3DMark Vantage Score

[MrHood22]

http://service.futuremark.com/home....CADA88A6929C38?resultId=1584136&resultType=19

I have 2 questions.

1) My score is 11k, the system is in the sig. Is that about par?

2) My CPU score says 36k but to the right of it the fastest system is displayed and that score only gets like 32k. What's up with that?

 

[sirmonkey1985]

yeah thats about right.. vanage and 3dmark are worthless though as a testing platform.... since the final score is just an avg between the GPU and CPU which actually tells you squat besides saying you have a fast cpu and slow gpu.. it has no real world benefit.. its just for people that want to brag about their e-pen0r..

 

[GotNoRice]

2) My CPU score says 36k but to the right of it the fastest system is displayed and that score only gets like 32k. What's up with that?

Your CPU score in vantage has more to do with whether or not you have hardware PhysX or not, as many of the CPU tests use PhysX. If those tests are calculated on a Cuda geforce card your scores can double. That, of course, does not really represent real-world gaming. My Q9650 at 4.4Ghz scores about 20k.