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Ya, low test scores for, what I consider, a pretty high performance (or at least high expense) machine. Recently bought a lot of new hardware, but still using some old. Spent $340 on the graphics card and around $230 (maybe, don't remember) on the processor. Aw hell, here's a link to the newegg wish list where I got all of my new stuff.
To get all of the basic solutions out of the way, yes I have all of the newest drivers for all of my hardware. In fact, I had to reinstall some graphics drivers because I was scoring lower on the simple and medium 3D graphics test than the complex. And I installed some 'fixes' for my CPU after getting errors while running PerformanceTest. I also have closed every other program besides PerformanceTest during the benchmark (except some random Symantec processes, which were annoying me but I gave up on trying to disable them during testing). My CPU is NOT overclocked, unless it came overclocked from the package. It is running at 28C while idle or doing simple tasks, typically around 30-32C when playing demanding games and such things.
I assumed my CD ROM would score low, since it's pretty old and wasn't top-of-the-line when I got it any way. Other than that I was hoping for some decent scorage.
One thing that seems weird is that I scored pretty low on the 2D graphics test, lower than the 3D. Is it normal (or even plausible) to score lower on the 2D tests?
Gonna go upload the HTML results to my angelfire account so you can look at the results and my PC specs easily.
Link to Exported PerformanceTest results (Only thing I can think of to add is that my graphics card has 512MB, I'll provide anything else you'd want though).
Any solutions, suggestions, or pointing outs of me having too high of expectations for my machine would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Also, I'm running at 1280x1024 resolution with 2 monitors, would that effect the tests? I also read some threads here about SLI video cards scoring low on the 2D tests, but I'm using a single ATI card, so I guess that can't be it.
More Editing: I read a lot more threads, and decided to run a test with my second monitor disabled and the resolution at 800x600. But I only scored 7 points higher on the 2D Graphics test, so I suppose that is not the problem. I also read that WindowsBlinds may have drivers that will effect the test, which I have installed but not running of course. Should I consider uninstalling it? (P.S. Waaay too many threads here boasting "awesome," "kick ass," or "tubular" PCs/scores. Especially since half of them turn out to have a 6000+ score on the CD Mark.)
To get all of the basic solutions out of the way, yes I have all of the newest drivers for all of my hardware. In fact, I had to reinstall some graphics drivers because I was scoring lower on the simple and medium 3D graphics test than the complex. And I installed some 'fixes' for my CPU after getting errors while running PerformanceTest. I also have closed every other program besides PerformanceTest during the benchmark (except some random Symantec processes, which were annoying me but I gave up on trying to disable them during testing). My CPU is NOT overclocked, unless it came overclocked from the package. It is running at 28C while idle or doing simple tasks, typically around 30-32C when playing demanding games and such things.
I assumed my CD ROM would score low, since it's pretty old and wasn't top-of-the-line when I got it any way. Other than that I was hoping for some decent scorage.
One thing that seems weird is that I scored pretty low on the 2D graphics test, lower than the 3D. Is it normal (or even plausible) to score lower on the 2D tests?
Gonna go upload the HTML results to my angelfire account so you can look at the results and my PC specs easily.
Link to Exported PerformanceTest results (Only thing I can think of to add is that my graphics card has 512MB, I'll provide anything else you'd want though).
Any solutions, suggestions, or pointing outs of me having too high of expectations for my machine would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Also, I'm running at 1280x1024 resolution with 2 monitors, would that effect the tests? I also read some threads here about SLI video cards scoring low on the 2D tests, but I'm using a single ATI card, so I guess that can't be it.
More Editing: I read a lot more threads, and decided to run a test with my second monitor disabled and the resolution at 800x600. But I only scored 7 points higher on the 2D Graphics test, so I suppose that is not the problem. I also read that WindowsBlinds may have drivers that will effect the test, which I have installed but not running of course. Should I consider uninstalling it? (P.S. Waaay too many threads here boasting "awesome," "kick ass," or "tubular" PCs/scores. Especially since half of them turn out to have a 6000+ score on the CD Mark.)
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