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3DMark Vantage i2600k vs E8400

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My friend and I, both ran a 3DMark Vantage tests on default settings.
He is running his comp on old Intel E8400 CPU, clocked to ~3.8GHz and scored around 37k on the CPU test.
I just built myself a brand new system, P8P67 with i7 2600k (currently on stock clock). I only managed to score ~25k on the CPU test.

Any ideas what could cause such huge difference?
 
Do you have a Radeon and he a GeForce? From what I remember, the CPU tests use PhysX and if you have a GeForce, they run on your GPU anyway. If you don't have a PhysX-capable card, the tests run on CPU and the score is a lot lower. Though I don't remember if that was in Vantage or another version of 3DMark.
 
He might have a Nvidia videocard with Physx enabled which will inflate the score massively.

Beat by less than a minute....
 
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Yes, PhysX is probably what it is. 3DMark 11 would yeild a better comparison if both systems were DX11 capable.
 
The newest version of Vantage disables PPU (PhysX) by default, it's in options if you want to get your friend to go in and disable it to get a comparable score between your two systems.

My Q6700 @ 3.3GHz gets 17731 without PhysX, and 45041 with it on (GTX 560Ti video).
 
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