Are these 3DMark03 scores accurate given my system specs

[Starbuck1975]

Decided to run 3DMark03 on a system I built 3 months ago, as its gaming performance is not where I expected it would be given the technological component leap over my previous system. When running the FutureMark comparison utility, I am noticing systems that are scoring significantly higher then mine with similar components. Anyone think these scores are a bit low given my components?

Oh, and for some reason, I received an error message when trying to install 3Dmark06...I believe it is a pixel shader error?


General Information
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
DirectX Version 9.0c
Mobo Manufacturer http://www.abit.com.tw/
Mobo Model AN8 32X(C51-CK804)
AGP Rates (Current/Available) N/A / N/A
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 2021 MHz
FSB 202 MHz
Memory 2046 MB

Display Information
Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT KO
Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT KO
Driver Version 9.1.3.1
Driver Status WHQL - Not FM Approved
Video Memory 256 MB
Core Clock 518 MHz
Memory Clock 747 MHz

Sound Information
Sound Adapter Driver Name SB Audigy 2 Audio [9C00]
Sound Adapter Driver Version 5.12.8.1164

Benchmark Settings
Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 6 Build 0
Resolution 1024x768@32 bit
Texture Filtering Optimal
Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None

Post Processing false
Vertex Shaders Optimal

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 17756 3DMarks
CPU Score 1053 CPUMarks

Detailed Test Results


Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury 358.4 fps
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 149.3 fps
GT3 - Troll's Lair 120.3 fps
GT4 - Mother Nature 102.2 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 111.5 fps
CPU Test 2 19.7 fps

Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 4966.7 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 11623.1 MTexels/s
Vertex Shader 50.2 fps
Pixel Shader 2.0 385.4 fps
Ragtroll 76.5 fps

Sound Tests
No sounds 71.5 fps
24 sounds 64.2 fps
60 sounds 58.3 fps

 

[Starbuck1975]

shameless bump

 

[Ulfhednar]

Run 3D Mark 05, 3D Mark 03 is a little old to be running with that setup as there's not much of a gap between results on different systems these days since they practically max it out.

Around 9.5k in 3D Mark 05 sounds about right to me for that system if it's all at stock.

 

[Starbuck1975]

For some reason, I am unable to run 05 or 06 on my system...not sure why...will probably shoot their support an email.

In the meantime, and using 03 to compare, how is it that some systems with comperable components are scoring two to three times higher then mine? I assume they are overclocking, but I didnt think you could push that much performance out of a system simply by overclocking?

Either that or they have an SLI configuration?

 

[zendari]

A ton of overclocking and optimization. Try running aquamark for a fairer benchmark.

 

[BassBomb]

does it play your games the way you want? does it do what you want it to do ?

if so why give a ****** what score it gets in 3dmark,