ScienceMark thread (with score list)

[giorgos th.]

already done it boy...
i`m talking of taking my rig to the edge (especially my memory)..

 

[Casheti]

Look at this....THE MACHINE FROM HELL!! AND IT'S MINE!! I try not to look at it too much, it makes me cry...

HOW FUCKING GAY IS THIS PIECE OF CRAP...HUH???? NOW YOU KNOW WHERE MY SCORE COMES FROM!!

 

[Canuto]

lol

 

[pt]

Look at this....THE MACHINE FROM HELL!! AND IT'S MINE!! I try not to look at it too much, it makes me cry...

HOW FUCKING GAY IS THIS PIECE OF CRAP...HUH???? NOW YOU KNOW WHERE MY SCORE COMES FROM!!

it, could be worse...
you coulkd have a Dell

 

[Alec§taar]

already done it boy...i`m talking of taking my rig to the edge (especially my memory)..

Yes, I know what you mean... I am getting to the point where I am sort of afraid of "torching" my RAM, my memory controller, or my CPU doing it!



APK

P.S.=> LOL, Casheti - Man, thank you again for the laffs... @ least you can laff @ yourself @ times (this is no big deal, it is just a machine, not YOU...) which is difficult to do, sometimes impossible for some folks!

Anyhow - when you guys run these? Remove as MANY BACKGROUND APPS RUNNING AS YOU CAN, & even stop your EXPLORER.EXE SHELL using taskmgr.exe!

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!)
Plug and Play
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!)


(Lastly, let taskmgr.exe startup ScienceMark 2.0 & try it @ HIGH CPU PRIORITY 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!).

This 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

 

[Casheti]

Shamefully, I do have a Dell upstairs...

 

[Canuto]

Anyhow - when you guys run these? Remove as MANY BACKGROUND APPS RUNNING AS YOU CAN, & even stop your EXPLORER.EXE SHELL using taskmgr.exe (let taskmgr.exe startup ScienceMark 2.0 & try it @ HIGH CPU PRIORITY 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).

This can help you get higher scores!

Good tip i'll try it.

 

[Alec§taar]

Reposting To Last Page For Everyone's Use!

Apk

 

[Casheti]

I win the competition for the most processes running...blatantly...and normally it's even more...good day today

51!!!

 

[giorgos th.]

here you go.a bit better.

 

[Alec§taar]

Casheti:

I nearly GUARANTEE, that if you do what I wrote in my last post?

You'll go higher... try it! Mandelore & giorgos.th have hit upon SOME of this, & it worked for them... should for you also!

51 processes... whew!

That's 51 processes competing for CPU cycles with your benchmark program as it runs...

* Think about it!

(They suck away CPU cycles it should/could be using, while the test runs).

APK

 

[Alec§taar]

Manipulate Your System For Better Scores How To

REPOSTING TECHNIQUE FOR HIGHER SCORES ON LAST PAGE FOR EVERYONE'S REFERENCE... apk

 

[Casheti]

Got to 46 processes...can't go any lower...unless I end msn and AIM and xfire and iTunes, which I will do when I bench

 

[Alec§taar]

You can end more... read CAREFULLY the steps A-C I wrote above... using taskmgr.exe AND services.msc!

APK

 

[Casheti]

Do it in idiots terms please, I don't understand!!

 

[giorgos th.]

from the task manager close all the applications you dont need during the benchmark.it will be a bit better.

 

[Casheti]

Well...yeah...but which ones....I googled each and every one, and it seems I need them all

 

[Casheti]

Plus I have Media Center Edition which on it's own adds about 5-7 more

 

[Alec§taar]

Plus I have Media Center Edition which on it's own adds about 5-7 more

Give me a screenprint of your services.msc, & click on its STATUS menu column heading (will sort which are started & which are not).

I will tell you, service-by-service, which you CAN 'get away with' not running them for this test's purposes...

APK

P.S.=> Using taskmgr.exe is only PART of it... why?

Well, it also shows running services as well, & you CANNOT generally stop most services w/out using services.msc to stop some of them!

(... & your taskmgr.exe list, has services running in it I recognize already!)

You can stop more... most likely!

BUT, let's pursue getting the services running out of your taskmgr.exe list, first... apk

 

[giorgos th.]

too much trouble for 10 maybe 20 points max.
give me please my bronze medal...

 

[Alec§taar]

too much trouble for 10 maybe 20 points max.
give me please my bronze medal...

"Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici"



(You can conquer this benchmark, maybe get a SILVER instead with YOUR results thusfar, doing that... but, it's up to you!)

* After all - You can lead a horse to water, but can you make him drink?

APK

 

[Alec§taar]

How To Get Your System To Post Higher Scores On This (manipulate Processes)

Good tip i'll try it.

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!)

• Plug and Play

• 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)...

 

[giorgos th.]

oh come on,i was just joking....

 

[Canuto]

Alec i have to give you credit for your advice once again you gave me 12 extra points

Yes the img is tinier

 

[Alec§taar]

Alec i have to give you credit for your advice once again you gave me 12 extra points

You're welcome...

WELL, as the "King of Ithaca", Odysseus, said to Achilles in the film, TROY:

"You have your sword, I have my tricks... we both play with the toys the Gods give us!"



* Try everything I wrote in that last post of mine up there... you'll go higher!

(Some of you WILL doubtless, shove me off the "TOP 10 'L33T' CLUB" list, but it's worth it... makes our group forum score all the more impressive! I will "take one for the team" this time, lol, sacrificing personal gain here)

APK

P.S.=> It's funny, but for YEARS, guys from places like "the great arstechnica" have pursued me forum to forum harassing me, stating the things I say are b.s.!

Yet, time after time?

I take them down, proving THEM often COMPLETELY wrong!

(So much for "the great arstechnica", eh?)

Yes, in things JUST LIKE THIS ONE!

(In fact? This is one they said (and still do) I was "stupid" for, & yet, you can plainly see otherwise who is RIGHT or WRONG here in this very example)

XP Myths a website online run by an Andrew K. & Mastertech (two more of my naysayers) say this doesn't work!

Gee, you show plainly, quite otherwise... You prove some of THEIR "alleged myths" are not myths @ all, & they are the ones "spouting fables", lol... thank you for that! apk