The Windows Experience Index is a rating system introduced by Microsoft that helps you evaluate the overall performance of your PC. It provides a rating for various system components, including the processor, RAM, graphics processor, and disk.
This article will tell you how to view the Windows 11 performance rating. It only allows you to evaluate the computer’s performance. It should be noted that the functionality of the built-in benchmark has been abandoned. In fact, the capabilities of previous versions of the system have been left here.
How to Run a Windows 11 Performance Benchmark
The system itself performs background performance testing. And forms a general performance index based on the minimum value. This functionality was available before, now it has simply been transferred. And you can recalculate the rating/performance index using the command:
winsat formal -restart clean
Of course, we will use the Windows terminal for this. Once the evaluation is complete, you will receive results for each component. The scale is from 1 to 9.9, where 1 is the lowest performance and 9.9 is the highest. This data is written to an .XML file.
How to view the performance index
IN Windows terminal execute the command Get-CimInstance Win32_WinSAT. Immediately, in the Windows PowerShell shell, you will receive the test result. And earlier, you could use the computer properties section. Check out all the main test indicators:
| CPUScore D3DScore DiskScore GraphicsScore MemoryScore |
9.3 9.9 9.25 8 9.3 |
CPU Performance Index; discrete graphics test for games and 3D programs; This is the performance of the system disk; test interface graphics and video playback; RAM performance; |
| SystemScore CPUSubAggScore VideoEncodeScore Dx9SubScore Dx10SubScore GamingScore |
8 8.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 |
overall performance index, min. value; additional CPU performance assessment; evaluation of video encoding capabilities; performance when using DirectX 9; DirectX 10 performance index only; gaming capabilities without being tied to DirectX. |
You can find the .XML file – Formal.Assessment (Recent).WinSAT.xmlwhere the results are saved. In the location C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore open it through Microsoft Edge. In your browser, click Ctrl+F and in search The plate at the top will have to be widened a little.
This will help analyze the results or compare the performance of computers. Of course, the classic WinSAT (Windows System Assessment Tool) requires reconstruction. And I hope we will see it someday, so that we can abandon third-party benchmarks.
How to use Winaero WEI Tool
The Winaero WEI Tool application brings back the performance evaluation tool. It can output the CPU, memory, graphics and storage evaluation. If necessary, it allows you to restart the performance testing. As before, the component evaluation is on a scale from 1.0 to 9.9…
Conclusion
Important! On the laptop, you can switch between integrated graphics and discrete graphics. During normal testing, the former may be taken into account. That’s where the GraphicsScore result came from – 8 (on a gaming device). When switching to a discrete graphics card, 9.9.
You can improve performance based on the results. Updating drivers, increasing RAM (increasing operating frequency), replacing the old drive with an SSD or components. The graphics driver version directly affects this Windows 11 P-index.
