Help understanding one poor test result

[KingCapybara]

Hello I can a fairly new PC that seems to be running slow and have tried everything to diagnose it. I have run Performance Test and compared the test results and nearly every test seems to be on par with similar systems except one.

My Small Block Memory test yielded a 214.6 nearly 700%+ lower than the lowest system of comparable specs. Can anyone tell me what would cause this, bad chip, system config, etc. or should I move on to some other factor?

My system: XP Pro SP3, Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz, Memory is two DDR2, 2048MB 800MHZ.

[David (PassMark)]

Yes, 214.6 is a very low number.
Did you run it a few times to see if it was a one off.
Can you post the rest of the results.
Have you checked the CPU temperature when under load?

[KingCapybara]

Here are some more test results in text form, I can upload more if needed. I ran it several times, and the CPU temp seems within range.

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 478.0
CPU - Floating Point Math: 1818.9
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 1026.3
CPU - Multimedia Instructions: 8.5
CPU - Compression: 5638.4
CPU - Encryption: 15.8
CPU - Physics: 188.4
CPU - String Sorting: 2499.7
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 226.1
Memory - Read Cached: 1935.3
Memory - Read Uncached: 1816.9
Memory - Write: 1787.3
Memory - Large RAM: 928.4
CPU Mark: 3072.7
Memory Mark: 636.4
PassMark Rating: 1146.9
System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Number of CPU: 1
Cores per CPU: 4
CPU Type: Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz
CPU Speed: 2493.9 MHz
Cache size: 2048KB
O/S: Windows XP (32-bit)
Total RAM: 3071.2 MB.
Available RAM: 2158.4 MB.
Video settings: 1920x1080x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240
MANUFACTURER:
BIOS: Version 70.15.45.00.76
DATE:
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 596.2 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS

[David (PassMark)]

Yes, the other results look pretty much normal.

Your problem might be this issue here,
http://www.passmark.com/forum/showth...?t=2649&page=2
(maybe there is some software on your system interfering with the zero-page thread background task)