Low CPU Score on Dell T5500 with Xeon X5670 - HT & Multi core enabled

[visualchemistry]

Hello

Thought I'd postin general - I am just curious as to the low CPU score of this unit compared to similar Xeon X5670 based systems - I have hyperthreading enabled and multi-core but I'm getting a low CPU score

Any Ideas?

My 1st post so please be gentle

James


General Information

Version 8.0.1047

434453

Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 build 7601 (64-bit)

1st of July, 2015

Benchmark Scores

3,084

5,036

642

4,533

1,768

2,705

Hardware

Intel Xeon X5670 @ 2.93GHz

2.93 GHz

0CRH6C

31GB

GeForce GTX 480

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (250 GB)

[Tim (PassMark)]

It seems your CPU is only reporting 3 cores instead of 6, which would account for why the score is so low, have you checked the core settings in msconfig?

If you open msconfig, go to the boot -> advanced options and make sure the the number of processors option is unchecked (this may be limiting your CPU to 3 cores).

It also doesn't hurt to check the power options in control panel to make sure the system it isn't set to a power saving instead of high performance mode.