Personally, I wouldn't put too much stock in 3DMark - how does it run in games is the real question.
As for general notes then all I would suggest is make sure you have the latest drivers from the Hercules website, and if you have a Via board them make sure the latest official 4-in-1's are intalled. Once DX8.1 becomes available you may see in increase in 3dMarks scores as well as there is currently a bug in DX8 that hinders KYRO in some instances.