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    lower benchmark score after upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by CeeNote, Feb 20, 2007.

  1. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    I just upgraded my ram from 512mb to 1gig as well as my hdd from a 4200rpm drive to a 5400 one. Using hdtune, the average hard drive speed went up from 22mb/s to about 30mb/s. However when I used pcmark 04, scores actually decreased from about 2970 to about 2910. I ran the test three times and always got the same number. Does anyone have an explanation for this? I know it's not a big difference but shouldn't benchmark scores go up when I double the ram and get a faster hdd?
     
    CeeNote, Feb 20, 2007
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  2. R4000

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    Hmmm. Are the ram speed & timings the same as before the upgrade? It would be my first thought, as your hard drive seems to have passed bench.
     
    R4000, Feb 21, 2007
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  3. CeeNote

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    Both ram sticks have exactly the same specs so I don't know why some benchmark scores are actually lower.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 21, 2007
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  4. Budding

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    PCMark04 is a very bad benchmarking tool. It is incompatible with the latest CPUs and simply does not work correctly. Make sure you have the latest build (1.3.0), or juse use another benchmarking tool.
     
    Budding, Feb 21, 2007
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  5. Iceman0124

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    How is your actual real world performance? Thats a much better scale than any synthetic benchmark.
     
    Iceman0124, Feb 21, 2007
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  6. CeeNote

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    It seems my system does run quite a bit snappier especially when playing games so I guess I shouldn't pay too much attention to those benchmark scores.
     
    CeeNote, Feb 21, 2007
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  7. Necss

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    Man who cares what it says all i know is 1gb and 5400rpm on xp kicks butt very good.
    Great and with ur setup u shud be able to do almost anything.
     
    Necss, Feb 22, 2007
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  8. Cheffy

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    Yeah, PCmark and similar tests are nearly useless, with arbitrary points determined for subjectively better components. If it works better, why worry about it?
     
    Cheffy, Feb 22, 2007
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