Low rating on E8200

[surfmaster]

Greetings,
i tried the performance test on my cpu E8200 and i had a passmark rating of 861.
i have seen that cpu similar to mine have scored much more so i was guessing whats wrong.
i used performance test v6.1 on trial version.
my machine is:
CPU : E8200 @2666 (default)/ bus speed: 333Mhz / multiplier : x8
GPU : HD3870
ram : kingston pc6400 4x1gb
MOBO : P5Q pro
Vista 64bit

btw i have an old sata HDD, can it influence the overall score?

thanks for help


i add here the benchmark:

Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 249.7
CPU - Floating Point Math: 957.3
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 954.4
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 5873.5
CPU - Compression: 6275.3
CPU - Encryption: 36.4
CPU - Image Rotation: 1216.3
CPU - String Sorting: 4373.2
Graphics 2D - Lines: 112.4
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 79.3
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 49.2
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 247.1
Graphics 2D - GUI: 143.5
Graphics 3D - Simple: 2416.3
Graphics 3D - Medium: 524.8
Graphics 3D - Complex: 58.1
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 2127.6
Memory - Read Cached: 2033.1
Memory - Read Uncached: 2021.6
Memory - Write: 1897.8
Memory - Large RAM: 990.4
Disk - Sequential Read: 55.0
Disk - Sequential Write: 55.2
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.5
CD - Read: 2.2
CPU Mark: 1721.1
2D Graphics Mark: 461.5
Memory Mark: 670.6
Disk Mark: 411.3
CD Mark: 263.6
3D Graphics Mark: 959.8
PassMark Rating: 871.2 on the green bar that shows the result it's displayed a max of 900 Composite Average, can this be the problem ?

System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Number of CPU: 1
(2 Core(s)/CPU, 1 Logical(s)/Core)
CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8200 @ 2.66GHz
CPU Speed:
Cache size: 6144KB
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN64)
Total RAM: 4094.1 MB.
Available RAM: 2876.7 MB.
Video settings: 1680x1050x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION:
MANUFACTURER:
BIOS:
DATE: 11/02/07
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 39.3 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS

[David (PassMark)]

i have seen that cpu similar to mine have scored much more

The average CPU mark for a E8200 is 1810 (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+E8200+%40+2.66G Hz). So your CPU score of 1721 is within 5% of the average. i.e. pretty normal.

Yes, your hard disk result forms part of the overall PassMark rating. While your result isn't spectacular, it is acceptable, especially if it is an older drive.

See also this post about, How do I push my PC to the bleeding edge? (http://www.passmark.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1071)

[surfmaster]

thanks passmark for the clarification, i have just to wait for my new hdd so i can go for raid solution :)