WEI in Windows 8.1

Q: How can I see my Windows 8.1 machine's Windows Experience Index (WEI)?

A: The Windows Experience Index (WEI) was a number that showed your machine's overall experience based on memory, processor, disk, and graphics. In Windows 7 and Windows 8, it was available as part of the properties of your computer (System control panel applet). The WEI is no longer shown; however, its results can still be accessed.

Navigate to C:WindowsPerformanceWinSATDataStore and open a file Format.Assessment (Initial/Recent).WinSAT.xml. Near the top of the file is a WinSPR section with all the specific values and the overall score. (See screen shot below.)

If you don't have the files or they are out-of-date, you can force an evaluation by running the command

winsat formal

from an elevated command prompt. This creates new files based on current data. It also gives details at the command prompt of the testing process.

C:WINDOWSsystem32>winsat formalWindows System Assessment Tool> Running the Formal Assessment> Running: Feature Enumeration ''> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-aname DWM -time 10 -fbc 10 -disp off -normalw 1 -alphaw 2 -width 1280 -height 1024 -winwidth C(1144) -winheight C(915) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -nolock'> Assessing Desktop Graphics Performance> Run Time 00:00:10.83> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-aname Batch -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 300 -batchcnt C(10) -objs C(26) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -texpobj C(1)'> Assessing DirectX Batch Performance> Run Time 00:00:05.73> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-aname Alpha -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 300 -batchcnt C(75) -objs C(26) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -texpobj C(1)'> Assessing DirectX Alpha blend Performance> Run Time 00:00:05.72> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-aname Tex -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 500 -batchcnt C(125) -objs C(20) -noalpha -texshader -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(4) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3'> Assessing DirectX Texture load Performance> Run Time 00:00:05.88> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-aname ALU -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 500 -batchcnt C(125) -objs C(20) -noalpha -alushader -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(1) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3'> Assessing DirectX ALU Performance> Run Time 00:00:06.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname Batch -time 5 -fbc 10 -dispoff -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 300 -batchcnt C(10) -objs C(26) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -texpobj C(1)'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname Alpha -time 5 -fbc 10 -dispoff -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 300 -batchcnt C(75) -objs C(26) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -texpobj C(1)'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname Tex -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 500 -batchcnt C(125) -objs C(20) -noalpha -texshader -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(4) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname ALU -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 500 -batchcnt C(125) -objs C(20) -noalpha -alushader -totaltex 10 -texpobj C(1) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname GeomF4 -time 7 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 150;200;241 -batchcnt C(50);C(200);C(300) -objs C(12);C(26);C(45) -noalpha -geomf4shader -texpobj C(0) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -tierframes 60 -tiertime 1'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname GeomV8 -time 7 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 75;100;120 -batchcnt C(25);C(100);C(150) -objs C(8);C(17);C(29) -noalpha -geomv8shader -texpobj C(0) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -tierframes 60 -tiertime 1'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: WinSAT Direct3D Assessment '-dx10 -aname CBuffer -time 5 -fbc 10 -disp off -animate 10 -width 1280 -height 1024 -totalobj 75 -batchcnt C(25) -objs C(8) -rendertotex 6 -rtdelta 3 -texpobj C(1) -cbuffershader -cbufa 2 -cbuff 5 -cbufp 6'> Run Time 00:00:00.00> Running: Media Foundation Playback Assessment '-input C:WINDOWSPerformanceWinSATwinsat.wmv -nopmp'> Run Time 00:00:01.52> Running: Extended Media Assessment '-input C:WINDOWSPerformanceWinSATClip_1080_5sec_VC1_15mbps.wmv -video offscreen -audio mute -prevent3pc -width 100%m -height 100%m -constrain -savereg -autoprofname -expfrmmin 135 -expfrmmax 150 -overrideframetype prog'> Run Time 00:00:06.30> Running: Extended Media Assessment '-input C:WINDOWSPerformanceWinSATClip_1080_5sec_10mbps_h264.mp4 -video offscreen -audio mute -prevent3pc -width 100%m-height 100%m -constrain -savereg -autoprofname -expfrmmin 135 -expfrmmax 150 -overrideframetype prog'> Run Time 00:00:06.31> Running: Extended Media Assessment '-input C:WINDOWSPerformanceWinSATClip_480_5sec_6mbps_h264.mp4 -video offscreen -audio mute -prevent3pc -width 100%m -height 100%m -constrain -savereg -autoprofname -expfrmmin 135 -expfrmmax 150 -overrideframetype int2fps'> Run Time 00:00:06.28> Run Time 00:00:00.00> CPU LZW Compression 649.39 MB/s> CPU AES256 Encryption 312.09 MB/s> CPU Vista Compression 1712.62 MB/s> CPU SHA1 Hash 1968.80 MB/s> Uniproc CPU LZW Compression 125.43 MB/s> Uniproc CPU AES256 Encryption 78.73 MB/s> Uniproc CPU Vista Compression 309.99 MB/s> Uniproc CPU SHA1 Hash 537.53 MB/s> Memory Performance 20872.17 MB/s> Direct3D Batch Performance 1689.80 F/s> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance 1694.09 F/s> Direct3D ALU Performance 1051.22 F/s> Direct3D Texture Load Performance 1167.57 F/s> Direct3D Batch Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D Alpha Blend Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D ALU Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D Texture Load Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D Geometry Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D Geometry Performance 0.00 F/s> Direct3D Constant Buffer Performance 0.00 F/s> Video Memory Throughput 40571.30 MB/s> Dshow Video Encode Time 0.98526 s> Media Foundation Decode Time 0.06049 s> Disk Sequential 64.0 Read 503.74 MB/s 8.1> Disk Random 16.0 Read 370.96 MB/s 8.1> Total Run Time 00:00:57.52