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Rather, use these scores only to provide quantitative feedback for the
upgrades or tweaks you??™re doing. And keep in mind that these scores,
although based on calculations, aren??™t quite as rigid as they seem. For
instance, refresh the index right after booting Windows, and you may see a
0.1 variance from a PC that has been scored after being on all day. Install a
new graphics driver, and your Graphics subscore may go up a few tenths
while Gaming graphics dives slightly.
Click the View and print details link to shed some more
light on exactly how Vista is calculating your PC??™s score. You
can print the results here, or better yet, highlight everything
(Ctrl-A), copy the text to the clipboard (Ctrl-C), and then
paste into Notepad (Ctrl-V) to save the results to a file.
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Performance
Update my score
Click either the Refresh Now button on top or the Update my score link
down below to rescan your system and perform the benchmarks again. But
don??™t be surprised when you don??™t see any progress bar or other indication
that Windows is testing your system; other than periodic sluggishness in the
mouse, occasional screen flashes, or increased hard disk activity, you
shouldn??™t notice much of anything happening.
But don??™t let that fool you: to maximize your scores, make sure you close
any running applications (including background tasks like antivirus programs
and anything that uses your network), let go of your mouse, and then
go get a cup of tea so you avoid doing anything that may interfere with the
scoring.
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