3DmarkVantage SCORES AND QUESTIONS

[moopato]

Hey guys, I know this is mainly for GPU questions, but this one has alot to do with CPU aswell as the GPU together.

So I ran the 3dmark06 and vantage benchmark test, and I was somewhat disapointed with the scores. It seems like I scored a bit lower than what I should have. Here are the links to my scores:

Vantage

http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=83D899FFA7B0E7C14F155B952938BE0B?resultId=1806954&resultType=19

Mark06

Lost the link, But my score was 16,350 points.

Here are my system specs:

Manufacturer AMD
Family AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
Architecture 64-bit
Internal Clock 3.4 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 3.4 GHz
External Clock 200.0 MHz
Socket Designation Socket M2
Type
Upgrade ZIF Socket
MultiCore 4 Processor Cores
HyperThreadingTechnology N/A

My GPU is a xfx radeon 4870 512mb, OC at 780/1090.
Case is Antec 200 with all the fans installed.
MOBO is gigabyte MA770T-UD3P
4gb of g skill 8 timing
550w ocz z-series PSU

 

[notty22]

Those scores seem OK, 06 goes up with o/c. I have a 4770 i5 750 system and can score between 15000 and 18000. The high # is o/c both.

 

[moopato]

Some guy with a triple core AMD OC'ed at 3.4ghz said his 3dmark06 score was about 16,000. How is that posible? He had same gpu aswell.

 

[bystander]

3dmark06 may not take advantage of the multiple cores. If it only utilizes 1-3 cores then you'd score the same.

 

[bystander]

Look at this link, which is using vantage: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-cores-performance,2373-4.html

Notice how little difference the multiple cores make?

 

[moopato]

i think you are right that 3dmark06 doesnt use as many cores. He scored nearly a thousand lower on 3dmark vantage, the newer one.