slow 3dmark vantage score ?

[zixyon]

hi everyone

i just tried a 3dmark vantage test for my new system and i feel its not good enough ? or am wrong, this is my specs

Motherboard: GA-x58a-ud7 bios f7t
CPU: Intel i7-930 runing at default speed
Ram: Elixer DDR3 1600MHZ 8GB 2GBx4
HDD: Samsung 1GB Sata 7000RPM
Graphics: XFX Ati HD5970 2GB DDR5 Black edition
Power supply: cooler master 750watts
Case: cooler master HAF 932

and attached is screenshot of my results

thnx in advance for your advise

EDIT: may i add up the test was on high setting with custom max screen resultion

[zixyon]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

and here is screenshot of the test using normal "performance" settings

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

Looks about normal, if you think it's low compared to what you see others post it's probably because your CPU is at stock and others are overclocked

[zixyon]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

Looks about normal, if you think it's low compared to what you see others post it's probably because your CPU is at stock and others are overclocked

Thnx for the reply, I tried over clocking the pc a bit after changing the ram to corsair dominator 1600 and I got better results but there is something very wrong with my pc and that is loading time fo everything, be it windows or game or even outside windows when trying to load the installation screen for exemple of windows 7 x64 is just way slow even compared to my previous system and that was a joke compared to this one.. Am totally lost for what could be the reason, any ideas ? Or should I make a new post ? Apreciate your reply

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

Do you mean it's slow to start windows? If so that is normal possibly, Gigabyte boards are slow to go through the bootup process. How long does it take from pushing the power button until you get to the windows desktop?

[zixyon]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

Do you mean it's slow to start windows? If so that is normal possibly, Gigabyte boards are slow to go through the bootup process. How long does it take from pushing the power button until you get to the windows desktop?

i was talking about the loading time for almost everything, i just updated to SSD and the load time is awesome for whatever is installed on it, but i still cant get over the fact that my previous system "for example" world of Warcraft loading time was much faster than this system, but problems keep coming one after another :P i did 2 updated today, the corsair H50 + the SSD,.. now before even plunging the SSD i had some strange problem is the PC doesn't boot fully, it barely reached the point where it is will start loading windows and then it restarts, i was thinking its the h50 not connected properly, but it is after i have checked the temps, however i noticed it had something to do with the ram, is i put it to 1600 "dominator 1600" in the bios setting, be it xmp or manually, the system keep rebooting at the same point, however if i just leave it to auto "1066" then the system just boot fine without any problem, i tried some tests while inside to check if it has anything to do with the heat but the cores temp doesn't go beyond 51 on rare occasions even with 100% load, so here is the question, what am i missing ? could it be my 750watts power supply is not enough ? i mean comon does the h50 need all that power ? because technically i removed 1 back fan and cpu fan and plugged the h50 fan instead of it and same for the cpu.. also i noticed if i plug only 1 ram, then it works fine even with 1600mhz.. any help ?

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

Sounds like you need help with your BIOS settings, please grab a template from my signature and give me the full settings you are trying to use and I will advise back.

Also please link to your specific memory kit.

[zixyon]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

hi thnx for your will to help

below i will post the setting on my bios, however before that i tried some tests and apparently, i noticed that the rams will work properly on specific slots

| | | | | |
1 2 3 4 5 6

if am not mistaking this the rams sorting on my motherboard, the white slots are 2-4-6 everything works fine when i plug the rams on 2-5-6

but if i plug the ram that goes on 5 in 4 instead then i get the restart again, just at the exact same moment when the windows loading logo is just about to appear

and this is my setting, everything except the C.I.A.2, i couldn't find that anywhere, nor do i have any idea what it is

Advanced CPU Features:
CPU Clock Ratio ................................ [21x]
Intel(R) Turbo Boost Tech .................. [Enabled]
CPU Cores Enabled ............................ [All]
CPU Multi Threading .......................... [Enabled]
CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) ................... [Enabled]
C3/C6/C7 State Support .................... [Disabled]
CPU Thermal Monitor ......................... [Enabled]
CPU EIST Function ............................ [Enabled]
Virtualization Technology ................... [Enabled]
Bi-Directional PROCHOT ..................... [Enabled]


Uncore & QPI Features:
QPI Link Speed .............................. auto, 4.8ghz
Uncore Frequency ..........................  Auto, 3200mhz
Isonchronous Frequency ..................[enabled]


Standard Clock Control:
Base Clock (BCLK) Control ................ [Disabled]
BCLK Frequency (MHz) ..................... 133
PCI Express Frequency (MHz) ........... [auto]

C.I.A.2 [????]

Advanced Clock Control:
CPU Clock Drive ..............................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive ................... [900mV]
CPU Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]
IOH Clock Skew ............................. [0ps]


Advanced DRAM Features:
Performance Enhance ...................... [Turbo]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) ......... [Disabled]
System Memory Multiplier (SPD) ........ [12.0]
DRAM Timing Selectable (SPD) .......... [auto]

Channel A + B + C

Channel A Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ...................... 8
tRCD ....................................... 8
tRP ......................................... 8
tRAS ....................................... 20

Channel B Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ...................... 8
tRCD ....................................... 8
tRP ......................................... 8
tRAS ....................................... 20

Channel C Timing Settings:
##Channel A Standard Timing Control##
CAS Latency Time ...................... 8
tRCD ....................................... 8
tRP ......................................... 8
tRAS ....................................... 20

##Channel A Advanced Timing Control## all auto
tRC ........................................  27
tRRD ....................................... 4
tWTR ...................................... 4
tWR ........................................ 8
tWTP .......................................  19
tWL ........................................   7
tRFC ....................................... 60
tRTP ....................................... 4
tFAW ...................................... 20
Command Rate (CMD) ................ 1

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ................... 51

B2B CAS Delay .......................... -

##Channel B Advanced Timing Control## all auto
tRC ........................................  27
tRRD ....................................... 4
tWTR ...................................... 4
tWR ........................................ 8
tWTP .......................................  19
tWL ........................................   7
tRFC ....................................... 60
tRTP ....................................... 4
tFAW ...................................... 20
Command Rate (CMD) ................ 1

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ................... 53

B2B CAS Delay .......................... -

##Channel C Advanced Timing Control## all auto
tRC ........................................  27
tRRD ....................................... 4
tWTR ...................................... 4
tWR ........................................ 8
tWTP .......................................  19
tWL ........................................   7
tRFC ....................................... 60
tRTP ....................................... 4
tFAW ...................................... 20
Command Rate (CMD) ................ 1

##Channel A Misc Timing Control##
Round Trip Latency ................... 52

B2B CAS Delay .......................... -


Advanced Voltage Control:

CPU
Load Line Calibration ................. [Auto]
CPU Vcore 1.27500v ............................... Auto (showing 1.232v)
QPI/VTT Voltage 1.175v ............ Auto
CPU PLL 1.800v ....................... Auto

MCH/ICH
PCIE 1.500v ........................... Auto
QPI PLL 1.100v ....................... Auto
IOH Core 1.100v ..................... Auto
ICH I/O 1.500v ....................... Auto
ICH Core 1.100v ........................ Auto

DRAM
DRAM Voltage 1.500v .............. 1.640v (when auto it's 1.520v)
DRAM Termination 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Data VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-A Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-B Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]
Ch-C Address VRef. 0.750v [AUTO]

however after windows boots in, this is the setting that shows on CPU-Z is as per the screenshot, the rest of the slots are empty

thanks in advance again

EDIT: please note that the Channel B settings are based on when the ram is plugged on the slot number 3 "white", also i added some clarifications and CPU-Z results

[zixyon]

Re: slow 3dmark vantage score ?

actually never mind, there was a problem with the motherboard after i changed everything seems to be working nicely, not i need to find some good noobs guide to OCing :P any ideas ?