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Understanding Bench Scores - Need Advice

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sammy5gs

Limp Gawd
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Hey All..

Right up front, I will say that I have never been an "active" overclocker. I typically run stuff at stock speeds. Thus, I have never been that in tune synthetic benchmark programs, like 3dMark03, Aquamark3, etc.

Having said that, I ran some tests to see if my system is up to par, and I can't find out if these scores are normal, expected, less than expected, etc. Here is what I am getting:

3dMark03 (with updated Patch) - 8,700+ (running at 1024x768, AA off, Antri x1)

Aquamark3 (default test- 1024x768, settings maxed) - 58,000+ (7,700 CPU/8,600 GPU)

And here is my setup:

Athlon 64 3000 (running at 2.0 Ghz)
Aopen AK-86L Mobo (Bios 1.09)
2 sticks of 512MB Crucial PC3200 (DDR400) - SPD settings in Bios
Sapphire Radeon x800 Pro (running at Stock speeds)
16X DVD-Rom
80GB SATA Samsung HDD

To sum up, I guess my main question is a) are these scores normal, b) and if they are not, what can be the problem/bottleneck. Also, if there are websites out there that post benchmarks and compare systems, let me know.

Thanks for the time!
 
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