I don't know why the score is low for the CPU

[KhajiitDovakiin]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

you ever update mother board bios ?

Also if you are running 6970 2GB you should be scoreing 7.9's

I would look into updating all drivers bios and firmware cause they could come into play with the low scores

 

[XSaenen]

That's not normal indeed.

I have a 7.5 score for a regular i5 2500 at stock speed. Yours shouldn't be any lower than that.

Sounds like you are only getting around 50% of its capability.
Did you check if all 4 cores actually work?

 

[essenbe]

Did you update all of your drivers from Gigabyte and AMD? From reading your system specs, all of your scores are lower than they should be.

 

[Hopalong X]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

I would download and install this program.> CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Open it then take a Snip and post it here or start a thread in hardware.
This will provide us and you with a lot more info to see if the CPU is working properly.
Update your mo board drivers etc. would be benefial.

I would not update the motherboard Bios yet. It may be necessary but I would do it as a last resort.

The info from CPU-Z and then driver updates would be my first and second actions.
Mike

 

[essenbe]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

I would download and install this program.> CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Open it then take a Snip and post it here or start a thread in hardware.
This will provide us and you with a lot more info to see if the CPU is working properly.
Update your mo board drivers etc. would be benefial.

I would not update the motherboard Bios yet. It may be necessary but I would do it as a last resort.

The info from CPU-Z and then driver updates would be my first and second actions.
Mike

Post screenshots from the CPU, motherboard, memory amd SPD tabs. Also download and run As SSD and post a screenshot.Also, I think you should be running CCC 11.11 from AMD.

 

[KhajiitDovakiin]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

I would download and install this program.> CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Open it then take a Snip and post it here or start a thread in hardware.
This will provide us and you with a lot more info to see if the CPU is working properly.
Update your mo board drivers etc. would be benefial.

I would not update the motherboard Bios yet. It may be necessary but I would do it as a last resort.

The info from CPU-Z and then driver updates would be my first and second actions.
Mike

I downloaded the program you suggested that screenshot has a error mesage after I downloaded it.

 

[carwiz]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

Check your BIOS and see if Hyperthreading and Turbo is turned on. Something is amiss. You might also have the Short/Long Duration Power settings set low.
Also, that M4 should score a 7.9 on SATA-III. I get 7.9 out of my C300.

 

[essenbe]

Ga-Z68AP-DE (Rev 1.0) Downloads for drivers, BIOS and utilities. different drivers page for rev 2.0.

AMD graphics drivers If you don't know how to install graphics drivers, just ask. Many here know the correct way.

 

[KhajiitDovakiin]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

I would download and install this program.> CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Open it then take a Snip and post it here or start a thread in hardware.
This will provide us and you with a lot more info to see if the CPU is working properly.
Update your mo board drivers etc. would be benefial.

I would not update the motherboard Bios yet. It may be necessary but I would do it as a last resort.

The info from CPU-Z and then driver updates would be my first and second actions.
Mike

Post screenshots from the CPU, motherboard, memory amd SPD tabs. Also download and run As SSD and post a screenshot.Also, I think you should be running CCC 11.11 from AMD.

Sorry that took so long.

 

[KhajiitDovakiin]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

I would download and install this program.> CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

Open it then take a Snip and post it here or start a thread in hardware.
This will provide us and you with a lot more info to see if the CPU is working properly.
Update your mo board drivers etc. would be benefial.

I would not update the motherboard Bios yet. It may be necessary but I would do it as a last resort.

The info from CPU-Z and then driver updates would be my first and second actions.
Mike

Post screenshots from the CPU, motherboard, memory amd SPD tabs. Also download and run As SSD and post a screenshot.Also, I think you should be running CCC 11.11 from AMD.

Here is the SSD Benchmark results.

 

[essenbe]

Your SSD is in IDE mode it needs to be in AHCI mode. Here is a tutorial on how to enable AHCI.

I have the same SSD you have. It should look more like this.

 

[carwiz]

You don't have Hyperthreading turned on.
Your drive is in IDE mode.
Your RAM speed is 10700.

There's probably more but that's what jumps out at me.

 

[KhajiitDovakiin]

I5 2500K CPU
8GB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Crucial M4 64GB SSD
I don't know why the score is low for the CPU it was 4.2 a couple of days ago now it dropped down to 3.8 again.

Check your BIOS and see if Hyperthreading and Turbo is turned on. Something is amiss. You might also have the Short/Long Duration Power settings set low.
Also, that M4 should score a 7.9 on SATA-III. I get 7.9 out of my C300.

I'm not sure how to get into them(bios) or where Hyperthreading and turbo boost is to be honest. I am not also sure what is short/long duration power is.

 

[Hopalong X]

You don't have Hyperthreading turned on.
Your drive is in IDE mode.
Your RAM speed is 10700.

There's probably more but that's what jumps out at me.

It does not have Hyper threading.
Specs from Intel> Intel® Core)

4 cores 4 threads.

 

[Hopalong X]

His RAM is running at 1330.4 so that is correct.
Specs show run DDR3 1066/1333.



Change over to AHCI mode as Essenbe posted above in Post #691 and things will improve greatly.

 

[carwiz]

Yea, just checked. The i7-2500 doesn't have HT. Bummer!

http://ark.intel.com/products/52210/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-Processor-(6M-Cache-3_30-GHz)

 

[carwiz]

His RAM is running at 1330.4 so that is correct.
Specs show run DDR3 1066/1333.

I'm curious, where do you see that? His RAM has a MAX of 10700 (667). It's showing a bus ratio of 1:5 as in 1x5.

 

[Hopalong X]

Enlarge the picture I copied from his list of Snips. This is actual speed being run. Then x 2.

665.2 x 2= 1330.4MHz

 

[carwiz]

Yeah, ok, it says 665.2 ????