I'm just wondering roughly where my score should lie. A ball park window would be good from someone. My setup is:

* Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 OC'd @ 2.83GHz
* 2 x 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz Dual Channel RAM with Thermaltake Heatsink on each stick
* NVidia GeForce 7900GS 256MB DDR3 GPU PCI-E
* Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX Sound Card
* 80GB Maxtor IDE Hard Drive
* 30GB Maxtor IDE Hard Drive
* 250GB SATA2 Hard Drive

The temps of my system are fluctuating between 22C and 26C when idle and never goes above 35C ish when loaded.

Hmm.... I'd guess something on the 5000 to 7000 range.

Cheers, what if the GFX card was substituted for an old 9600 Pro 128MB AGP card?

Just asking as I ran a test recently and my score came up as 750!!!! The CPU score was about 2900 odd.

I've just invested in a 7900GS and am wondering what difference it would make to the score.

lol i dont care and i suggest u not to care either because there are many times that for example a user with 8800 card can play games perfect but cant get a good 3dmark score and for that he thinks his system has a very big problem, dont take it too serious mate

Considering how CPU dependent 3dmark06 score are, yours should be very good for a 7900GS. It's just a guess, but I'd think about 4,700-5,000 running driver defaults.

Just noticed i didn;t explain clearly. I have the above setup but with a 9600 Pro AGP card currently which is what gave me a 750 score.

I just bought a brand new 7900GS 256MB DDR3 for £20 ($40) this afternoon on special offer and I'm hoping it will resurrect my system for the next 12 months or so until I can afford a 9800 and a Quad Core.

^ agreed. I very rarely even run 3dmark06 unless directly comparing cpu to cpu or gpu to gpu on the same system. Can be a useful tool or a fun competion, but besides that I wouldn't put much worry into it either.

It will crush your 9600 pro scores, . But really unless it helps your games it's worth little. So if you are 4K or over in 3dmark 06, I'd completely move on to games. If you score 2800, then something is wrong.