Abnormally Low CPUMark Scores

[996GT2]

Just tested my system with CPUMark 2.1 today and was really surprised at the score I got. Looking on various forums (such as the Tech Powerup thread here (http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=24981), I noticed that even low-end A64 3000+ chips can get scores of over 5000. So what's going on with my score here?


http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/996gt2/CPUMark.jpg

 

[996GT2]

bump...any1 know why this happens?

 

[myocardia]

You've definitely got a problem. I just scored ~4,800 with a Skt. 939 4000 (single-core version) at stock speed, with only 1.5 GB of RAM. It sounds to me like you aren't giving your processor enough vcore. Either that, or you're running craptastic Vista.

 

[WoodButcher]

11397.5 13th according to them.

 

[MarcVenice]

My cpumark score
your score is kinda low yeah Something could be hogging major cpu resources too though, while you run cpumark, like vista.

 

[996GT2]

See the problem is...I'm running XP Pro SP2...far from the resource hog that is Vista Ultimate with Aero enabled...so I'm stumped right now...

I'll try giving it some more vCore (since its only got 1.344 right now)...but it did manage to pass Prime95 and do SuperPi 32M runs without problems

Strangely enough, this benchmark is the only one I've seen in which my CPU scores out of line...it still does ~30 second SPi 1M runs without issue...hmmm

*stumped*

EDIT: wow, guess it was the vCore...I bumped it up 0.05V and score suddenly went up to 5300...still, that leaves room for improvement, as I see that some people with 2.4 GHz CPUs are getting around that score

Now I don't understand how my machine made it thru overnight Prime95 and SuperPi 32M without crashing if it was low on vCore

 

[lopri]

Well.. I don't know anything about that specific benchmark but it doesn't look to be telling anything.. other than confirming a specific CPU's performance under a specific frequency with others' that specific scores.. That seems to be just about it.

Why not try other benches? Starting with Super Pi (about 30 secs), cpu-z latency test (< 1 sec), MBench (< 5 secs), Everest, Sandra, 3DMarks, PCMarks, Cinebench, Sciencemark, CPU Rightmark, Passmark,.. arrrrrrrrrrrrgh..! There are so many!

Test to your heart's content