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The thread discusses a user's experience with installing Windows 7 on an iMac, initially achieving a high WEI disk score of 7.9, which drops to 5.9 after reinstalling without macOS. The user seeks advice on the score discrepancy and SSD performance, questioning whether software configuration affects benchmark results. Responders suggest that WEI is unreliable and that AS SSD benchmark primarily reflects hardware capabilities, implying software differences may influence certain tests, but the main concern should be actual hardware performance. Overall, the advice indicates that the performance differences are likely due to hardware or driver issues rather than the benchmarks alone.

Vyas Gobinath

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Hi Everyone,

I have an imac. I tried to install windows 7 from boot camp and the WEI for disk drive (SSD) was 7.9

Then I decided to remove mac OS and make it completely windows. So, again using the boot camp I re installed windows. But this time I deleted the mac OS partition. Windows installed without any problems, but the WEI score for disk drive dropped to 5.9

I tried installing the latest AHCI drivers and used the disk cleanup utility to remove 400 MB of junk. Now I run the WEI again, and the disk drive scored 6.3

Since the ssd scored 7.9, I'm confident that there is some wrong setting that I need to fix.

I'm attaching the results of my winsat disk and as-ssd benchmark tests.

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Since this is an imac, I cannot access the BIOS settings. and I'm running out of options.

Any help would be appreciated.


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I understand WEI is not important. But why the disk drive which scored 7.9 has a score of 6.3 now?

Also, the SSD's performance is not the same as in the configuration that I had before.

Does AS SSD benchmark depend on software configuration? or is it based only on hardware?

whs

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I would not worry about it. That WEI is not scientific and it is mostly useless.

Bases on the AS SSD I would call this SSD average. Access time is OK and that's what counts.
 

Vyas Gobinath

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I understand WEI is not important. But why the disk drive which scored 7.9 has a score of 6.3 now?

Also, the SSD's performance is not the same as in the configuration that I had before.

Does AS SSD benchmark depend on software configuration? or is it based only on hardware?
 

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whs

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I would think that it is based on hardware.