Why is my cpu preforming so poorly?

[ptwick]

Why did my cpu score go down so much?
I had a gtx 460 1gb on these test results:
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/2907024
Then i downgraded to a cheaper gtx 460 768mb here that i got for a great deal
here are my results:
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/2936997
Why did my cpu score drop so far?
Oh and i did a clean sweep of my computer. I restored it to factory conditions.
is there anything i can do to get it up again?

 

[kivan2400]

why did you downgrade ?
1. bottleneck
2. bug try again
3. can be that your GPU don't work so good with your CPU

 

[jprahman]

In the first score report (the higher one), your CPU speed is reported as 2333MHz, while in the lower score report it is reported as 2224MHz. Now that's not a significant difference at all, but I have to wonder what types of settings were changed between each config that could possibly cause a discrepancy between the scores.

I would say review all your settings and then rerun the benchmark and see what the results are. Also, your Windows version is different between the two (6.0.6001 in the first and 6.0.6002 in the second).

 

[ptwick]

could it have been the power settings i had it on balance?

 

[jprahman]

If you had different power settings during each test that may make some difference. I would say just set your power settings to high performance and then rerun. The first run may have been buggy or affected by various settings.

 

[ptwick]

here are my latest results
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/2937206;jsessionid=22D1B6EF896C700F06BCE91B5CA4D957?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dmv%2F2937206%3Fkey%3DYwt2fjtNs49TNMvB62W86zyNe5qcWq

 

[ptwick]

is there anyhting else you reccomend i do?

 

[ptwick]

Whoa your right, my cpu is not going at its max! what do you reccemoend i do to get it back and working at 2.33

 

[jprahman]

There's not a huge difference between those speeds, and power settings could even account for it. Also, its possible there's something running in the background or that the first test was abnormally high.

 

[ptwick]

the first one? the 16k? no that test was consistant with my old card. which was before i restored computer too.
Another think is my quad core supposed to be using all 4 cores at once?
cuz its not!
i was running furmark and it seeems to show that only 1 core is running.
while the others are like on a passive mode.

 

[saaiello]

This is just a thought I may be totally wrong but could the less memory hurt PhysX performance. Because even though it says CPU doesn't it also use the GPU as part as physics when its a Nvidia card.

Again I think I might be wrong but just putting it out there.

 

[ptwick]

speedfan and task manager are showing that the first core is being macxed out like completely at 100%, then the second one is kinda working, but the last two cores are on like passive.

 

[ptwick]

like when i run furmark,
core 0 automatically jumps to 100% and the other cores are running at like 9%,6% and 3%. is there a way to evenly distribute the usage?
i Hve many things opem while running the test but the cpu usage doesnt go above 30%

 

[ptwick]

Vantage your hdd performance have a big effect on your scores. Use a raid config and watch it jump or a I0drive.

Ok what is that?And how do i do it? is there a risk of anything when doing it?

 

[ptwick]

the scores you see now are from after i restored my computer to original factory setings. what is a areca card?

 

[ptwick]

THOSE CARDS ARE EEXPENSIVE!!

 

[ptwick]

anythiung else i can do or try?

 

[ptwick]

WOOT i think i got it LOOK!
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/2937347;jsessionid=BC1635076B977E6C49173E7B72DD3E6C?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dmv%2F2937347%3Fkey%3Dh8EvpJJyfNtZ0NKXWKPvWjbrTSvZ6X
lol i think im satisfied at that score.
Physx ftw.

 

[ptwick]

but i still have another question.
Why does it show my core speed is so low?

 

[ptwick]

in bios im not sure. cuz i never go to the bios cuz i cant do anything in it! lol and i have my cpu running at stock clocks 2.33ghz

 

[ptwick]

any1 know how?

 

[jprahman]

Depends on your motherboard, to enter the BIOS you have the press a certain key after your computer starts up but before your operating system loads. There may be a message asking you to press a certain key to enter the BIOS that flashes on screen for a second or two. Your motherboard manual will give you exact instructions.

 

[ptwick]

my bios is locked up tight. i can barely do anything in there. Also it seemed to work good before so i dont know what is wrong.

 

[jprahman]

What motherboard do you have? Generally most motherboard BIOSes other than say Intel, OEM (ie Dell or HP), or low cost motherboards have BIOSes that are heavily locked down.

 

[ptwick]

i have a Pegatron Coperation benicia