Just bought an SSD

[Kirito]

I received and installed my ssd today! Much faster than before but still feels a bit slow. Looking at my performance information I see that I have a 4.9 score for processor, ram is 6.2 graphics is 6.7 and gaming graphics is 6.7 and harddrive is 7.3. is the processor a bad choice? Oh I'm using an intel core 2 duo CPU E8600 @3.33GHz

[ispano]

I received and installed my ssd today! Much faster than before but still feels a bit slow. Looking at my performance information I see that I have a 4.9 score for processor, ram is 6.2 graphics is 6.7 and gaming graphics is 6.7 and harddrive is 7.3. is the processor a bad choice? Oh I'm using an intel core 2 duo CPU E8600 @3.33GHz

The Core2 was king of it's generation, but it's a good 2-3 generations behind now.

Also the Windows Experience Index is a very poor choice to use for benchmarking your hardware.

[Dhalmel]

The Core2 was king of it's generation, but it's a good 2-3 generations behind now.

Also the Windows Experience Index is a very poor choice to use for benchmarking your hardware.

It's 4 generations behind, 5 if you want to count Haswell.

[Soukyuu]

I received and installed my ssd today! Much faster than before but still feels a bit slow. Looking at my performance information I see that I have a 4.9 score for processor, ram is 6.2 graphics is 6.7 and gaming graphics is 6.7 and harddrive is 7.3. is the processor a bad choice? Oh I'm using an intel core 2 duo CPU E8600 @3.33GHz

CPU and the fact you probably don't have SATAIII as other have mentioned. Did you do a clean install?

Win7 does not do this unless my win7 disc is defective or something. The included Samsung SSD Magician software did these things for me.

Unless you are using a budget SSD or did not do a clean install, it should have. I admit the way it decides if it's a SSD or not is a bit retarded, basically you have to get a high enough score on the initial WEI test. Not sure about the threshold though, mine is 7.9 anyway.

Also the Windows Experience Index is a very poor choice to use for benchmarking your hardware.

Agree, but it provides a basic test if everything is working as it should. An SSD with a score below 7.9 is usually either a budget one or is being limited by something. Note that 7.9 is the max score in win7, I don't know about win8

[Dhalmel]

Yeah the CPU is getting there.

Upgrade to a i5 3750/3570k or AMD FX-8320.


Another problem is that your motherboard is still using SATAII. You will want to be on SATAIII for today's SSDs.

[ispano]

Every single change isn't a generation. Core2 > i7 > Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge/Haswell

Yes, those last 3 are considered the same generation.

EDIT: To be clear, I'm going by something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86

Where generations are defined by large jumps in capabilities and such. Although many see the 3 Generations of i7, they're far more similar to each other than Core2 > i7 was.

[Dhalmel]

my mistake then, still quite old in comparison.

[ispano]

my mistake then, still quite old in comparison.

No doubt, even a 1st Gen i7 would beat the pants off a Core2.

[Kirito]

No doubt, even a 1st Gen i7 would beat the pants off a Core2.

So I should invest for a new CPU? Is the installation as easy as installing the hard drive was?

[Dhalmel]

So I should invest for a new CPU? Is the installation as easy as installing the hard drive was?

You would pretty much need a new system.

A new CPU, DDR3 memory, a 1155/AM3+ motherboard, a newer PSU.