Lower score when overclocking?

[nguyen430]

Hi,
I have a Pentium D 940 (3.2GHz) overclock 3.62GHz scores 570.
However, when I overclock it to 3.72GHz the score is 480.

Do you think the system is slowner with more overclocking like this?

Thanks.

[David (PassMark)]

You would need to look at the individual results to see why it slowed down or if it was just a bad benchmark run (e.g. there was some background software running at the same time).

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David

[nguyen430]

I looked at every test category. Each of them is slower including the CPU test!
I "feel" the faster clock run faster, but the test gave the lower score consistantly overtime.

Should I lower my clock to 3.62GHz?

My system:
Antec P150
Abit IL8
2GB Patriot 677MHz memory
Pentium D 940 @ 3.72GHz
Winfast 7600GS
2 200GB Maxtor

[David (PassMark)]

Maybe the CPU is overheating and throttled down.

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David

[nguyen430]

Alright
I replace the Intel CPU fan with a Zalman fan and boost the overclocking to 4.00 GHz and the score is now 627.

Thanks Admin,