3d Mark Scoring

[thefiercestgrape]

Hi, I was wondering if this was an accurate representation of the score my PC is able to receive and if there are any ways I can improve on my score.

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/28665186

I realize my rig isn't ridiculously good by any means, I also am just now learning about the more technical and hands on side of computers so please be easy on me!

My GPU has never been overclocked and nor has my pc been tuned. I'm also not certain on what bottlenecking is but its never happened on this pc. I thought I would share just in case any of this info helps at all.

Any help is greatly appreciate, thanks!

 

[clutchc]

That doesn't seem too far off. This is my score when I had my FX-8350 @ 4.7 GHz and a GTX 1060 3GB. The card is comparable to your RX-470 but the 8350 may be running a bit faster than yours due to the OC.

 

[Ralston18]

A bottleneck is simply the slowest component on your system. The system will not be able to perform faster than the slowest component.

But software can have much the same effect. A poorly written program, for example, may not properly release memory that is no longer needed. Other programs then run slower because they no longer have access to the amount of memory they need to work efficiently.

Another thought: you can learn quite a bit more about your computer using Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Performance Monitor.

No need to immediately react to any given situation. Just learn your way around your system and how it is currently performing.

Watch the various applications, processes, and applications that are running. Some may require lots of reads and writes to disk. Others may be CPU intensive.

And factors such as overclocking can be used to tweak things and improve performance. Likely to be some limits imposed and exceeding those limits may have adverse effects that may not end well for you.

 

[thefiercestgrape]

That doesn't seem too far off. This is my score when I had my FX-8350 @ 4.7 GHz and a GTX 1060 3GB. The card is comparable to your RX-470 but the 8350 may be running a bit faster than yours due to the OC.

Okay, thank you for the reply!
I may look into having someone overclock my RX-470 for me, or I will continue living happily with what I have!

 

[thefiercestgrape]

A bottleneck is simply the slowest component on your system. The system will not be able to perform faster than the slowest component.

But software can have much the same effect. A poorly written program, for example, may not properly release memory that is no longer needed. Other programs then run slower because they no longer have access to the amount of memory they need to work efficiently.

Another thought: you can learn quite a bit more about your computer using Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Performance Monitor.

No need to immediately react to any given situation. Just learn your way around your system and how it is currently performing.

Watch the various applications, processes, and applications that are running. Some may require lots of reads and writes to disk. Others may be CPU intensive.

And factors such as overclocking can be used to tweak things and improve performance. Likely to be some limits imposed and exceeding those limits may have adverse effects that may not end well for you.

I will absolutely be looking into the resources certain programs are using on my PC. You've also for sure given me a few different things I will be looking into very shortly, so thank you for that!

If it's alright however, could you clarify what you mean by "Some may require lots of reads and writes to disk. Others may be CPU intensive."

I'm trying my best to follow along but again, I am very new to all this and its all very exciting to me!

 

[Ralston18]

An example:

You may have a spreadsheet application that does complex calculations: that number-crunching work would make heavy use of the CPU.

A database application may instead be focused on simply pulling data from the disk, making some simple change, and rewriting to disk.

Other applications may involve doing both things: some graphics intensive program. At that point, the CPU and/or a GPU become very busy. Likewise the data flows to and from the disk as the video is brought in, edited, and rewritten to disk.

Many applications list the hardware requirements that are necessary to support the application. Three levels: minimum, recommended, and best.

So memory might be 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB respectively. 2 GB will work but slowly because memory is the "bottleneck". 4 GB okay for "normal" expectations. But to really keep the application running and be fully useful then 8 GB.

Same pattern for CPUs and disk drivers. A slow 5400 rpm HDD will bog down with lots of reading and writing. A fast SSD will breeze right along.

Please note that "slow" and "fast" are relative. Manufacturer's (hardware and software) are very good at establishing the performance benchmarks under ideal circumstances. Not real world situations. So "slow and "fast" may be skewed to begin with. Complying with some standard or standards can be an issue as well. Sometimes, to the extreme that "compatible" only means that the plug will fit.

Side note: Subjective applies as well. Every computer is slow when you are trying to generate a document for the bosses' very important meeting that is starting in 5 minutes....

Nothing wrong with being "new to all this". Things change and are changing very fast. Always more to learn and figure out. Enjoy.

 

[thefiercestgrape]

An example:

You may have a spreadsheet application that does complex calculations: that number-crunching work would make heavy use of the CPU.

A database application may instead be focused on simply pulling data from the disk, making some simple change, and rewriting to disk.

Other applications may involve doing both things: some graphics intensive program. At that point, the CPU and/or a GPU become very busy. Likewise the data flows to and from the disk as the video is brought in, edited, and rewritten to disk.

Many applications list the hardware requirements that are necessary to support the application. Three levels: minimum, recommended, and best.

So memory might be 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB respectively. 2 GB will work but slowly because memory is the "bottleneck". 4 GB okay for "normal" expectations. But to really keep the application running and be fully useful then 8 GB.

Same pattern for CPUs and disk drivers. A slow 5400 rpm HDD will bog down with lots of reading and writing. A fast SSD will breeze right along.

Please note that "slow" and "fast" are relative. Manufacturer's (hardware and software) are very good at establishing the performance benchmarks under ideal circumstances. Not real world situations. So "slow and "fast" may be skewed to begin with. Complying with some standard or standards can be an issue as well. Sometimes, to the extreme that "compatible" only means that the plug will fit.

Side note: Subjective applies as well. Every computer is slow when you are trying to generate a document for the bosses' very important meeting that is starting in 5 minutes....

Nothing wrong with being "new to all this". Things change and are changing very fast. Always more to learn and figure out. Enjoy.

Thank you immensely! This was a perfect explanation for what I needed, you've managed to go above and beyond and answer things for me I never even needed to asked!