All it is is a way to get people to compare their score to other people, and.. yes you guessed it, keep up with the Jones's and...Upgrade !

or maybe I'm just overly cynical..  ....nah   

my laptop has a 2.0 right now

i need to upgrade RAM from 512M to 1G

wish i could upgrade graphics...
graphics: 2.4
gaming graphics: 3.1

processor and hard disk arent TOO bad in it though:
AMD Turion 64 MK-36: 4.1
80GB SATA Hard drive (51GB free): 4.9


its a Dell Inspiron 1501 running Home Premium

More details about my computer


Component Details Subscore Base score 4.3

Processor Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500 @ 2.00GHz 4.8
Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.4
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS 5.9
Gaming graphics 751 MB Total available graphics memory 5.3
Primary hard disk 56GB Free (186GB Total) 4.3
Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

Toshiba P105-S9312

Mine: GacrownVic

What's up with that?

Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ >5.1
Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB >5.9
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS >4.8
Gaming graphics 1007 MB Total available graphics memory >4.7
Primary hard disk 85GB Free (121GB Total) >5.5

Base Score: 4.7 Determined by lowest subscore

Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate 64bit

I wonder how much the Graphics drivers influence that result. Anyone know?

5.2 because of core2duo 6600

Ultimate 64bit

prolly either an SLI/Crossfire arrangment, or an 8800GTX Model Card

Component Details Subscore Base score
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz 4.0 2.5
Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 1.50 GB 4.5
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6200 2.5
Gaming graphics 558 MB Total available graphics memory 3.0
Primary hard disk 14GB Free (34GB Total) 5.4
Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

Yeah, it does. I know this because of my laptop, again. It is using ATI Radeon Xpress 1150, but Vista recognizes it as a Radeon Xpress 200M card. Before I install the correct driver, I get the score of 2.4 for Graphics Performance. After the driver installation, I get 2.1.

More details about my computer

Component Details Subscore Base score Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 5.0 5.0   Determined by lowest subscore Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB 5.0 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 5.9 Gaming graphics 750 MB Total available graphics memory 5.3 Primary hard disk 65GB Free (83GB Total) 5.6 Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate

 

My gaming was 5.9 until I updated to the latest nVidia drivers. Typical...   

Damn, mine just barely 3.0 overall.

I wish that there were more details available.  I know that I don't have the best RAM . . but I have 2 GB just like Justin and Fuzzy but I end up with a score of 4.1 and they have 5.9 and 5.0 respectively.

Seems like a pretty crappy measurement system to me.

Mine was 5.4 before (I think), but I think the timings are being affected as I overclock.

Edit... thinking on it, I have a matched pair (1 gig each) of 800mhz DDR2 corsair memory.  You guys?

I'll have to check later . .  but if that's the criteria then the stupid evaluation or recommendation should say so.  Ya dig?

Yeah.  Ram performance isnt just about how much ya got... its how it does its job.