Strange GTX 670m results

[qhfreddy]

I'm not exactly sure where to put this, feel free to move it if it is not in the right place.

Here goes:

 

I have done a few benchmarks with 3dmark06 on my GT60 (3610QM and 670m) some with strange results, could anyone with more knowledge than me explain why I may be getting the strange results.

 

After having some initial problems with stability on the GPU I was able to reach an 820MHz core clock while running 1600MHz on the VRAM. To make sure I was not causing problems with CPU throttling due to the power usage, I clocked my CPU at 2.6GHz. I did a few benchmarks at those settings, but strangely all of them scored lower in the SM2.0 category, and only very slightly better in SM3.0 than a previous test at 730MHz core.

 

Clocked at 730 core/1600 memory

 

Clocked at 820 core/1600 memory

 

I initially thought this could be because I was running the same memory clocks on the memory, but when I ran the test again the memory controller was only being used 30-40%. Next, I turned to the lower CPU clocks, which I would have thought only would affect the CPU score a lot, but this was again countered by the fact that I was only seeing 40-50% CPU usage on the cores.

 

So, does anyone have any idea why I am not getting higher scores in the two graphics scores?

[FM_Jarnis]

You are using an obsolete CPU-limited benchmark on a modern system that was designed for GeForce 6800/7800 age of cards.

 

06 game tests are nothing more than badly-threading CPU tests at this point on 670M. Use 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 11 or new 3DMark.

[qhfreddy]

OK, thanks for the info.

 

The only thing is I don't really want to spend money on benchmarking programs. I did just download Heaven, hope to get some scores in this weekend with that.