Are these Sandra Scores 'poor' for my new IC7 PC ??

[thatsright]

Could Someone Offer any Suggestions Here?

I am running my IC7-non-g; Kingston HyperX PC3500 512MB X 2 in Dual Channel; manual settings in BIOS with timings of 2-3-2-5 & ULTRA Performance setting; a P4c 2.4Ghz at Stock Speed with N/B Strap option to PSB800. CPU is run with HT enabled. In XP Pro with SP1a, I run Sandra Memory Bandwidth Benchmark and the highest # I got was 4686MB?s. But now I consistently get around 4630. I have the 1.13 IC7 Bios.

I?m kind of surprised/disappointed with such memory scores. I was expecting higher, or is this the norm for this Memory and stock CPU speed? I do plan on O?Cing my system this weekend, but haven?t done so yet. I hear of some people getting up to or around 5900MB Sandra Scores with their rigs, but would I only get these numbers with a higher CPU speed? Or do I need Memory timings like 2-2-2-5 to get #?s like this?

And since I?m a bit new to O?Cing as well, if I?m only getting around 4630 average now, If I O?C will that # go down as when I change the FSB divider for O?Cing?

Thanks

 

[thatsright]

Anyone have any ideas???

BTW, I'm running my FSB with the 1:1 Divider set; NON-Overclocked. Thanks

 

[Slammy1]

I'm not sure of the Abit and performance acceleration, but that seems about right actually considering you're not o/c'ing. 2-3-2-5-4 are the magic numbers it seems for these chips (not o/c), but I find 2-3-3-6-4 works best when o/c'ing. I only get around 4900 @ 220MHz on a 1:1. You really don't get the really good bandwidth until you change to a 4:5 ratio and overclock. The best I've done is 5500 at 266MHz on a 5:4. I'd increase the VDIMM to 2.75 for a better optimization point.