Why is my 3DMark 06 score so low?

O

orpanyD

n00b
Joined
Apr 4, 2006
Messages
24
Here is the specifications of my computer setup:

Windows XP Professional SP2 with the latest of all drivers
Intel Core2 Quade 2.4 Ghz (Q6600)
2 GB Kingston HyperX 800
EVGA motherboard with Nvidia 680 chipset
Enermax PRO 82+ 620 watts power supply
EVGA GTX280 graphics card

I ran the 3DMark 06 benchmark test with default settings and my score was 11499 3DMarks

WOW like that is just uh.......terrible.

Does anyone have suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it.
 
Does it play games as it should? And honestly I kinda stopped using it when my score when down considerably when I pushed my GTX 260 from 590/1000 to 675/1275.
 
If you're running that quad at stock...that'll do it. 3DMark loves fast CPUS, not just quad cores.
 
my E6600 2.4ghz + 8800GTS 512MB does about 10800 so that does seem too low.
 
Thanks for your responses.

By the way, I got one of those defective GTX280s that are going around. My card was overheating after playing about 5 minutes of Crysis on high settings, it was going past 100 Celcius. That could explain the poor 3DMark score. I RMA,d the card and the technician at the store should call me early next week with a solution\repair.

If computing devices continue to get hotter and more power hungry, the computer as we currently :p know now are going to hit the electrical limitation of the standard wall outlet!
Wall outlet output is 120 volts x 20 amps = 2400 watts and there are now 1000 watt PSUs.
 
Each die shrink sees a reduction in voltage and hence power usage when keeping the same frequency of operation on the same circuit.
This gives some room to play - by increasing the FSB + voltage, improving the cooling, higher performance is gained.
So power use is cut but then used to get more performance.

What I'm getting at is that power usage wont get much worse, CPU's and gfx cards are designed to stay within the usable bounds of the electricity supply.
The reason we have had recent large increases in power use is due to SLI x2, x3, x4 and dual CPU's.
This has been done now and there is little else to increase power consumption further.

The full load power use of single GPU high end cards hasnt changed much in years.
Since the 8800 series, the complete system consumption under load has been around 280W (my own figure with an overclocked 8800GT) to 350W (as shown in [H]'s recent 4800 series review).
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUyNCw4LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
 
orpanyD said:
Thanks for your responses.

By the way, I got one of those defective GTX280s that are going around. My card was overheating after playing about 5 minutes of Crysis on high settings, it was going past 100 Celcius. That could explain the poor 3DMark score. I RMA,d the card and the technician at the store should call me early next week with a solution\repair.

If computing devices continue to get hotter and more power hungry, the computer as we currently :p know now are going to hit the electrical limitation of the standard wall outlet!
Wall outlet output is 120 volts x 20 amps = 2400 watts and there are now 1000 watt PSUs.
Click to expand...

Many houses have 15amp breakers on outlets. A plug that only accepts parallel prong plugs is limited to 15amps. You couldn't rate a computer for 20 amps unless the power supply has a "T" pronged plug.
 
yeah 3dmark is also cpu sensitive in its scores, I think its bs though,but its the way it is.
 
While I agree 3D Mark is stupid, it does tell you most of the time if your card is performing how it should, only related to other cards of the same kind
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top