I used to play the benchmark game years ago, and for the most part, all it
did was frustrate me. "Why isn't my 486 as fast another identical 486?"
Well, there are hundreds of reasons (or more) of why not. Different
revisions of CPU's, motherboards, add-in cards, etc. will cause a wider
difference in scores than one would think. Different RAM manufacturers (and
sometimes the same manufacturers since they get their chips from different
makers who have different plants, etc.) will cause a difference, even though
the RAM is rated the same. All those little differences add up to create a
slower or faster bottom line.
When I was working, we'd get a number of PC's in that were supposed to be
the same. Most times, they even had sequential serial numbers. Invariably,
there would be one or two out of the dozen or so that we got at a time that
were noticeably slower than the rest. Same CPU, HDD, CD, RAM, MB, software,
etc. But without even using a benchmark program, you could tell this one
wasn't up to par.
For grins and giggles, I ran PT7 and compared my system to similar ones.
Comparing CPU's, mine was on a par with or slower than other AMD Athlon 64
X2 Dual Core 4800+ CPU's. Overall scores were slightly higher than similar
systems with the same MB, but not enough to brag about.
Some of the test results available for comparison were so wildly different,
I'd like to see how the systems were set up. When two supposedly identical
systems have a 1000 point difference, how can you verify the validity of the
testing procedure or the tester? In fact, re-running the test within the
hour got me a 50 point difference from the previous results.
The bottom line is that benchmark programs really don't mean anything. If
your PC makes you happy, and runs the stuff you want it to run in a manner
you'd like it to run, then your PC is plenty fast. If you're having problems
with some program, then it's time to delve into the reasons why that may be.
--
SC Tom
"Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed
any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."
Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret.
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> "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> wrote in message
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>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> My HP Pavilion Q8200, 8GB RAM, WIN7 scores low compared
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>>>
>>> MY HP Pavilion Intel CPU Q8200 scores low when compared with other CPUs,
>>> same Q8200, same RAM (8GB or less) same Graphics Express NVDIA 9400GT,
>>> Windows 7, no applications loaded other than ESET NOD32 AV.
>>> My HP gets only a score of 691 whereas a worldwide database for same
>>> CPU, same RAM, same Graphics card gets 1220, 1144, 1191, 1291 and
>>> higher.
>>> I have deleted all cookies, de-fragmented my hard drive, reduced Restore
>>> points.
>>> HP support is poor and spending 1 hour with them is useless.
>>> Any ideas here???
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Here's another idea: Crosspost, do not multipost
>> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> --
>> SC Tom
>>
>> "Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed
>> any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician."
>> Lt. Col. J.D. "Jeff" Cooper, USMC, Ret.
>>