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View performance index using the PowerShell console
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Show performance index using the "Run" dialog
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The performance index is officially no longer available under Windows 10. However, we will show you how you can access it..

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The performance index evaluates the performance of your system using a point scale from 1.0 (very poor) to 9.9 (very good). It examines all components such as processor, memory and graphics card and then creates a separate value for each component. The overall rating is the value of the weakest component. In the previous versions, the performance index was still easy to find in the control panel. As of Windows 8.1, Microsoft has removed the usual access option. In this guide we will tell you how you can display the performance index in the newer Windows versions.

View performance index using the PowerShell console

If you don't want to install a specially designed program, you can use the PowerShell console to view the performance index :

1st step:

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Press the key combination [Windows] + [X] and click on " PowerShell (Administrator) ".

2nd step:

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Enter " winsat formal " in the new window and confirm with [ Enter ]. Now wait briefly until " C: \ Windows \ system32 " appears and the command has run.

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If the Powershell window has closed, restart Powershell. Then enter " Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_WinSAT ". The determined values ​​are now displayed.

Show performance index using the "Run" dialog

The method via the " Execute " dialog requires a little more work .

1st step

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Simultaneously press the [Windows] + [R] keys to open the " Run " input window . Now enter " winsat formal " in this window and confirm. The performance index is now calculated in a new window. Wait until this window closes again.

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Then navigate your file browser to the folder " C: \ Windows \ Performance \ WinSAT \ DataStore ". There you look for the file " Formal.Assessment (Recent) .WinSAT.xml ". Open this file. Look for the entry " SystemScore " in the file . There is the overall rating with the individual sub-areas such as CPU and graphics.

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