FX 8350 - 3Dmark 11 physics score lower than it should be

Hardware CPU
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Hi all!

I tried to run the 3Dmark 11 yesterday, and for some reason my physics score seems lower than most of the people with the same CPU. I wonder, what could cause that?

Usual physics score with my specs should be around 7k - 7.5k, and I'm scoring 6.5-6.7k. I noticed, that with higher ram clocks I can have a small performance increase in physics score. What could it be? Its not a huge issue, and I'm hoping with some OC I could get my score a bit higher, but still curious what the issue could be. I updated mobo drivers, switched off the Cool'n'quiet thing, and asus turbo - that bumped the score a little bit.

 

Some of the top scores without any CPU OC:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8220458

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8286169

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8270981

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8157312

 

My score:

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/8576487

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I've noticed a correlation between storage speed and physics score.The highest score was using a RAM drive, the second highest was using a Samsung 830, while third place was also equipped with a SSD. Another thing to note is that all the fastest systems were running Windows 7, and, from what I've gathered, Windows 7 does have a slight performance edge in gaming performance, while Windows 8 is snappier for everyday use. The one that was noticably slower (~300 points) was the only mechanical disk one, and it was also running Windows 8.1. You are running Windows 8, and are also on a mechanical disk. The other differences I noted was the other mechanical system had higher reported clock speeds than your system in both CPU and GPU.

I'm not sure if all those factors would account for ~500 point difference, especially since I'm not that familiar with 3DMark, but I'd imagine it would make some difference.

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That makes sense, thank you. SSD should definitely have some edge in performance, since its reading data faster right? I read that my Powercolor r9 270x is the highest factory oc'ed 270x, the only thing I can really oc is the memory, maybe will give it a go. I'm not really that worried about this 3dmark thing, I just wanted to make sure my CPU is not flawed or something, cause that would suck since I bought it few months ago :)

I did notice gaming performance increase in w7 over w8 on my old system, but I only tried w8 on my new build, maybe its worth trying w7 as well.

Anyway, thanks for your input!