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Nick3318 · 10-06-2008, 08:53 PM

Hey guys. So I built this pc a few months ago and since then I've always kind of had less then desirable performance. But I ignored it.

..That is until I built a PC with slightly inferior parts for a friend of mine and watched it perform a lot better than mine. (Mostly noticeable in games like WoW where CPU speed is important)

System Specs:

Intel Core http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ stock speeds (3.0 GHZ)

EVGA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVGA 8800 GTS 512 MB (g92)

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) RAM

ASUS Maximus Formula Motherboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard

AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Sound Card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card

2 x 150 GB Western Digital Raptor's running in RAID 0

CORSAIR corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 Power Supply

I also have a Killer NIC M1 network card installed but im not using it right now. I need to take it out.

All of this seems to run cool as well. My CPU keeps at good temperatures and everything.

Here are some benchmark scores:

3Dmark 06 score: 11402
SM 2.0 Score: 4368
SM 3.0 Score: 5091
CPU Score: 3213

Sandra Benchmarks:

Arithmatic Benchmark Results
Dhrystone ALU : 39.66GIPS
Whetstone iSSE3 : 33.95GFLOPS

Multimedia Benchmark Results
Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE4.1 : 85.54MPixel/s
Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2 : 47.95MPixel/s
Multi-Media Double x2 iSSE2 : 24.27MPixel/s

Multicore Efficiency Benchmark Results
Inter-Core Bandwidth : 12.63GB/s
Inter-Core Latency : 80ns

Any ideas? I've tried different RAM, flashing the bios, and other stuff but I can't figure it out.

Here's a thread I posted on a different forum for reference purposes:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25...nderperforming

10-06-2008, 08:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nick3318 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit	QX9650 Badly underperforming. Hey guys. So I built this pc a few months ago and since then I've always kind of had less then desirable performance. But I ignored it. ..That is until I built a PC with slightly inferior parts for a friend of mine and watched it perform a lot better than mine. (Mostly noticeable in games like WoW where CPU speed is important) System Specs: Intel Core http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ stock speeds (3.0 GHZ) EVGA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EVGA 8800 GTS 512 MB (g92) G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) RAM ASUS Maximus Formula Motherboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 Sound Card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card 2 x 150 GB Western Digital Raptor's running in RAID 0 CORSAIR corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 Power Supply I also have a Killer NIC M1 network card installed but im not using it right now. I need to take it out. All of this seems to run cool as well. My CPU keeps at good temperatures and everything. Here are some benchmark scores: 3Dmark 06 score: 11402 SM 2.0 Score: 4368 SM 3.0 Score: 5091 CPU Score: 3213 Sandra Benchmarks: Arithmatic Benchmark Results Dhrystone ALU : 39.66GIPS Whetstone iSSE3 : 33.95GFLOPS Multimedia Benchmark Results Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE4.1 : 85.54MPixel/s Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2 : 47.95MPixel/s Multi-Media Double x2 iSSE2 : 24.27MPixel/s Multicore Efficiency Benchmark Results Inter-Core Bandwidth : 12.63GB/s Inter-Core Latency : 80ns Any ideas? I've tried different RAM, flashing the bios, and other stuff but I can't figure it out. Here's a thread I posted on a different forum for reference purposes: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/25...nderperforming