to show of your Windows Experience Rating in Windows Vista which displays a hardware rating of your computer but have a rather weak score you should consider tweaking the results to get a better score displayed at the end. The Experience Rating is derived from five subscores which are: Processor, Memory, Graphics, Gaming Graphics and Primary Hard Drive.

All five are benchmarked by Vista which assigns a score between 1.0 and 5.9 at the end. All five sub scores are then used to calculate the Windows Experience Rating. The weakest score is 1.0 while the highest score currently possible lies at 5.9.

Microsoft will add higher scores every 12-18 months to reflect changes in the hardware market. There won’t be a system that currently gets a score higher than 5.9 unless you tweak it with System Point.

change windows experience rating

It is possible to change the Windows Experience rating and all five sub scores with System Point which means that you should not rely on that score if someone sells you an used computer running Windows Vista. It’s great for fooling friends though.

change windows experience rating 2

Read More:

Download System Point
via: My Digital Life

Enjoyed the article?: Then sign-up for our free newsletter or RSS feed to kick off your day with the latest technology news and tips, or share the article with your friends and contacts on Facebook or Twitter.

Related Articles:

How to Hack the Windows Experience Index
WinGuggle change Vista performance settings and OEM information
Windows 8 Direct Experience Mode
My Windows 7 Upgrade Experience
Ask the Readers: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Experience so far ?



About the Author:Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand. You can follow Martin on Facebook or Twitter.

Author: , Thursday August 30, 2007 -
Tags:, ,


Responses so far:

  1. Dan says:

    When I open the file I get a message next to a red cross and the application fails to launch. I have had it working before. Can you help?

  2. jithin says:

    There is simple software tool used for changing windows Experience index:
    J-tech Software’s Windows Rating Changer..

Leave a Reply   Follow Ghacks   Subscribe To Comment Rss

Subscribe without commenting

© 2005-2012 Ghacks.net. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - About Us