Low 3dmark vantage score

hokiealumnus said:

Could you link to the score? The only issue I see would be CPU power, which strongly influences Vantage scores. If you have the cooling, clock that up to 4.0-4.2 GHz and you'll probably see a decent score increase. Get an 8-core Bulldozer when it comes out and you definitely won't get that message.

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xXSebaSXx said:

Your CPU score is bringing your overall score down.

As for the RAM thing... 1333 is the "recommended" speed, but you can run much faster than that... I've run my RAM at 1900 with my 955 chip before and some have even gotten RAM to run at 2000. The 1333 is not so much a chip limitation as it is a "compatibility" standard that motherboard manufacturers came up with... And with new AM3 and AM3+ boards it is not even a factor anymore; if you go into BIOS you'll see that boards will go up to 8x multiplier for DRAM Speed and that means at least 1600 for the memory.

What model memory are you running? Is it rated for 1333 from factory? A link to the product page would help in pointing you in the right direction with it.

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Seth8530 said:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231189 Here is a linky to the product page.

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xXSebaSXx said:

OK... So they are rated for 1333. Your timings are not what the RAM is rated for though. I would suggest going into BIOS and setting your memory to:

- 6.67x Multiplier => 1333MHz effective speed.
- Set the Timings to 8-8-8-21-1T
- Set DRAM Voltage to 1.5V
Save settings and boot into OS.
If you get a memory error while rebooting (three long beeps); chances are your ram can't run the 1T setting so change that to 2T, save and reboot.

Run benchmark again and your CPU Score should improve a little bit since you'd be running your speed at the "highest" they are rated for. Note that this "highest" is not the max that they will do, it is just the max they are rated for by the manufacturer.

Once you have your RAM settings lined up you can start thinking about your overclock on the CPU.

If you post a screenshot with two instances of CPUz (Main - Memory) and one of GPUz to see what your overclocks are and how you're getting there; we will be able to help you out further.

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xXSebaSXx said:

Seth... I can't make out the numbers on the screenshot... Could you upload the image to the forum's attachment system instead of using an external host? They tend to reduce the images in size to save bandwidth.

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• Definitely overclock the GPU's
• Overclock the CPU higher. If all you're worried about is running Vantage... that's all it has to do, stability means getting through Vantage and that's it.
• Pull two sticks and raise the Ram speeds, 1600 at least.

nzaneb said:

Vantage is pretty biased to cores/ thread count. Your CPU score is dragging down the overall, that's just the way it is with AMD. The FM database is saying your score is low, mainly due to the fact that it's only comparing to 24 other similar systems. For instance, 990X and 1 GTX480 = 39611 and a 980X and 1 GTX480 = 40186. Both are my scores, but if you look at the warning signs, you'll notice that they tell me the 40186 is below average, and the 39611 is equal or above.... yeah ok... thanks futuremark. Don't worry about it. If you're just gaming, who cares, you're probably killing the FPS anyway.
If you just want to try and improve your score (you might be able to tweak out 25-28K)... Things to try:

• Definitely overclock the GPU's
• Overclock the CPU higher. If all you're worried about is running Vantage... that's all it has to do, stability means getting through Vantage and that's it.
• Pull two sticks and raise the Ram speeds, 1600 at least.

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Seth8530 said:

The issue with over clocking the CPU is that i hit a 3.5 to 3.6 ghz wall whether i run stock voltage or over volts, raise the NB and the NB volt.. Ive read through dolks guide and i dont understand what is up.

Ill overclock the GPU's once im confident i got the CPU where i want it.. GPU overclocks are easy

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xXSebaSXx said:

I know it is a C2 revision, but you can still get more out of it.

What are you using for cooling?

What motherboard?

Are you overclocking NB or CPU-NB? You need to raise CPU-NB.

If your temperatures are within acceptable limits you can raise VCore to see if you can get higher CPU clocks that way. 1.376V for the CPU is still well within "sane" voltages... I've given my 955BE 1.55V+ on air for short periods of time (while the bench runs).

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