Low 3dMark06 Score? (Radeon HD 5770)

[BlackGS01]

Hey all,

My uncle recently gave me his old computer (HP Pavillion A6357c) and I have done some substantial upgrading to it, but I am still receiving a (relatively) low 3dmark06 score of around 9800. My specs are as follows.

Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6 GHz
4GB PC5300 Ram (DDR2)
SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Antec BP500U (500 Watts)
Vista 32 Bit

Most benches for the HD 5770 are around 12-15k. I have all the latest drivers and updates.

Could it be the 32 bit operating system? Thanks in advance.

 

[toyota]

5000 X2 is your problem. at least you didnt waste money on a faster card with that relatively slow cpu.

 

[NumericalMethods]

Did you use the basic version of 3DMark 06?

At the resolution the basic version allows you to run your performance score will be adversely affected by you CPU. What were the processors in the benchmarks you are comparing with?

I wouldn't worry about 3Dmark 06 score anyway. Check game performance at your preferred settings.

There was another guy posted a thread here recently with the same worries and the general conclusion was that it was a 3Dmark 06/ CPU thing. HTH

 

[nemesismk2]

It's your CPU which is the reason for the low 3dmark 2006. As NumericalMethods said try a few games to see what kind of performance you are getting.

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

on a side note to this question,

when people say 3dmark scores, are ppl quoting the base line score everytime? because if i remember correctly, we cant adjust resolution and settings unless we buy the program

 

[BlackGS01]

Thanks for the reply, guys! The score is based on the free version of 3dmark06. It's restricted to one res. (forgot what exact it was but it was pretty low)

 

[happy medium]

I score ~ 16,000 at 3d mark o6.(hd5750) These guys are right, my score should be about 2,500 higher because of my cpu. But 9,800? That sucks!
What are your sm2,sm3 scores?

 

[v8envy]

Use GPUz to make sure your PCIe is 16x, not 1x. That's been the cause of some strange performance anomalies with 5770s in the past. But yes, at the low res for the standard benchmark your museum piece of a sluggish CPU will figure heavily in the result.

 

[Hyperlite]

I score ~ 16,000 at 3d mark o6.(hd5750) These guys are right, my score should be about 2,500 higher because of my cpu. But 9,800? That sucks!
What are your sm2,sm3 scores?

I'm going to have to disagree there. You are not CPU limited. My little brother pulled down 15,500 yesterday with a 4890 and Q8300 @ 3ghz.

 

[happy medium]

I score ~ 16,000 at 3d mark o6.(hd5750) These guys are right, because of your cpu your score will be lower. Your slower cpu should only score 2,500 less then mine overall,but your card should score a little higher.
9,800 sucks, you should be around 12,000 even with your slow cpu.
What are your sm2,sm3 scores?

Fixed sorry, I must have been tired.

 

[BlackGS01]

Ran it again just now. Here's the breakdown

3DMark Score 9834

Sm 2.0 Score 4165
Sm 3.0 Score 5611
CPU Score 1867

Just downloaded GPU-Z
Here is the data for the Bus Interface
PCI-Express x 16 @ x 16
(PCI-Express x 16 v 1.1)

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

CPU score looks right. But SM2.0 and SM3.0 scores look really low. SM2.0 should be ~6600, SM3.0 should be ~7600. And the PCIe slot looks okay too, 1.1 shouldn't be affecting score that much.

 

[Hyperlite]

CPU score looks right. But SM2.0 and SM3.0 scores look really low. SM2.0 should be ~6600, SM3.0 should be ~7600. And the PCIe slot looks okay too, 1.1 shouldn't be affecting score that much.

Actually i dunno about that. CPU is costing him several thousand points. He'd be right about where he should be with a faster CPU...CPU in my sig scores 4759.

SM2-3240
SM3-3940
CPU-4759

total: 9324

Your experience in games will differ slightly...but honestly, that CPU is a serious hamstring on the 5750.

 

[happy medium]

Go into Catalyst Controll Center and turn everything off. No aa/af, No A.I., and put it in performance mode.

Did you have a Nvidia card in there before the 5770?

 

[happy medium]

Actually i dunno about that. CPU is costing him several thousand points. He'd be right about where he should be with a faster CPU...CPU in my sig scores 4759.

SM2-3240
SM3-3940
CPU-4759

total: 9324

Your experience in games will differ slightly...but honestly, that CPU is a serious hamstring on the 5750.

My 5750 gpu scores 6 or 7 thousand in sm2, sm3.
4/5000 is slow for a 5770.

 

[BlackGS01]

Go into Catalyst Controll Center and turn everything off. No aa/af, No A.I., and put it in performance mode.

Did you have a Nvidia card in there before the 5770?

Alright I'm on it. The computer had a Nvidia 6150SE Integrated card in the mobo. I have uninstalled the drivers for it using a driver cleaner and have tried to disable it in the Mobo, but I can't seem to find an option for it. I'm assuming the 6150se disables itself when I put the 5770 in. I will post back soon w/ results.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Actually i dunno about that. CPU is costing him several thousand points. He'd be right about where he should be with a faster CPU...CPU in my sig scores 4759.

SM2-3240
SM3-3940
CPU-4759

total: 9324

Your experience in games will differ slightly...but honestly, that CPU is a serious

What is your point? My CPU score is 6576. That has very little effect on the SM2 and SM3 scores, and Black's scores seem surprisingly low. My 4870 gets 6063/7362 respectively, and I would expect the 5770, as a GPU from the same GPU designer and with similar performance, to get around the same.

 

[BlackGS01]

Here are my latest scores with everything disabled in CCC
Enter text here.
3D Mark06 - 9977
SM 2.0 4254
SM 3.0 5660
CPU -1896

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

So, basically, nothing happened.

 

[BlackGS01]

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[BlackGS01]

Hey guys,

This might be a long shot, but does the fact that my Mobo has these specifications mean anything?:

Front-side bus (FSB)

• 2000MT/s (2.0 GT/s)

I remember reading somewhere that I would need a mobo with around 4000 - 5000 MT's to take advantage of newer cards.

 

[Hyperlite]

What is your point? My CPU score is 6576. That has very little effect on the SM2 and SM3 scores, and Black's scores seem surprisingly low. My 4870 gets 6063/7362 respectively, and I would expect the 5770, as a GPU from the same GPU designer and with similar performance, to get around the same.

Gotcha. i was unsure of what the SM2/3 scores should be for that card. Could the processor be enough of a bottleneck to effect shader scores?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I wouldn't think so, at least not to that extent. But you never know (well, I don't anyway) So it may be a good idea to overclock the CPU to see what effect that has?

 

[BlackGS01]

Thanks guys. I'll keep this thread updated if anything changes.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Good god man its just your CPU. Other people are mucking it up in here, but if you're running at 1280x1024, the standard "free" res, your 5770 is going to be bottlenecked not only in the CPU tests, but in the SM tests as well, returning abnormally low scores in all 3 subsections.

I mean, really, the CPU isn't only used in the "CPU" test, its used in all of them and at such a low resolution its going to severely cripple the card's overall performance.