Question What to Make of Benchmarkers?

[StephenPlunkett]

I bought a Intel i7-11700K CPU expecting a boost in performance and got none. Then I bought a ASUS Z590 ROG Maximus Hero XIII and got none either. Benchmarkers say mixed things about my CPU. 3DMark puts around 1000 points below par. Cinebench usually rates the same average to spectacular. Geekbench rates single-core high and multi a little below par. Passmark puts the The CPUat 76-86%. Who should I trust? What might boost me? My other hardware is 16 GB 3200Hz. RAM, ASUS Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080ti GPU, WD Blue 250GB SSD, Thermaltake Titanium 1250W PSU.

 

[Bob.B]

It does.

Ok that's good.

I'm not sure of what to make of ubm now.

The last time I ran it on this machine it did not require an install.
That version said this machine was running fine.

Now I see ubm requires an install and says this machine is iffy.

Something to fuss with in my spare time.