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    i7-3720qm - what is your PCMark 7 score?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mvejerslev, Aug 20, 2012.

  1. Mvejerslev

    Mvejerslev Notebook Guru

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    OK guys so I noticed I came up with a lower figure in PCMark 7 than I expected, comparing with Toms Review of this CPU:

    Benchmark Results: PCMark 7 : Core i7-3720QM: Ivy Bridge Makes Its Mark On Mobility

    I get around 5220 PCMarks on max OC... He gets 6300 stock. The major difference is in the video transcoding. I dont remember what my score was, but it was way lower. Will run it again to check.

    I want to know if the video transcoding has been disabled in my build, or if PCMark updated its scoring scheme (or maybe something else entirely is wrong).

    I do a lot of video work, and would like my unit to be optimal in this regard.

    Thanks!

    My own stock result: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: 4975 PCMarks - only 6920.85 kB/s video transcoding speed avg.
     
    Mvejerslev, Aug 20, 2012
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  2. huberth

    huberth Notebook Deity

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    I think there was a bug in PCMark7 resulting in too high of a score.
    I believe it has been fixed now.
     
    huberth, Jan 6, 2013
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