Hi All,

I was wondering since I ran this benchmark it stated that there are similat PC's who scored higher then I did..

Now I scored around 18,500 and the program stated similar PC's scored in the 23000-25000 range.. Now I was wondering why this is so. Perhaps the had over clocked and I am not??

Or they had faster memory then I have??the memory I have is NOT as Fast as I can run. I found I can get faster memory. I have the 12800 memory and found out I can go as high as 17600..

I had run an optimisation last night and defragged. I will try running the test again to see the results and to look at these other PC's that scored faster..

here are my specs which is supposed to be a Good one just not scoring as high as simialr PC;s..

1. Intel 2500K 3.30ghz CPU
2. Asus P8Z68-V Pro
3. Mushkin Silverline 8gb memory.. Will be getting some faster memory, done deal..
4. 2 PNY 470GTX no need to get better here as I am limited on the FPS as I run S3D because of my DLP Projectors..no need to upgrade these as of yet..
5. RocketFish 7.1 sound card.
6. Vision tek 2100 killer NIC.. Really nice card..

I have all the latest updates and drivers just did this yesterday..

OK NVM I am an idiot again lol!!

On further inspection of thos esimilar systems the next highest scoree the guy was riunning a SSD and Higher speed memory..

So I figured it out ... will be looking into a SSD Drive soon..

3DMark Score

16362 3DMarks
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Graphics Score

15895

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CPU Score

17943

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Jane Nash

47 FPS

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New Calico

45 FPS

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AI Test

2555 operations/s

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Physics Test

21 operations/s

ok now some guy is saying this benchamrk is not ssd based for a score?? it is CPU,GPU dependent??

Also how would i tell if my OS is corrupted in some way, as to degrade performance??

I would also like to know if there are any test I can run to verify that my system is at peak performance and if there is a bottleneck somewhere as to what it might be..


I had just ordered some new memory and will get that installed asap.. but in the meantime I am trying to optimise my system..

It appears that guy was right and I had some sort of windows Corruption. I reinstalled windows last night and just now ran the 3D MArk Vantage test again adn scored a 26538..WOW.. My system was stated to be working normally..


I did run into another small anomily.. I Over Clocked my CPU to 4.3 amnd it showed up in the Advantage test as being OC to 4.3 but when I run CPU-Z it Only shows the Clock as being At 3.4ghz??

What would cause it to run Normally in windows and OC in a 3D Application??

You probably don't have it set to run OC all the time. You have to disable the power saving features in the BIOS to get it to run at 4.3 all the time. It drops the multiplier down when you are not using the CPU much. Some people like it the way you have it set.

Generally, you can get a higher OC by turning off those power saving features, at the expense of using more power all the time.

I was looking in my Manual I think I have the EIST Enabled.. will check in a min installing ArmA2!!

well turned out EIST Was in Fact Disabled?? NOT sure why the OC setting is not taking while in Windows??

Well I am back to square 1 with the Benchmark Programs. the problem is that the FPS are being limited and causing a low score..

What the cause is I think the FREE Versions limit the FPS in the tests.. If someone here could DL the 3D MArk Vantage to test this theory I would be gratefull.

I am going to buy it anyhow to test the theory if nobody runs the FREE Vantage Benchmark..I am thinkin the Paid copy will have unlimited FPS and not be limited like I am being now..

OK it appears the FPS are not being limited in the FREE versions of Vantage??

I am at a loss as to why my frames are?? Does anyone have any idea what is going on here and why I am getting a 60FPS cap in the Vantage benchmark?? All my other games the FPS seem NOT to be capped??