533 from a Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+???

[Aakshay]

Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 5000+
400 GB HD at 7200 RPM
3 GB DDR2 Memory at 667 MHz
Windows Vista 32 bit
Nividia GeForce 7600GT 512 mb PCI-Express

Why are my scores so low?

Id attach an image but I dont know how.

Only thing I can think of is im running the stock 300W PSU when im suppose to have atleast 350W for my video card. But surely that cant effect my rating 500 points.

[Aakshay]

Jus reran the test for like the 5th time...

I cant figure why my graphics are so damn low....
Im in 1440x900 resolution...

got like a 544 this time

PassMark(TM) PerformanceTest 6.1 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: Sunday, March 09, 2008

Benchmark Results
Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 200.1
CPU - Floating Point Math: 862.2
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 31.3
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 3887.6
CPU - Compression: 5223.1
CPU - Encryption: 35.9
CPU - Image Rotation: 756.5
CPU - String Sorting: 3438.6
Graphics 2D - Lines: 62.9
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 37.0
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 31.6
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 117.1
Graphics 2D - GUI: 118.7
Graphics 3D - Simple: 59.6
Graphics 3D - Medium: 59.5
Graphics 3D - Complex: 26.7
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1506.6
Memory - Read Cached: 1259.0
Memory - Read Uncached: 1172.1
Memory - Write: 1163.8
Memory - Large RAM: 659.6
Disk - Sequential Read: 61.0
Disk - Sequential Write: 52.5
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.3
CD - Read: 3.4
CPU Mark: 1117.6
2D Graphics Mark: 253.5
Memory Mark: 425.9
Disk Mark: 422.5
CD Mark: 419.9
3D Graphics Mark: 46.7
PassMark Rating: 541.8
System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Number of CPU: 1
(2 Core(s)/CPU, 1 Logical(s)/Core)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
CPU Speed: 2611.7 MHz
Cache size: 512KB
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN32)
Total RAM: 3069.9 MB.
Available RAM: 1923.6 MB.
Video settings: 1440x900x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: GeForce 7600 GT
MANUFACTURER: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
BIOS:
DATE: 06/22/07
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 361.8 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS

[David (PassMark)]

Graphics 3D - Simple: 59.6
Graphics 3D - Medium: 59.5

I bet your monitor is running at a 60Hz refresh rate and the frame rate has be set to be no higher than the monitor refresh rate. (this can prevent image flicker and tearing, especially on old cards with CRTs).

[Aakshay]

I bet your monitor is running at a 60Hz refresh rate and the frame rate has be set to be no higher than the monitor refresh rate. (this can prevent image flicker and tearing, especially on old cards with CRTs).

is there anyway to change my refresh rate?
I tried and when I go to change it, the system only gives me the 60Hz option.

But other than that why such a low overall score?

[Aakshay]

I changed my resolution to 800x600. I then was able to change the refresh rate to 75Hz.

Graphics did go up I think but overall went way down. Lowest score ive seen yet... Previous low was 528

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 155.2
CPU - Floating Point Math: 888.4
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 195.1
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 3434.4
CPU - Compression: 4343.2
CPU - Encryption: 33.1
CPU - Image Rotation: 711.6
CPU - String Sorting: 2552.9
Graphics 2D - Lines: 72.6
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 38.4
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 32.8
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 118.5
Graphics 2D - GUI: 123.7
Graphics 3D - Simple: 74.8
Graphics 3D - Medium: 74.8
Graphics 3D - Complex: 28.0
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1520.3
Memory - Read Cached: 1259.7
Memory - Read Uncached: 1173.0
Memory - Write: 1144.3
Memory - Large RAM: 685.0
Disk - Sequential Read: 49.8
Disk - Sequential Write: 51.3
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.3
CD - Read: 2.2
CPU Mark: 1013.7
2D Graphics Mark: 269.0
Memory Mark: 427.5
Disk Mark: 377.6
CD Mark: 267.4
3D Graphics Mark: 56.8
PassMark Rating: 494.7

[Aakshay]

I bought a eVGA GeForce 8600GTS and installed it. I changed the graphics rate to max instead of the fresh rate thing. My score still seems unreaosnably low but much better.

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 161.1
CPU - Floating Point Math: 888.1
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 30.3
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 4847.5
CPU - Compression: 5827.7
CPU - Encryption: 45.3
CPU - Image Rotation: 1052.6
CPU - String Sorting: 3168.5
Graphics 2D - Lines: 67.5
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 38.9
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 32.1
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 121.6
Graphics 2D - GUI: 124.9
Graphics 3D - Simple: 1030.9
Graphics 3D - Medium: 319.7
Graphics 3D - Complex: 40.6
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1505.1
Memory - Read Cached: 1263.4
Memory - Read Uncached: 1178.9
Memory - Write: 1180.6
Memory - Large RAM: 693.4
Disk - Sequential Read: 47.8
Disk - Sequential Write: 61.0
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.3
CD - Read: 3.6
CPU Mark: 1329.9
2D Graphics Mark: 265.8
Memory Mark: 430.4
Disk Mark: 405.5
CD Mark: 445.0
3D Graphics Mark: 445.2
PassMark Rating: 648.3
System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Number of CPU: 1
(2 Core(s)/CPU, 1 Logical(s)/Core)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
CPU Speed: 2611.6 MHz
Cache size: 512KB
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN32)
Total RAM: 3069.9 MB.
Available RAM: 2210.5 MB.
Video settings: 1440x900x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: GeForce 8600 GTS
MANUFACTURER: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS
BIOS:
DATE: 08/15/07
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 361.8 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS

[Aakshay]

My CPU mark looks really good... Comparing to this
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

I dont understand why the other scores suck so bad.
My DVD read/write rate is damn fast. I can copy a 10 gig DVD and burn it to a new DVD start to finish in roughly 30 minutes.

[David (PassMark)]

See this post for common performance related issues and solutions. Including some comments on the CD/DVD Test