3dmark 06 CPU score

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millerpa17

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ok, so I got 5855 3dMarks. My graphics cards seem to do ok, but my cpu score seems a little crappy. Should an FX-55 do better than this? It seems that dual core processors really own at this benchmark. But I did see just a normal athlon 4000+ almost get 1000 3d marks.

SM 2: 3100
SM 3: 2986
CPU: 1013

System:
FX-55
2x7800gt evga co
2x1gb Mushkin redline PC4000
dfi LanParty UT nf4 sli-D
74gb raptor hard drive
 
Yes you should spend $1000's of dollars to improve your 3dmark benchmark score because it's so realistically determines real world performance.
 
peacetilence said:
Yes you should spend $1000's of dollars to improve your 3dmark benchmark score because it's so realistically determines real world performance.
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qft. they do this so you put more money into your system to get a higher score. how do your favorite games play? same as before the 3dmark06 score? don't worry about your score, it means jack shit when playing your games.
 
alright, thanks alot. I just thought that there might be something wrong with my cpu or something if other FX-55's were getting higher scores.
 
thats a normal cpu score for single core, at 2.9 single core gets around 1200 or lower

a stock 165 gets 1300-1400 so dual core raises your cpu score a lot
 
The AMD 4000+ = FX53. FX55 Only has 200mhz diffence. Thats why the scores are close.
 
I put this in another thread but it should be good here as well


A person with dual 7800GTX 512's and the same CPU as me (same clock speed) only gets 800 more points than I do even though they get 10fps or more (double FPS) in each of the video tests. A person with the same card as I have (or even less for that matter) that gets the same fps or less in the video tests yet has dual core (and scores .50 vs .30 in the cpu test) gets a higher score than the person with the dual 7800GTX 512's. In real world gaming the dual 7800GTX 512's with a single core would annihilate a regular 7800GTX with dual core. Meh, I can see why people say not to trust 3dmark for real world performance. It's painfully obvious in 3dmark06.





A person with dual 7800GTX 512 and a 2.6ghz single core cpu will get a lower score than a person with a 7800GTX (normal) and dual core cpu. You can get double fps in the video tests but if your cpu fps is .20 different you will lose 1000 points. Realistically and for all practical purposes a dual 7800GTX512 setup with a single core cpu will get higher fps in games than a single 7800GTX with dual core cpu. The CPU test in 3dmark06 is unrealistic and too heavily slated at determining the overall score imo.
 
My Xeons got a CPU score of about 1200. Not bad considering I got them about 2 and a half years ago.
 
I've noticed the same thing. People with dual cores and slightly overclocked sli'ed GT's get a higher score than an FX-57@3400 with sli'ed 7800GTX256. That doesn't make much sense.

The problem is games don't currently take advantage of dual core (Are there any right now?). So obviously it's not representative of real world results. Which I think is a major problem with 3dmark06.

I had an x2-4400@2750 but swapped it for an FX-57@3400. And I don't regret it. I get better performance in games. This will probably change but I don't see it happening anytime soon.
 
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