Windows Experience Index in Windows 8

This isn't great, but it's not all that bad, either.  Why not? Because this PC has a 64-bit Processor and 4 Gb of RAM (Random Access Memory) and Microsoft says in that case, the memory or RAM subscore for your PC will have a maximum of 5.9. This means that the overall base score will also be limited to 5.9. This applies to Windows 8 systems. 

So this isn't all that bad, especially in view of all the tweaking and add-ons I've included, and the fact that this rig is four years old. I should maybe also say that the hard-drive has been replaced once, and the original graphics card has been replaced by an ATI Radeon HD 5450 with 1 Gb of its own memory to improve the aero effects for Windows 7. So if we're  talking 3.7 out of 5.9 then
this is running at 62.71% of its possible maximum performance, which isn't bad at all.

Here is the Windows Experience Index for Windows 7 on this same PC, and the
explanatory notes with this also show the same remarks about the Processor and the RAM as above.  This PC is set up for dual booting, with Win-8 in the first or Boot partition, and Win-7 in the second partition. The Master Boot Record is therefore controlled by Windows 8.

Speaking of booting, above is the boot time for Win-7 on here this morning, and it doesn't get a whole bunch better than that. And before I go, a little reminder - Glary Utilities released a new updated version on July 4th, so check yours.

And this is the boot time for the Win-8 on here today. Not quite as fast as Win-7 but it has more add-ons and a large 'Windows.old' section from a previous O/S.