3D Mark Disappointment. Can I improve?

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TitusCicero

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I scored aprox 10000 with 3DMark06 and it said in comparison of other like systems that scored 11000. Considering the specs of my computer do you guys it is a good score or if it should by better?

So I am also wondering if anyone has suggestions on how I can speed the machine up without OC'ing it?

Here is the specs: (I try to leave just useful information from msinfo and CPUz)
General:
Computer specs:
1 Patriot Viper 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PVS24G8500ELK - Retail
1 GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
1 XFX PVT88PYDD4 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

THe Details:

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
System Model P35C-DS3R
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F4, 9/7/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 4.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 0.99 GB
Total Virtual Memory 8.21 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.12 GB
Page File Space 4.29 GB

ATA IDE Drives :(

Name NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0611&SUBSYS_23301682&REV_A2\4&39BD1753&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Adapter RAM 512.00 MB (536,870,912 bytes)
Installed Drivers nvd3dum,nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2umx.dll
Driver Version 7.15.11.6932
INF File oem13.inf (nv_NV3x section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1280 x 1024 x 85 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xF6000000-0xF6FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF4000000-0xF7FFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000A000-0x0000AFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys (7.15.11.6932, 9.71 MB (10,186,016 bytes), 4/4/2008 12:33 AM)

CPUz:
Chipset
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Northbridge Intel P35/G33/G31 rev. A2
Southbridge Intel 82801IR (ICH9R) rev. 02
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes
Channels Dual (Symmetric)
Memory Frequency 533.4 MHz (1:2)
CAS# 5.0
RAS# to CAS# 7
RAS# Precharge 7
Cycle Time (tRAS) 16
Command Rate 2T

Memory SPD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DIMM #1

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) PDP Systems (7F7F7F7F7F020000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number PVS24G8500ELK

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 400
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 5
RAS# Precharge 3 4 5
TRAS 6 8 12
TRC 11 14 21

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.300 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 1.875 ns (533.3 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (9.25 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (9.25 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (28.00 ns)
tRC 30 clocks (55.00 ns)
tWR 8 clocks (15.00 ns)


DIMM #2

General
Memory type DDR2
Module format Regular UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) PDP Systems (7F7F7F7F7F020000)
Size 2048 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz)
Part number PVS24G8500ELK

Attributes
Number of banks 2
Data width 64 bits
Correction None
Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts
EPP yes (1 profiles)
XMP no

Timings table
Frequency (MHz) 200 266 400
CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0
RAS# to CAS# delay 3 4 5
RAS# Precharge 3 4 5
TRAS 6 8 12
TRC 11 14 21

EPP profile 1 (full)
Voltage level 2.300 Volts
Address Command Rate 2T
Cycle time 1.875 ns (533.3 MHz)
tCL 5.0 clocks
tRCD 5 clocks (9.25 ns)
tRP 5 clocks (9.25 ns)
tRAS 15 clocks (28.00 ns)
tRC 30 clocks (55.00 ns)
tWR 8 clocks (15.00 ns)


Thanks for any help.
 
ferg said:
If you really have this much of a page file on an old IDE drive this may be the clincher, Try disabling the page file all together and then run the tests again.

Hacking Vista: Optimize Core OS Components: Tweaking the Paging File

Total Virtual Memory 8.21 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.12 GB
Page File Space 4.29 GB
Click to expand...

Thanks for the tip. I will try it out.

Does the old ATA IDE drives effect the benchmarking that much? I was concerned about using the old drives but didn't want to spend the extra $300 or so on new SATA drives cuz I have like 350gb of old drives and would hate to loose them right now. Well, frankly, I don't see the cost benefit with 4gb of RAM cuz once the loading is done it shouldn't affect apps and games all that much, right?

THanks again.

EDIT: Read your article and disabled the pagefile but yet cannot test because I am remotely connected through work. WIll retry when I get home. Thanks
 
I'd also make sure to have the latest chipset and video card drivers. Those can effect something quite a bit.
 
Just done 3D mark 06 i get=

sm2.0 = 6418
hdr = 8215
cpu = 4758
total 16926 marks
cpu @ 3.3Ghz Graphic"s @ default settings :chk: :chk: :chk:
 
With an 8800GT and E6600 @ 3.4 my 3DMark06 score is 13296 or something like that.
 
i'll recommend you to overclock your proccesor i did the same with mine with superb results.

I'm using QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 originale on 266Mhz but i have overclocked my FSB to 360.0 MHz (original: 266 MHz) OverClock: 35%

and the system is 100% stable (tested with prime95) its at the moment 3,6 Ghz it will make your system a little bit faster :cool::cool:
 
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