Interpreting 3DMark 11 Scores.

[Protomize]

How would you interpret a 3DMark 11 Performance preset score? For instance from what number to what number would fall in the low-end, low medium, medium, high medium, high end gaming machine?

I get a score of P7062 with an OC'd HD 7850 and OC'd i5-3450. Where would that fall? Medium range or high medium range gaming machine?

 

[WiseUp216]

I'm not an expert but for comparison my sig rig gets P8345 in the performance preset.

The i5-2300 is at 3.5 Ghz and the 670 has a tiny OC.

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3916422

 

[xvizx]

I don't know what scores would be considered high or medium, but with your score of 7000 I think you should be able to play most games at high settings (1080p or less), which seems like a good system to me. However, I think the top score is ~33,000 in the 3dmark11 hall of fame.

fwiw I have a couple of 3dmark11 scores of my system (i5-760, hd7950).

stock cpu@2.8/gpu@880mhz p6545 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3966999

oc'd cpu@3.8/gpu@1125 p8481 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3967148

 

[Protomize]

I don't know what scores would be considered high or medium, but with your score of 7000 I think you should be able to play most games at high settings (1080p or less), which seems like a good system to me. However, I think the top score is ~33,000 in the 3dmark11 hall of fame.

fwiw I have a couple of 3dmark11 scores of my system (i5-760, hd7950).

stock cpu@2.8/gpu@880mhz p6545 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3966999

oc'd cpu@3.8/gpu@1125 p8481 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3967148

I can play Crysis 1, Crysis 2, and BF3 on the highest detail settings and get playable frame rates that don't drop below 35 even in the most intense battles. I should be able to run ALL games out now on the second to highest preset at 1080p. Don't you think?

 

[mfenn]

I can play Crysis 1, Crysis 2, and BF3 on the highest detail settings and get playable frame rates that don't drop below 35 even in the most intense battles.

3DMark scores are just a number, they're pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. If you're happy with the actual gaming performance of your machine, you have nothing to worry about.