How To Get Your System To Post Higher Scores On This (manipulate Processes)
There's more I just edited!
(mandelore & giorgos.th have hit upon SOME of them as well, the right idea, & gotten better scores yet, for example!)
Yes, I am giving away some of my "magic tricks"!
(I use this on SETI@Home, Folding@Home, & more for years now (heh, more than a decade in fact, from NT 3.51 days circa 1993 or so (way less services then though)), like benchmarks & it WORKS, as it did for mandelore & giorgos.th)
To wit:
When you guys run the ScienceMark 2.0 test? Do it THIS way:
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A.) Remove as MANY BACKGROUND APPS RUNNING AS YOU CAN, & even stop your EXPLORER.EXE SHELL using taskmgr.exe!
B.) Stop as many services as you can using services.msc: You (@ least I can) can run with this MINIMUM SET OF SERVICES GOING:
- DCOM Server Process (it may be possible to DISABLE this one, but some apps need it)
- EventLog (may be possible to disable, but not 100% sure, because some security settings demand logging & if unable to log? System WILL shutdown!)
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC) - NEVER SHUT THIS DOWN or your system WILL LAG BAD!
- Security Accounts Manager
(Some of those? You may not even HAVE on XP, not sure anymore, but point is there!)
C.) Lastly, let taskmgr.exe startup ScienceMark 2.0 (using its File Menu, Run Submenu to browse for it if need be on disk) & try it @ HIGH CPU PRIORITY!
NOTE: When you are @ highest o/c's possible for your rig? It can get "touchy" using HIGH cpu priority, SO, if you can't finish the test? Step down to AboveNormal or Normal CPU priority via taskmgr.exe on ScienceMark2.exe!
(When you run it by rightclicking on it as you startup the program & it comes into taskmgr.exe's PROCESS tab view as visible, give the benchmark program THAT MUCH MORE CPU PRIORITY possible - then, RUN IT!).
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* This ALL, can help you get higher scores!
Also, some of you: Take Ketxxx up on his offer to help you "tweak" your RAM, he does know what he's doing in that capacity (if you don't already)... he helped me get another 20 points or so onto my score in fact...
APK
P.S.=> Giving away some of my "magic tricks" here, but it's worth it (should make our group averages, & forums avg. score, QUITE impressive, as they SHOULD go up if you do this/try this)...