How to get Windows Experience Index in Windows 10

Do you want to know how powerful your PC is? But can’t figure out how to? Well, Windows have the perfect solution for that.

Windows Experience Index shortly known as WEI is one of the easiest ways to determine actually how powerful your PC is. So, if you want to know the score of your computer’s performance, you can do that easily with this feature.

To fix various Windows 10/11 problems, we recommend Outbyte PC Repair:
This software will repair common computer errors, protect you from file loss, malware damage, hardware failure, and optimise your computer for peak performance. In three simple steps, you can resolve PC issues and remove virus damage:

  1. Download Outbyte PC Repair Software
  2. Click Start Scan to detect Windows 10/11 issues that may be causing PC issues.
  3. Click Repair All to fix issues with your computer's security and performance.
    This month, Outbyte has been downloaded by 23,167 readers.

Though, in Windows 8 you won’t find this feature. But in Windows 10 you can unlock this feature through some secret steps.

Windows Experience Index shows the overall score of all the performances of your machine. But you have to do a little bit of work to unlock the WEI entirely. Once you have run it for the first time, you will be able to see the score.

Update:- Earlier we used to check the Performance Score via the Game folder. However, with the Windows 10 version 1803, Microsoft has removed the Game folder. That’s why the article is now updated and uses PowerShell to access the Windows Experience Index.

Windows Experience Index 2

How to Know the Performance Score of your PC?

Using PowerShell and Command Prompt

Step-1: Firstly, press Win + X button and then Choose Windows PowerShell (Admin).

Windows Experience Index 1

Step-2: Once you have opened it. Type the following command and hit enter button.

Get-CimInstance Win32_WinSat

Windows Experience Index 3

Step-3: You will see the Windows Experience Index rating on the screen. If you see the values in 0 then its means that you need to refresh it. You can refresh the report to get the updated experience index report.

Refresh Windows Experience Index using Command Prompt

Step-1: For that, you have to go to the Start menu and search for Command Prompt, then right-click on it and choose Run as administrator.

Open Command Prompt as Administrator

Step-2: Once you’re in the Command Prompt type the following command:

winsat formal

This command may take some time, so wait for a bit. Your PC will run in the background and gather all the information.

Note:- If you are using it on the laptop and it is on the battery then the command won’t run. You need to plug-in your laptop to run this command.

Windows Experience Index 4

After it’s finished, it will display some results that you won’t understand. So, no need to go through them.

Step-3: Now again visit the PowerShell (Admin) windows and run the command again.

Get-CimInstance Win32_WinSat

Windows Experience Index 5

The Detailed Windows Experience Index Report

Step-1: Go to your account and then go to the following path:

C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore

Here, C: drive is the drive you have installed Windows 10.

Windows Experience Index 6

Step-2: Once you’re in the DataStore, sort the files via date then look for the file named similar to Formal.Assessment (Initial/Recent).WinSAT.xml. Once you have found it, right-click on it and then Open with then choose a browser to open it.

Windows Experience Index 7

Step-3: After opening the file you will see when it generates along with other scores. Such as the score for your hardware, score of system score, memory score (RAM score), CPU score, graphics score, disk score, and gaming score.

Windows Experience Index 8

Note:- If for any reason you can’t locate the file Formal.Assessment in the DataStore folder, then you have to refresh the report. Follow the steps in Refresh Windows Experience Index Report section and then again check, you will find it.

  20 Tips to Speed up Windows 10 Performance

Using Third-Party Tools

If you don’t want to go to all these troubles, then you can always download third-party tools to see the outputs of your PC. They will give even more detailed info about where can you improve the performance. Though, I would recommend two tools that might come in handy.

1. WinAero WEI Tool

WinAero WEI Tool

It’s a free tool, so you don’t have to worry about spending any money on it. You will get the experience of Windows Experience Index fully by this software in Windows 10. The tool will allow you to re-run any assessment and even save the scores in an HTML file.

The thing I liked the most was the standalone feature. This command allows you just to unzip and use it. You don’t have to install it. There is no doubt this is the best software for seeing the Windows Experience Index score.

2. Chris PC Win Experience Index

Chris PC Win Experience Index

It is another free software to get the experience of a lifetime. It will rate the score from 1.1 to 9.9, and you can also export it into text files.

Though there is nothing wrong with one but it tries to install some crap software when you are installing it. So, be a little careful when installing this one.

  How to Check the Health of Your PC

Windows Experience Index is one of the best features where you can know your PCs performance. So, if you are looking to enhance the performance for better reasons you should try out this one. And these are all methods to get Windows Experience Index in Windows 10. The methods are all-natural, so you shouldn’t have any problem with them.

Leave a Comment