Why so low with 8800 gts and E6600?

[meezike]

My score of 729.1 seems kinda low for what I have. I'm using Vista but disabled Aero while I ran the test...also made sure I didnt have any extra processes running. Also disabled any anti virus, firewall, etc.. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also I have not overclocked anything. TIA.



Benchmark Results

Test NameThis ComputerCPU - Integer Math210.8CPU - Floating Point Math554.6CPU - Find Prime Numbers613.1CPU - SSE/3DNow!4549.2CPU - Compression5374.2CPU - Encryption18.1CPU - Image Rotation1069.1CPU - String Sorting3310.3Graphics 2D - Lines31.3Graphics 2D - Rectangles74.5Graphics 2D - Shapes19.9Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text138.4Graphics 2D - GUI126.5Graphics 3D - Simple1824.9Graphics 3D - Medium478.2Graphics 3D - Complex46.1Memory - Allocate Small Block1879.4Memory - Read Cached1805.9Memory - Read Uncached1766.4Memory - Write1595.5Memory - Large RAM454.9Disk - Sequential Read44.0Disk - Sequential Write42.4Disk - Random Seek + RW8.0CD - Read7.7CPU Mark1293.92D Graphics Mark263.4Memory Mark554.6Disk Mark341.5CD Mark939.43D Graphics Mark751.8PassMark Rating729.1
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 CPU E6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Speed: 2400.1 MHz
Cache size:Unknown
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN32)
Total RAM:2045.9 MB.
Available RAM:1393.2 MB.
Video settings: 1024x768x32
Video driver
DESCRIPTION:
GeForce 8800 GTS
MANUFACTURER:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
BIOS:

DATE:
12/11/06
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 232.9 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4 KBytes
File system:NTFS

[passmark]

The result doesn't look too bad. Here are my results from a similar machine with Vista, E6600 CPU and 2GB RAM and Aero turned ON. (excluding the CD test in my case).

Maybe you were expecting something better from the GeForce 8800. I think nVidia are still having problems getting good device drviers done for Vista.

Also, maybe your disk is a little slow.

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PassMark(TM) PerformanceTest 6.1
Results generated on: Monday, 12 March 2007

Benchmark Results
Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 209.9
CPU - Floating Point Math: 555.8
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 607.9
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 4708.6
CPU - Compression: 5318.0
CPU - Encryption: 32.3
CPU - Image Rotation: 1062.3
CPU - String Sorting: 3435.7
Graphics 2D - Lines: 73.2
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 48.5
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 34.7
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 171.3
Graphics 2D - GUI: 145.5
Graphics 3D - Simple: 2721.1
Graphics 3D - Medium: 424.5
Graphics 3D - Complex: 47.8
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1760.0
Memory - Read Cached: 1794.3
Memory - Read Uncached: 1742.3
Memory - Write: 1619.3
Memory - Large RAM: 405.3
Disk - Sequential Read: 70.1
Disk - Sequential Write: 60.2
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.0
CPU Mark: 1359.4
2D Graphics Mark: 323.3
Memory Mark: 541.3
Disk Mark: 481.9
3D Graphics Mark: 1022.0
PassMark Rating: 728.8

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 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
CPU Speed: 2395.6 MHz
Cache size: Unknown
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN32)
Total RAM: 2046.6 MB.
Available RAM: 1124.3 MB.
Video settings: 1680x1050x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: Radeon X1950 Pro
MANUFACTURER: Radeon X1950 Pro
BIOS:
DATE: 08/31/06
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 298.1 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS