Prescott 3.0 ghz on ASUS P4P800-E benchmarks really slow

[aschenk]

No matter what I do, My 3ghz Prescott benchmarks at about a 2ghz- give
or take. I've tried a number of different benchmark utilities and have
swapped out my memory with no effect. Below is my system
configuration-

This CPU has never benchmarked out 'normally' and the system has been
completely reinstalled and the mobo bios is at the latest revision.

Anyone seen this or have any ideas?

Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Speed : 3.00GHz
Performance Rating : PR3989 (estimated)
Number of CPU Cores : 1 Unit(s)
CPUs per Core : 1 Unit(s)
SMT Support : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 1MB ECC Synchronous, ATC, 8-way set, 64 byte line
size, 2 lines per sector, 2 threads sharing

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 1006.001
System : To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800-E
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc 82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller /
Host-Hub Interface
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1GB DDR-SDRAM PC3200 (Centon)
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 200MHz (400MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : SONY SDM-S93
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200

Physical Storage Devices
Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive
Hard Disk : WDC WD740GD-00FLA1 (69GB)
CD-ROM/DVD : ARTEC WRR-52X (CD 52X Rd, 52X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : VOM-12E48X (CD 1X Rd, 48X Wr) (DVD 0X Rd, 6X Wr)

Logical Storage Devices
1.44MB 3.5" (A : N/A
Hard Disk (C : 69GB (63GB, 90% Free Space) (NTFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (D : 18MB (CDFS)
CD-ROM/DVD (E : N/A

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Realtek AC'97 Audio

Power Management
AC Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86)
5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)

Network Services
Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet
Controller

 

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How hot is your machine running? If it is overheating, maybe the auto
throttle is slowing down the processor to keep it from damaging itself?
Just a thought.

Doug

 

[Steve]

How hot is your machine running? If it is overheating, maybe the auto
throttle is slowing down the processor to keep it from damaging itself?
Just a thought.

Doug

Turn on HyperThreading?

Number of CPU Cores : 1 Unit(s)

CPUs per Core : 1 Unit(s)

 

[Mickey4Paws]

No matter what I do, My 3ghz Prescott benchmarks at about a 2ghz- give
or take. I've tried a number of different benchmark utilities and have
swapped out my memory with no effect. Below is my system
configuration-

Intel has a utility that will tell you the speed of your processor.
You can download it from their site. I can't remember the name of it
but something like frequency ID or something like that. Have you tried
the program CPU-Z? It's a free download, just google for it. If all
else fails, I would contact Intel tech support and get an RMA if you
can't get that chip up to 3 ghz.

Good luck.

 

[Willie]

On 16 May 2005 09:03:48 -0400,

No matter what I do, My 3ghz Prescott benchmarks at about a 2ghz- give
or take. I've tried a number of different benchmark utilities and have
swapped out my memory with no effect. Below is my system
configuration-

Given the fact Intel extended the pipeline in the Prescott core by
33%, it's no wonder it runs slow. Why do you think Intel stopped
making the faster Northwood cores? They didn't want them competing
against their crappy Prescotts. After spending all that money on R&D
Intel didn't want the Prescotts sitting on the store shelves while
everyone buys Northwood. That's why a Prescott 3.2 Ghz sells retail
for $180 and a 2.8 Northwood sells for $260.