Bench Scores - What does it mean?

[Sammy5000]

Hey All..

Right up front, I will say that I have never been an "active" overclocker. I typically run stuff at stock speeds. Thus, I have never been that in tune synthetic benchmark programs, like 3dMark03, Aquamark3, etc.

Having said that, I ran some tests to see if my system is up to par, and I can't find out if these scores are normal, expected, less than expected, etc. Here is what I am getting:

3dMark03 (with updated Patch) - 8,700+ (running at 1024x768, AA off, Antri x1)

Aquamark3 (default test- 1024x768, settings maxed) - 58,000+ (7,700 CPU/8,600 GPU)

And here is my setup:

Athlon 64 3000 (running at 2.0 Ghz)
Aopen AK-86L Mobo (Bios 1.09)
2 sticks of 512MB Crucial PC3200 (DDR400) - SPD settings in Bios
Sapphire Radeon x800 Pro (running at Stock speeds)
16X DVD-Rom
80GB SATA Samsung HDD

To sum up, I guess my main question is a) are these scores normal, b) and if they are not, what can be the problem/bottleneck. Also, if there are websites out there that post benchmarks and compare systems, let me know.

Thanks for the time!

 

[kyparrish]

looks about right for stock...

Hmmm...if I had that rig, I'd be overclocking it 🙂 You're not damaging your hardware when you OC, you're just getting all of what you paid for 🙂

 

[Gamingphreek]

3dMark 03 seems a bit low, i noticed you have AF on. Turn that off and run it again and you should have aroun 9000.

-Kevin

 

[cw42]

i thought with an X800 u should be getting over 10k in 3dmark03. make sure u go into your video driver properties and turn everything to high performance.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

submit your results online. 3dmark to ORB and aquamark to ARC.

you get better comparison there than just asking what other people get here on the forums.

 

[Sammy5000]

Will do.

 

[dennisjai215]

someone on their 6800gt got 13k at stock so u definitely get somewhere around 11-12k atleast

 

[DaNorthface]

Originally posted by: cw42
i thought with an X800 u should be getting over 10k in 3dmark03. make sure u go into your video driver properties and turn everything to high performance.

i wouldn't recommend that. Are you just trying to fake a higher score or do you actually play games and want better picture??

 

[JBT]

uuhh no the x800pro ussually gets 9000 at stock beause its memory speed is so low. Once its OCed it is comparable to a GT's score but not until then.

 

[Sammy5000]

Thanks for all your responses.

I am all for eye-candy. I want quality, and all I was trying to accomplish was to see if something in my system is holding me up against a comparable system. From what I have been reading, hearing, etc, it seems I am either in the mix of everyone else that has my rig (running default tests) or am just a tad behind.

I plan on doing some oc'ing on the GPU to see what can come of it. I will also be publishing my scores with futuremark and ACR, and hopefully, I will be able to see apples-to-apples compare.

thanks!