3DMark Vantage i2600k vs E8400

[Ventilaator]

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?

 

[Qbah]

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.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

He might have a Nvidia videocard with Physx enabled which will inflate the score massively.

Beat by less than a minute....

 

[AdamK47]

Yes, PhysX is probably what it is. 3DMark 11 would yeild a better comparison if both systems were DX11 capable.

 

[gramboh]

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).