Satellite A300 PSAGCE: window rate and perfomance dropped since Win 7 64bit insatllation

Hello !
I have a Satelite A300 Model- PSAGCE and since i instaled win7 64, my win rate dropped to 4.0!
I used to have win vista 32 with a rate of 5.5, since i went to toshiba site and downloaded the latest drivers to the machine and since i instaled ATI driver the rate dropped to 3.9!
How can i upgrade my laptop performance?
Or what should i do ?
My rates are :
Processor : 6.0
Ram : 6.0
Graphics Aero : 3.9
Gaming Graphics : 5.5
Hard Disk 5.3
Sorry my bad english ..

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